How much money do you eat a day?
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I just got back from the store with my week's worth of food and was wondering if the $60 was a lot, so I thought I'd ask around and maybe see what other people had to say. If I round up to account for some lunches I already had at home, I'm eating roughly $9 a day. That seems like a lot for me, but it's mainly because I'm a student and don't make very much money. Obviously any replies will similarly be high/low depending on your own circumstances, but I guess I'm just curious now that I'm paying more attention to what I'm spending my money on.
- $10 chicken breast = 250g average each ~ 9 days worth (I use 3.5 of them a month ~ $35, so $105 for three months)
- $12 Chia seed bag = 14g each day ~ lasts three months
- $14 flaxseed bag = 13g each day ~ lasts three months
- $12 five dozen egg = 7 eggs each day ~ 8.5 days worth (I use 3.5 of them a month ~ $42, so $126 for three months)
- $6 five lbs baby carrot = 226g per day ~ (1lb=453g) 10 days worth (I use 3 a month ~ $18, so $54 or three months)
- $48 protein powder 32g = 32g per day ~ 32 days ($144 for three months)
== $455 per three months
so, around $151 per month
which is around, $38 per week (close to $5.50 per day).
How big is your flax seed bag? I can get a pound of ground flax seed for around $4 at Meijer-you may be able to find a better deal someplace else, maybe Amazon? Same with chia seeds-I pay around $8 for these.
eta: if you're in the states check out Amazon-you can get Bobs Red Mill Chia seeds 4-pack for $37.39. That's for 4 pounds and free shipping Also some really good prices on flax seed there too.
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I - 1 adult - spend around 2500 NOK a month for groceries, including non-food, and some meals out of the house (cheap family restaurant-type places, maybe 2-3 times a month). That's around $71/week or $10/day. I eat mostly cheap stuff like jasmine rice, potatoes, crispbread, oatmeal, milk, carrots, frozen peas, apples, tuna, cheap cuts of meat, but quite a lot of meat, and some more expensive fruits, cheeses, nut butters etc. Try to avoid "health food" and "organic" stuff unless nothing else is available or the price is the same.0
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family of 5 - if i had to guess, i would guess $150-200 a week (some weeks more, some less), but thats not counting me and hubby eating lunch out pretty frequently.0
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For just myself - about $18 including beverages.0
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I've never eaten money before.
Someone just had to say that!
My brother lived on about $20 a week at one point. Not a lot of variety and not very healthy, but poor student makes frugal easier.
Our family of 5 eats for just over $500 a month. The more people you feed, the lower your cost per person is, because you can justify (and afford) big bulk purchases like 25 lb of oats and rice and beans, and bulk is cheaper. That works out to roughly $35 a day, or $7 per person. And we buy most produce organic. And GF foods for 3 of our family. So I'm sure if we weren't concerned about organic and non-GMO, we could get it under $5 per person per day.0 -
We spend about £45 for two of us plus a meal out each week and a few odds and sods for lunch. I try to take salad for lunch at work, but sometimes I'm either lazy or hungry.
Our cupboards are well stocked with basics, herbs, spices etc.0 -
I live off about 180 a month for just me soo 45 a week? I don't eat any beef or pork and rarely eat chicken or fish as a personal preference. I try to buy organic when I can and drink almond milk, and I go through a lot of produce. I drink a cup of organic coffee daily and usually make it into a coffee protein shake.0
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SkinnyCat39 wrote: »Aldi Rocks
Yes... yes it does!0 -
Going to be hard to compare with different countries.
I have no idea how much I spend a day. Since I buy food twice a week and it's normally 50-150 I think but not all of its food.
During the week for lunch I spend $5. When I have pizza it's like $19 but that's 2 meals worth.
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I can easily spend under $2 in a day's meals by eating a frittata, soup, and something like rice and beans.
My family (2 adults, one hungry child!) spends around $70/week.0 -
10 to 15 depending on the day0
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Rough estimates:
Breakfast £1.50
Lunch £1
Dinner £3.50
Snacks £1
Drinks £1
So about £8/day0 -
I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need0 -
SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Wow, that's awesome! I wouldn't have guessed that you were a gardener.0 -
SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Gardening is great. But even that costs money. You have to plant from seeds, pay for fertilizer or plant food, water, and heck, you need access to the land to grow stuff on in the first place, so property ownership or community garden fees or whatnot.
No such thing as a free lunch.0 -
Too hard to say, as I have a teenager.0
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$100 CAD for 2 people for food only items. This includes stocking up on sale items and keeping the pantry full at all times. A good portion of the food does not get completely consumed each week and carries over. We could spend less if we needed to no doubt. We also choose to eat out once a week at an extra cost.0
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SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Gardening is great. But even that costs money. You have to plant from seeds, pay for fertilizer or plant food, water, and heck, you need access to the land to grow stuff on in the first place, so property ownership or community garden fees or whatnot.
