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Old 02-22-2013, 02:43 PM   #1  
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Default How much do you spend per month in groceries?

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Just curious how much money you spend a month on your groceries? With the way everything is going up, it seems ridiculous on how much money food is costing us. We are a family of three living in Las Vegas, NV and we spend roughly $400 a month.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:05 PM   #2  
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I live in Canada and between my husband and I, it averages to about $300.
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3 in my house - around $400 a month
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:40 PM   #4  
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We spend a LOT... but I always wonder if people really add that number up right.

Are you counting JUST groceries? or everything you would buy at a grocery store?

Like, I buy dish soap, shampoo, etc at the grocery store.

And, when people count how much they spend on groceries, are they counting all meals? all snacks? Or do you go out to eat sometimes too? or buy lunch at work, etc?

I just simply cannot imagine spending as little as many people here and on other threads that ask this same question say and I "DO" bargain shop and make everything from scratch save the protein bars.

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Old 02-22-2013, 03:42 PM   #5  
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We spend a LOT... but I always wonder if people really add that number up right.

Are you counting JUST groceries? or everything you would buy at a grocery store?

Like, I buy dish soap, shampoo, etc at the grocery store.

And, when people count how much they spend on groceries, are they counting all meals? all snacks? Or do you go out to eat sometimes too? or buy lunch at work, etc?

I just simply cannot imagine spending as little as many people here and on other threads that ask this same question say and I "DO" bargain shop and make everything from scratch save the protein bars.
As a full time student, my budget is insanely tight for food and I keep all of my receipts so I like to think its pretty accurate. I agree though, if it wasn't for having to be very very careful, I would be spending more on food.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:48 PM   #6  
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OMG, I feel like a pig. We spend 1
$1200-1400 per month, but it includes all purchases made at Costco (paper etc)
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Live in California have 5-7 to feed and I have a deep freezer and make nothing but chicken breast usually so I spend about 120 a month on breas. I get it about for about 2 bucks per pound and we eat like 3 lbs per day. I think I spend about 250 on other stuff. On weekends my oldest son and my friend are usually here but we tend to always eat out ever Saturday. So usually I guess we spend about 370. Some times I may make a steak or something a little more expensive so my total may go up a bit, but my budget allows for no more than 100 a week.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:59 PM   #8  
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According to this table, our family of 5 (1 7 year old boy, one 16 year old boy, two adults in their 40s and a woman in her 70s) would spend about $180 to $310 a week depending on thrifty to liberal (and of course, this doesn't take into account location - these are averages). I live in a very expensive part of the US. Food is expensive here.

We spend at the grocery store per week about $300. BUT that includes all meals, AND a couple times a month we have some event I need to bring food for for a LOT of people. It also includes all snacks AND all cleaning supplies, toiletries, kitchen paper products, etc. (paper towels, napkins, coffee filters, sandwich bags, etc.) We never go out to eat, so there is no additional cost thrown in there either.

When you take out the "other" stuff. We probably spend about $250-$275 a week on pure groceries.

And I think we do pretty well. That is organic dairy and eggs, fresh produce, high quality foods. The only processed food I buy is protein bars - if you call that processed.

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We spend a LOT... but I always wonder if people really add that number up right.

Are you counting JUST groceries? or everything you would buy at a grocery store?

Like, I buy dish soap, shampoo, etc at the grocery store.

And, when people count how much they spend on groceries, are they counting all meals? all snacks? Or do you go out to eat sometimes too? or buy lunch at work, etc?

I just simply cannot imagine spending as little as many people here and on other threads that ask this same question say and I "DO" bargain shop and make everything from scratch save the protein bars.
My total does not include toilet paper, shampoos, vitamins dish soap etc or the once a week eating out but I did add up everything I buy for food and snacks. I just forgot to add water, we buy a 24 pack every other day which will cost anywhere from 1.50 to 2.99 depending on sales.
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OMG, I feel like a pig. We spend 1
$1200-1400 per month, but it includes all purchases made at Costco (paper etc)

That's about what we spend too Sum for our family of 5 (3 adults, a teen and a grade schooler). And it too includes all "grocery store-like" items.
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Grocery store spending for 2 adults in their mid 20's and 2 20lb dogs is $400. I tend to get panic attacks though if I am anywhere near the $100 mark each week so I try to stay around $80 and then feel better if I need to run out for something I forgot or don't usually buy.

I live in the Lower Mainland in BC and food is pretty expensive here compared to the US (well WA anyway). I am a pretty thrifty shopper, though and I frequently put products back as I'm making my way to the checkout (do I really need 2 jars of peanut butter just because it's on sale? NO, it goes back!).

My monthly grocery budget includes detergents, shampoo, motor oil, vitamins, etc. b/c I buy them at the grocery store.
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:34 PM   #12  
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I live in Iowa and my husband and I spend $500-600/month for everything that goes in our stomachs (that includes our usual one meal out to a restaurant and all fast food trips, but does not include paper products/toiletries)
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Georgia, five people, about $500 a month on strictly food items, not including eating out
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I frequently put products back as I'm making my way to the checkout (do I really need 2 jars of peanut butter just because it's on sale? NO, it goes back!).
This I don't understand. If you use peanut butter on a regular basis. WHy not get it when it costs less?

Like last month bread flour was on sale. I only needed one bag for that week, but I go through several a month. So, by buying 4-5 of them THAT week saved me about $6 for the month on flour.

And I NEVER buy things I won't use/don't normally buy. So, like no buying that hamburger helper on sale as I never make hamburger helper.
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For 2 adults and one 20lb dog in Denver we spend $320-360 a month, that includes toiletries, but that does not include the random trips to the store because we're out of something that we didn't need during our last trip.

I've cut down to cooking every other night because we were throwing away so many leftovers. Normally this would be our shopping weekend, but we still have so much left over from the last two trips we're not going. I believe I have enough in the freezer and pantry to last, at the very least, next week, if not longer.

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