How much do you spend on food?

We spent $110 this week for 3 people. We $100- $150 each week for food is normal for us.
We eat all our meals from home except one meal a week. We do eat meat but eat beef rarely now. We eat meatless meals several times a week. We do not buy organic stuff or do couponing.

I also spend around $60-80 for one person per week. I do not buy meat, though.

I'm feeding only myself and I live in California. I average about $60-90/week including toiletries. The higher weeks are when I have to restock on protein items (either powder or bars) or am cooking for a group of people. I cook pretty much all of my meals - I eat out only a couple of times per month.

I'd say for two of us we spend between 75-150 a week, and hubby takes lunches 50% of the time. We aren't huge eaters tho, and most of our groceries consist of veg, fruit and meat. I like to buy large family packs of chops and chicken, then split them up and freeze them, making it easier to go the odd week without needing to do groceries. Once it's warm enough, I grow most of our veggies, which really drops the grocery bill in the summer.

Northeast US as well, but too far south for Hannaford unfortunately
For myself and (human garage disposal of a) boyfriend we average $180 per week. I also give away a main dish every two weeks or so to my parents.
Once every two months we will stock up on meat at the local butcher, which offsets the cost of a trip to Whole Foods every two months. I would say that one out of every 6 produce items we buy are organic (for example this time of year the organic oranges taste better). I only buy antibiotic free chicken and wild caught fish, but wait for a sale a Big Y to stock up on those. Few convenience foods, maybe 10% of our overall purchases on a 'naughty' trip.
We eat out 2 times a week (one lunch and one dinner) and probably average $400 per month on that.

Two people and 5 cats, in Florida. It's about $150 a week for all of us, for everything. We eat a lot of produce and bring lunch to work most days. My boyfriend takes sandwiches and I'm yogurt, fruit, tuna. I usually skip breakfast (I know, it's bad, I'm just not hungry!). The only organic I buy is milk since we're not big milk drinkers and organic lasts longer.

I shop at Target mainly. Their Cartwheel app is a lifesaver. It has 5% - 50% off discounts for all sorts of items. Right now there's something like 300 food offers. I've saved $550 using it. There are some other couponing apps I use and I can save a couple bucks here and there but Cartwheel is the best.

I will say buying a chest freezer was one of the best investments I ever made. My boyfriend calls me the discount meat queen since I'm always buying the ones that are about to expire and freezing them.

Now if I could get my one cat to stop eating wet food and eat the same food as the others I'd definitely save money but I think she's too set in her ways!

mkakids wrote: »

6 ppl here near chicago. I spend $100-$125 per person, per month. Between $600-$800/month and it includes all household items, health and beauty items and b/l/d for all 6 of us.

That's awesome! Good for you.

I am in Ontario (so higher grocery prices) and am currently averaging about $150/month per person. With 4 of us, that's about $150/week. Working hard to get it down to $125/week. We pack almost all our lunches and are keeping eating out to 1-2 times a month.

I have found meal planning around that week's sales have made a HUGE difference. Every Thurs/Fri, I review the ads and then plan my meals around what's on sale. e.g. last week chicken quarters were $1.29/lb. I stocked up and we had baked chicken for dinner one night and braised chicken another night. I try not to buy any meat that isn't under $1.99/lb. This week, I did give in and buy some boneless skinless chicken breast for $3.99/lb.

i also use a flyer app to create my shopping list and to use for price matching.

Since I have been paying attention (about 2-3 months), I have found that prices can vary widely. e.g. ground beef has been about $2.99/lb (or more) for about a month now so I have been buying ground pork and ground chicken. This week, they finally went on sale for $1.99/lb and I bought a few packs. So now I'm debating between making beef stroganoff or shepherd's pie.

On top of that, I have been consciously avoiding food wastage and have been stocking up on pre-portioned meals in the freezer

It's become a rather fun challenge! I did tell DH that he is going to have to keep me OUT of the grocery stores next weekend (except for essentials). Our fridge and freezers are stuffed and we really have enough food for a while and I've already hit the limits of the budget I am trying to stay within. I'm a frugal shopaholic and have a hard time resisting a "deal".