No such thing as a free lunch.
That's basically what I was going to say. Even his time could be assigned a dollar value.
So even if he stole seeds and planted them on public property like a forest like a marijuana farm it still wouldn't be free.
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SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Gardening is great. But even that costs money. You have to plant from seeds, pay for fertilizer or plant food, water, and heck, you need access to the land to grow stuff on in the first place, so property ownership or community garden fees or whatnot.
No such thing as a free lunch.
Yer doin' it wrong.
I pay zero for seeds. Zero for fertilizer. Zero for water. The land I had long before gardening. Already a sunk cost.
Time would be the only valid argument, but I guarantee you I spend less time gardening than you do shopping in your grocery store.
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Your diary doesn't show home grown foods, unless you grew a Kroger and a Five Guys.SergeantSausage wrote: »SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Gardening is great. But even that costs money. You have to plant from seeds, pay for fertilizer or plant food, water, and heck, you need access to the land to grow stuff on in the first place, so property ownership or community garden fees or whatnot.
No such thing as a free lunch.
Yer doin' it wrong.
I pay zero for seeds. Zero for fertilizer. Zero for water. The land I had long before gardening. Already a sunk cost.
Time would be the only valid argument, but I guarantee you I spend less time gardening than you do shopping in your grocery store.0 -
WalkingAlong wrote: »
Your diary doesn't show home grown foods, unless you grew a Kroger and a Five Guys.SergeantSausage wrote: »SergeantSausage wrote: »I eat roughly ZERO dollars a day for most of the year.
No, seriously, Mother Nature is mostly what I need
Gardening is great. But even that costs money. You have to plant from seeds, pay for fertilizer or plant food, water, and heck, you need access to the land to grow stuff on in the first place, so property ownership or community garden fees or whatnot.
No such thing as a free lunch.
Yer doin' it wrong.
I pay zero for seeds. Zero for fertilizer. Zero for water. The land I had long before gardening. Already a sunk cost.
Time would be the only valid argument, but I guarantee you I spend less time gardening than you do shopping in your grocery store.
I grow those every winter after I've just, y'know, thrown away all that juicy produce, right?
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I spend about $100 per week for one person, with about $35 of that going to a cafeteria I eat at nearly every day.0
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$80-$110 a week for a family of 4. We get takeout maybe 1x A week for dinner for around $15-$30 depending on what it is. We take leftovers from dinner for lunch or make sandwiches And yogurt.0
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Not sure what I can spend now yet. I have just jumped back on the bandwagon. When I was on it I was spending anywhere from $40-$80 a week and that was with me buying for 2 weeks at a time. I would also have to always replace my fruit and veggies because they went bad before I could eat them all. But now we have an agreement in the house with dinners. The 3 of us cooks dinner for 2 nights a week and buys the food. The other night we take turns going out to eat. I probably spend about $20 on 2 dinners. So right now I take care of my own breakfast, lunch, and snacks. I have noticed that groceries have went up lately. I also live outside of Atlanta so things really are not that cheap. I have a friend who has her own chickens so I get a fresh dozen for $3.50. I could probably actually live off $30 a week for snacks, breakfast, and lunch.0
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My congratulations and envy to all of you.
2 adults ~ $525 per week. We're TRYING to get it down to $400 per week.
This is everything, we track it all in Quicken.
Groceries
Restaurants
Take out & Delivery (grubhub)
Bars & Alcohol
We've both re-joined MFP so we're expecting Alcohol and Takeout to drop.0 -
My congratulations and envy to all of you.
2 adults ~ $525 per week. We're TRYING to get it down to $400 per week.
This is everything, we track it all in Quicken.
Groceries
Restaurants
Take out & Delivery (grubhub)
Bars & Alcohol
Dollar bills
We've both re-joined MFP so we're expecting Alcohol and Takeout to drop.
FIFY
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Since we grow/raise/hunt a good deal of our food, it's really difficult to calculate food expenses. The food is seemingly "free" until you start figuring in the cost of things like guns, ammo, fertilizers, equipment, gas, seeds, canning jars, feed, fencing, etc.0
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About $100 a week for my boyfriend and I, including non-food items.0
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I spend about £50 a week for two of us. Still finding our feet and trying new things. So not always 1 strict weeks food sometimes get bits for the second week also.0
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My congratulations and envy to all of you.
2 adults ~ $525 per week. We're TRYING to get it down to $400 per week.
This is everything, we track it all in Quicken.
Groceries
Restaurants
Take out & Delivery (grubhub)
Bars & Alcohol
We've both re-joined MFP so we're expecting Alcohol and Takeout to drop.
I didn't count what I eat out. If I did it would be a lot. I probably easily spend $100 a week on eating out right now. But that is stopping today. I will spend no more than 20 a week.0
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