How much do you spend on groceries?

We are a family of 7 (plus 2 dogs and a tortoise) and on average I spend $1200 per month.

We are a family of 3 plus 1 dog. and we spend 60 a week on everything. Food, household stuff,personal care, dog stuff.


We used to spend alot more. But since couponing, I have a huge stockpile of everything but food. Everything is easy to find very cheap except food.

Anywhere from 100-160 a week depending on the need of toiletries and such. That doesn't included paper towels, toilet paper, diapers or laundry detergent....those all come from Sam's club and we don't have to buy those as often. Maybe every other month.

for me and my partner who scoffs everything he can get his lips around i probably spend about £250 a month, but i have 4 guineas that also need a lot of veg )

There's only two of us in my house but we hit 2 major grocery stores and Costco every couple of weeks and we watch the flyers...last week we bought 6 full size tubes of Crest toothpaste at Costco and from the price at our local grocery store we saved nearly 20.00 and will have enough toothpaste until we need dentures lol

We are a family of 4 and spend a little under $500. We are moving though and I'm hoping to cut back to maybe $80 a week, so a little over $320. I hope we can do it.

My family of 5 (with a dog & turtle too LOL), on a single income, budgets about $250/week for household items (think walmart) & groceries. And that's higher than we used to spend since we've switched to a more organic diet.

I suggest you make a list of what you need when you run out of it, and stick to the list at the store. Take a calculator too. I buy my "pantry" items (non-refrigerated stuff) at walmart and stick to my grocery store for the cold stuff... fresh produce, meat and dairy.

Good luck. If you're mindful, you'll do better.

Oh, I've also taken just cash with me into the store to make sure I stick to my budget... it REALLY makes you add up every penny and decide whether or not to throw in those impulse buys! lol

We are empty nesters with two dogs. We spend about $400 a month. That includes food, dog food, toiletries, paper goods and cleaning supplies. Some months I spend a little more if one of the stores is having a good stock up sale and some months a little less if I have items I stocked up on. I try to shop once a week for fruit and veg, but sometimes I go twice. Depends how much I buy the first time and how the produce looks when I go. I use coupons when I can but I don't buy much packaged stuff except for cleaning, paper goods and toiletries so I don't find many coupons to use.

I'm a family of 6 (7 during the summer) and I spend 120 for a week.. that includes non food items.. like pullups and dog food ect

We are a family of 4 plus 2 dogs on average i spend about 120 every two weeks...so about 240$ a month. I do the coupons and watch for low prices.

Family of 5 (also on single income)...I feel your pain! LOL! Anyways, I would have to estimate we spend about 400.00 on groceries and toiletries. However, we buy our meat about twice a year from a butcher which is about 1200.00 per year. Bulk toiletries average about 50.00 So round it up to 550.00 give or take. Every time I think about it I tell myself its time to start a garden!!!! I just don't even know where to start! This would save me about a 50.00-80.00 a month I think!

For me and my wife its about 35 USD +- weekly, for food and personal care items

You need to come help me LOL

Wow...the answers are certainly very varied! Great question by the way...I always wonder by how much I overspend!! :laugh:

There are two of us, and two cats :happy: We spend around £65 per week on food items only.
I'm aware this is quite a bit, but we eat well so I'm not too keen to change - decent quality lean meats and fresh organic veg.
Having said that we are trying to budget a little at the mo as we're paying off our holiday....haha "bulk cooking!"

Toiletries, supplements, household cleaning stuff etc is all seperate as we purchase elsewhere.

I'm in a family of 4 (one income as well) and we spend $400 - $500 for groceries, personal care, and household stuff like trash bags, etc. If we pay attention to sales and coupons we only spend about $300. I'm not one of the obsessive couponers but there are some really great deals sometimes. Buying in bulk can help if you have the time and energy to store things so they will last. We usually buy from a typical supermarket like Kroger and Safeway because I'm not around an Aldi or Save-A-Lot yet, which is decent at a bargain, like 40% off and they have produce and even some types of soymilk too. The Aldi brand is actually the name brands teaming up w/ Aldi so they can get in on the "bargain" market but it's good for us cuz we get to save. The drawback is variety is kinda scarce there, so I don't travel 30 minutes to my closest one. Gas is too expensive.