What do you spend on groceries?

We just added up what we have spent on groceries for the month and so far it's at $750, we still have a week to go, I am hoping to just get basics and keep next week at around $50, but we will see. We rarley get out of the sore for less than that. I truly wish junk food was waay more expensive than healthy foods we should be eating. That way we all could afford to eat healthier all the time. We are a fmily of 3 me DH and our almost 20 month old daughter.

Nancy - I haven't finished reading all the posts, so someone may have already done this. I just did some math and here's what I calculated:

$170.00 / 7 days / 3 people/ 6 meals = $1.35 per meal per person. That's really not bad!!

It like I said in my reply in the other thread . . . look at the price per meal and it doesn't seem that bad.

And, yes, I am also spending more on groceries. Two reasons; healthy food costs more, and we aren't eating out. So that eating out money is now in the eating in money budget.

Yea - I guess that's NOT bad.... considering my daughter pays $1.80 for her school lunch!

It just seems like a lot all at once, ya know??!! :ohwell:

I'll bet your food at home tastes better too! :happy:

The breakdown per meal is pretty cheap.....Just think of how much 1 meal at a fast food restaurant costs. At least $4+ per person, and if you go to a sit down ....at least $8 per person. ( if not more). I personally spend 125-160 per week. I just depends on what we run out of or need that week.

We don't eat out much- maybe once per month. the last time we went out to eat ( 4 of us) it cost $80! For one stinking meal!
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We have six in our family (although, the two younger kids, ages 5 and 2, aren't *REALLY* eating eating yet!!) and the last couple of times we have gone out to Mexican, it was $60 & $70!!! I about died!! FOR ONE MEAL?!?!! Just crazy. After we left, all I could think was "can you imagine how much groceries I could have bought for that ONE meal?!"

Today I went shopping and spent 109. Last week I think I spent about 100. Some weeks I can spend 80 and others I can spend 130...just all depends what we need other than food.

Back in summer 2008, we went to Save A Lots and stocked up on different canned goods. We spent about 70 bucks and our cabinets still have canned stuff in them. My husband shot a deer so we have a freezer full of venison of all cuts-ground, sausage, cube, roasts. So the only meats we buy are like chicken, sometimes beef-if we're doing stir fry. We also sit down and plan out our meals for the week. I ususally cook enough at dinner for our family of 4 (hubby, me, 2 kids-ages 8 and 2) and then enough left overs for hubby to take to work and me and 2 year old for lunch next day. Anyway, we plan those out and then only buy what we need for those meals and any other items we need-diapers, wipes, cleaners, etc...

To feed my husband and I, I spend any where between $80-$150 per week. It really depends on what non-food things we need like laundry detergent, cat food, etc. I spend more when my husband comes with me; he sneaks stuff in the cart when he thinks I'm not looking :laugh: although I always notice

Last week with him there I spent $150 cdn. However, that included $30 in photo frames and we had skipped shopping the previous weekend when Loki got sick. So I guess if I took out all non-food related items, we probably spend about $80-$100/wk. I stopped making Mark lunched years ago since he never eats them. Sometimes he eats out for lunch but not often.

I have definitely noticed an increase in my grocery bill since eating healthy. I try to buy things on sale, but space is an issue.

I don't think we have Trader Joes in Canada?
I use to shop at No Frills, which is cheaper than my ususal grocery store, but the atmosphere is horrible, aisles are narrow, kids running all over the place, rude/unhappy cashier. The savings wasn't worth ther stress.

Hey, and although I spend more on food, other things are cheaper, like my clothes!