Informal Poll - spending more or less on food?

I think it's about the same...a reduction in eating out and take out is offset by the fact that we have some pricier grocery items now vs then...mostly fish. That said, even with the pricier grocery items, we had some cost savings early on, but those have been offset by the fact that our boys are now 7 and 4 (almost 5) vs newborn and 2 at the time we started.

I pretty much spend the same amount of money. My son and boyfriend still eat the same amount of food even though everyone is eating healthier foods. I do have my daily Starbucks but outside of that - lots of groceries!

courtneylykins5 wrote: »

Individually for myself, I spend a lot less. I'm rarely eating out and I pretty much stick to the same few simple things for ease of logging.
Overall the grocery bill has explodd when my two little bird eaters suddenly became bottomless pits. The whole family is eating healthier since it's me who buys all the food, but some need to eat a lot more of it.

I have 3 little bird eaters right now, 8, 6, and 4. I'm not looking forward to my grocery bill when they start eating like adults!

I spend £20-£30 more per week on my weekly food shopping now. I'm losing weight but I am eating a lot more. Before, I just had my evening meal and a big sugar filled dessert. So now I'm having three main meals plus snacking in between. On the other hand though, it probably evens out as I don't spend any money on food at any other time now, whereas before I couldn't fill my car with petrol without getting a chocolate bar or watch a film without popcorn etc. So probably works out about the same.

More - Can't beat feeding a family with $5 pizza for dinner or Tuna Helper for less than $5!

However, it's so worth it!!!!!!

Significantly more. I live in a northern climate so it is quite expensive to buy fruit and veg in the winter. I maximize our short growing season with colder climate variety plants, so my garden is quite fruitful. As a family of 6 though, it goes quickly

ridiculous59 wrote: »

I spend about the same. I don't buy any processed foods and cook everything from scratch. We eat way less (Ice cream most evenings is a thing of the past!) and eating out is a treat, definitely not a weekly occurrence. But the food that I buy is better quality......farmers market veggies in the summer and I buy local beef, pork, chicken, and eggs from people I know in my comunity. I even have fish in the freezer that I caught

Eating out is a real treat again because we do it so rarely. Heck, eating a meat meal like a big steak is a rare treat for hubby anymore. It's nice, actually, that things like that are a treat again. As a kid, my parents so rarely took us out to eat that it was a huge event. Simple things can be a real treat again. That's nice.

Way less on myself:

I cook and bake a lot from scratch using basic items like flour, eggs, almond milk etc.

On a typical week, I only go out to eat once. When I was overweight it was practically once a day.

I get the majority of my food from the farmer's market now which is less expensive then the grocery stores. It took me some time to figure out the proper amount to buy so items didn't go to waste however.

I don't spend money on juices, soda, alcohol or meat anymore.

Freezing things save me lots money.

I know my prices, I pay attention to and shop around the sales, plus I price match.

I maintain my own little garden for a short time in the late spring - early fall.

Yes, I'm saving so much more money on food now.

I would say maybe slightly more. I don't eat out hardly at all anymore, but since I'm doing low carb I do spend money on good quality meat. I buy bacon from the meat counter, bison, lamb and sausages. I started off with eating a lot of deli meat and beef, but since I started eating more of a variety of meat my cost has gone up. I'm single so I try to buy just what I need, if I have to buy bulk then I portion out and freeze.