Month to month, what food/beverage products do you tend to spend the most on?

Fish, other meat (I'm picky about sourcing), cheese. It's not the majority of what I eat, just the most expensive stuff I don't use super slowly (and distorted by the fact I recently bought a bunch of farmer's market cheese, that one might not be true monthly). I should actually keep track of food expenditures, but this is a pretty good guess.

Diet soda, meat, and specialty treats

We buy a lot of produce and staple items (beans, lentils, chickpeas, etc) but I spend quite a bit on fllavored Perrier & other sparkling water, Greek yogurt, Morningstar Farms frozen foods, and craft beer.

Probably coffee K-pods, meat and seafood are the most expensive but I usually buy them in bulk and/or on sale. The fresh produce I buy is far cheaper in comparison.

Produce for sure. I buys a lot of fruits and vegetables, also occasional eggs, shrimp, wild salmon.

I think it is time for me to get to sleep.... I read "Mouth to Mouth" NOT Month to Month. Lovely, now I'm laughing like crazy. Sorry, folks🤣🤣

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yirara wrote: »

I have no idea as i only add 'groceries, edible things' 9and other expenditures of course) to my bookkeeping. I don't think I could even estimate that.

Same here. I have two lines in my budget actually for groceries - some to spend as needed and then money I set aside every month for bulk food purchases, which is how our family buys most meat, dairy, eggs, grains, and produce. So a couple times per year I dump several hundred dollars at once, but I'm prepaying (like for our CSA) or getting meat to fill our chest freezer that I expect to last for a year.

Our "to spend as needed" grocery money also includes non food consumables, like diapers, any paper products, or household cleaning supplies too.

The highest dollar amount is probably for meat simply because it's the most expensive thing, but I'm pretty sure we consume less meat than the typical American household (at least per person.)

Gluten- and dairy-free products for my husband.

He discovered that avoiding both solved a lot of his stomach problems, so he tries to avoid them.
But, he doesn't want to give up ANY of the foods he likes to eat, so that leaves me with buying GF bread, GF pancakes, GF cookies, GF pasta, almond milk, dairy-free ice cream, etc.

This stuff can be 3 or 4 times more expensive than their "regular" counterparts.
Yesssss, I know I could make some of this stuff, but I really don't have the time or patience, and he likes the packaged stuff anyways.

@SuzySunshine99 I both make and buy pre-made GF baked goodies for my husband. Even from scratch, GF is more expensive. I have well over a half dozen of various GF flours in my freezer. Another downside of baking GF from scratch is that many GF recipes for baked items are more time-consuming with both wait times (to let something set) and needing to whip and fold in egg whites.