About $200+ a week for me, my husband, 20 year old son and dog (I make her food) in New Jersey. We rarely eat out (maybe once every few months). I pack my lunch but my husband, when he has time to eat, buys his as does my son. I would say a good portion is spent on snack food for my husband and that I make two different meals very often since I eat very differently than they do.

I live alone and have had to cut back on my spending too. I live in Ottawa, Canada, and prices are through the roof on some produce. I was throwing away food because I would buy veggies every week, and because of a pancreas problem, couldn't eat them and they would rot in my fridge.
So, I took inventory of my freezer and 'hoarder's' cupboard, and if I plan ahead, I can get by on less than $40 a week this month.
I find when I really plan well for the week, nothing gets wasted and I save a ton of money. The toiletries( I call non-edibles), I stock up on them when they're on sale, so I don't have to figure them in this month.

Someone told me one time that planning $50 per week per person in a family is considered "average." That said, we eat about 90% organic, grow a lot of our own food, buy a half a grass fed beef every year, etc. and we spend $1200 a month. That is for 5 of us. One teenage boy and two teenage girls. It also includes all my household stuff as well. We're in Idaho and can grow a lot of stuff during the summer months here. We don't eat out hardly ever and I cook from scratch.

A lot lol. We're in an experimental phase right now. Boyfriend moved out of his parents house in November, I moved in with him, and now we're sort of navigating groceries and things together. Also I am from America, so prices of things here in Canada have changed how I eat a lot. Normally a can of vegetarian refried black beans would serve as two awesome meals for only about $.55 each if I include the spoonfuls of nutritional yeast I would add to it, but now a single can is usually upwards of $4. :c

You need to experiment, find things you like that you could stand to eat everyday, and then shop only the things on sale (unless of course there are cheaper options offsale.) Normally a 32 pack of Nutrigrain bars would run us $13, which I would never purchase, but they were $5 off the other day and exactly what I was looking for, so I bought them. Same with the Love Crunch. It was only $4 instead of $7.50.

Edit: Also Western Canada.

We are a family of 5 in Colorado: 17 year old, 7 year old, and 5 year old. I spend around $215/week on food.

i would be depressed if i calculated it. if i didnt have kids, i would have money LOLOLOL

if you go with actual groceries (food/cooking items).... my GUESS would be $200/week (not including eating out which i do a lot of)

also not including booze

Holy cow! I spend about $80-100 a week for my boyfriend and I on food. Nearly 90% of our food is fresh too.

It is just my husband and I at home but I do purchase items that I think my adult children would like. This happens a lot more often than my husband would prefer.

We do a Sam's run every other month and depending on how much I need that is 100.00-200.00 per trip. We shop weekly at Trader Joe's, Aldi's, Wegman's, and Walmart. They are in a row down one street so while it seems like a lot it really isn't.

I averaged 50.00 per store for a total of 200.00 per week. We eat 60 percent fresh veggies since the beginning of the year and that has really increased our total. Yogurt is also really a killer for us. I would say I average 20.00 per week on yogurt alone. I do buy individual servings since my husband takes them with his lunch and I am disabled and some days I don't have the oomph to weigh everything but still want to eat something good.

I will say we used to spend a lot on specialty breads but have removed all but one loaf out of our diet. Also, there are items we are continuing to remove and replace with better choices. While the initial cost of fresh veggies/fruits shows now, by summer I expect to spend much less. It is all a new way of cooking for me.

I have switched our meats to ground turkey, ground chicken, chicken breasts, chicken sausage, turkey sausage, shrimp, fish of the week, and beef for one/two meals a week.

Sorry this is long, but any suggestions to help with the transition and lowering would be helpful. When we ate crap food, I spent at most 80.00 a week. But we were getting more obese and slowly killing ourselves. I prefer the fresh food and feel better already. Thanks, sorry again this is so long.