How much money do you eat a day?

Family of 5 here and our weekly grocery budget is $90/$360 a month. That includes packed school lunches. It does not however include my husband's lunches (he eats out on the road), or family eating out usually 1-2 times a week (pizza etc). It does include non-food stuff like tp, cleaning supplies etc.

eta: I do get all the free eggs I want from a relative (from happy, free range chickens). Right now I have 6 dozen eggs in my fridge And we also get local, grass fed beef for free from this relative as well, in limited quantities (oh how I adore him lol). This month he gave us 4lbs of ground beef and 2 large roasts that we've been using throughout the month.

Laurend224 wrote: »

Normally about $70-80 for our vegan family of 5. It has been increasing as the kids grow. We are fortunate to have a really nice, well stocked Aldi close by. I do the bulk of my shopping there and only venture to the health food store for the 'weird vegan things' that Aldi doesn't carry.

Love Aldi and it's my go to grocery store

I usually spend $150 a week. I try and do crock pot meals. It seems cheaper.

2 adults, 3 kids, 1 baby on solids....$100-$125 a week

I spend around £60 (88usd) each week on food which is admittedly quite high for one person but sometimes they last for more than a week and some are bulk items. I really love my food, especially fresh fruits and meat, and don't have much in term of freezer. That and my need for desserts raised the amount I spend. Cakes and such here are really expensive.

Coincidentally my current 'project' right now is to considerably lower this amount but still retain my fruits, meats and especially desserts.

knt217 wrote: »

Where are you from that groceries cost $300 a week for two people? That seems extraordinarily high to me.

I probably spend about $150 every 2 weeks for our family of 4. I think I spend even less now that I'm tracking on MFP bc I don't make meals that require as many ingredients.

I would think a lot would depend on your budget and what you are buying. If one was buying a lot of fresh produce (particularly more "exotic" items) and choice cuts of meat and doing organic, etc I could easily see spending $300 per week for a couple of people.

We spend $200 - $300 per week for a family of 4...my kids are still small so they don't eat a ton yet...it's mostly my wife and I.

When I was poor, I basically subsided on beans and rice and roasted a lot of whole chickens and ate a ton of cabbage and ate a lot of eggs.

My husband and I plus 2 dogs and a cat can get by on $200 in groceries and other essentials every 2 weeks. Sometimes more, sometimes less. We restock our meats once every month to month and a half.

MrM27 wrote: »

NerdTristan wrote: »

I live on 30usd a month, my average daily food/money intake is 1-1.50 a day

I don't know. That doesn't sound real at all. Unless you're starving yourself.

Oh his profile page it says he has suffered ED's off and on since he was 8.

It used to be $75-80/week. Now that I have my middle child in the throngs of early puberty (so TWO eating machine children, ha!) and me in maintenance (which is approaching 2,200+ calories--WHOA), we spend ~$100-$120/week for a family of five (2 adults, 2 pubescent children, plus one preschooler).

Lots of Aldi/Walmart/ethnic market shopping to save big money. Learned how to be a frugal, wholesome food shopper years ago, when we were on hard times and had to make the food benefits (SNAP) last, while still making healthful/balanced food choices.

For myself I spend about 60 on food per week. I just find a couple recipes I want to try and pick out my snacks so I'm just buying the few ingredients I don't already have at home.