Groceries $$

850-1000 for family of 4 meat eaters

there is 5 of us in my family and i can normally feed us for around $600 a month. it's hard and i shop sales and buy as much fresh and local as i can.

i also have 5 and also spend around $600 a month...i catch the sales and get as much as i can at time ..its hard

I spend around $100 a month on groceries; looks like some people need to learn how to shop savings and lay off pointless name brands and expensive junk food...

Oh PLEASE come visit me and show me how to shop better, since you obiviously know better then me. We do buy "pointless brand names" for some things. Want to know why? Because the things we buy need to be dairy and soy free. Do you know who HARD it is to find dairy/soy free at all, never mind finding them cheap. And then add in that we live in a part of the country where everything costs more to begin with. Oh, and we don't buy "expensive junk foods" often.

So before you get all judgemental about how much others pay, maybe stop and think for a minute that just becuase something works for YOU, doesn't mean its what will work for everyone else.

You said it much more nicely than what I originally had written.... That's one diary I would love to see.

$367.00 a month I shop once a month at alidi's and the walmart supercenter. between me and my daughter that is what we spend.

I eat a weird diet (sometimes vegan, sometimes not but I only buy vegan right now...I just have lots of frozen food stored but don't want to waste it). I spend anywhere from $30-50 a week for one, depending on if I'm trying new recipes and need ingredients I don't already have or if I need to replace things I've used up. Generally right now I just buy produce and maybe some legumes or tofu. I don't eat a lot of grains. This doesn't include times I eat out.

I'm not vegan but this is about what I spend per week just for myself since I started tracking (read: started eating like a grownup ). It's more than I was spending because it's more fresh produce (that needs to be bought more often, which I'm still getting used to-- I worry about not being able to finish things before they go bad and i've wasted my money), no cheap processed foods, and more lean meats.

I spend around $100 a month on groceries; looks like some people need to learn how to shop savings and lay off pointless name brands and expensive junk food...

WRONG! For a family of 3 I can spend $150 a week on nothing but fruits, vegi's, lean meat and whole grains. No junk and nothing processed/preseved aka heat up meals. Depends on where you live!!!

$400 a month for a family of four. 2 weeks a month we are vegetarian.

$115 a week for a family of 5 = 2 adults, a teen boy (who eats the most) and 2 little kids

My Calorie in take is 1200.

I use LOTS of coupons and fill up the Deep freeze with meat when on sale.

Oh PLEASE come visit me and show me how to shop better, since you obiviously know better then me. We do buy "pointless brand names" for some things. Want to know why? Because the things we buy need to be dairy and soy free. Do you know who HARD it is to find dairy/soy free at all, never mind finding them cheap. And then add in that we live in a part of the country where everything costs more to begin with. Oh, and we don't buy "expensive junk foods" often.

So before you get all judgemental about how much others pay, maybe stop and think for a minute that just becuase something works for YOU, doesn't mean its what will work for everyone else.

Looks like you have a lot of growing up to do if you get that upset over what I said. I wasn't judging anyone with my comment, merely stating that some people are overspending. I live somewhere where prices are more expensive for things as well, so before YOU get judgmental and overreact towards me maybe you should know my circumstances as well. It's a matter of buying what you NEED and not what you WANT; like I said, grow up.

Sweetness, Until you have children...you can most certainly but only what YOU need. Add a few kids in and your wants and needs go out the window. Buying enough to feed a family of four will add up before you've even put the first thing in the cart. If you plan on spending $100 a month for the rest of your life, I suggest not having a family!

€400 for 2 of us, but that includes toilet paper, washing up liquid etc.

My boyfriend likes brand name stuff. He eats lots of bread, cheese, frosties, eggs and drinks a lot of coke and milk. He'll have meat with almost every meal (excluding breakfast). He doesn't count calories though.

Me, I eat 1200-1400 sometimes more depending on whether I'm eating my exercise calories or not. I'm actually nearly through a week of being vegan, just for the hell of it. I'm the sort of person who can make something out of whatever is in the house, so when I was single I'd spend €40 or less per week.

Our meals now usually consist of some kind of meat (rarely fish), either potatoes or pasta, and some veggies. He gets meat and starches, I get meat, lots of veggies and a tiny bit of starches.