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Our food budget is $120/week for 3 people. The budget includes all household items, food and wine (which we drink almost nightly). We don't eat grains or processed foods, so it is really hard to get the budget any lower than that. My fiance & son also eat a TON (my fiance is 6'4" and my son eats as much as he does in a sitting). I've given up trying to cut it much more, I'm pretty much doing everything possible.
ETA: If you don't include wine & household items, ours is more like $75-80/week, so I'm not sure how to vote!
I spend about $500 monthly. Four people, two adults and two teenagers. We rarely go out to dinner. Produce and seafood can be pretty expensive. I have a full sized freezer in the garage. Whenever something expensive is on sale, I load up! There is no way around the expensive produce though. Just try and buy seasonal.
We spend around $60 to $80 a week, and this includes ALL household items. Usually it's $60 one week, and then $70/$80 the next.
We spend between 500 and 600 a month. 2 adults, 1 teenage girl
I am a Whole Foods lover and love fresh fruit and veggies!! I also have a dairy allergy so we have to buy seperate milks, ice cream, butter, etc. I pack and take my lunch 4 out of 5 days in the week too so that adds up.
I'd say typically about $350 for the two of us for food each month. Since I happen to have my monthly budget spreadsheet open... last few months grocery/dining out (which is really my husband buying lunch cause we dont eat out and I always pack somethign)/wine have been, 270, 387, 482, 253, 454. If just grocery store: 138, 120, 347, 121, 270.
I'd say anywhere from $350-$400 a month, not including booze. This is in Manhattan, so I think we're doing a pretty good job! I eat breakfast at home and bring my lunch to work everyday. My husband gets free breakfast and lunch at his job.
Ugh, too much! I spend roughly $125 p/week (or $500 p/month) at the grocery store but we go out to lunch almost every day. Lunch runs us about $20 a pop for both of us so that’s an additional $100 p/week (or $400 p/month). It’s really sickening to think that we spend almost $1k on food, pet & home necessities each month.
We could spend less but I’ll admit that I don’t bargain shop and I pretty much buy what we want. We have steak often, I buy a lot of fresh fruits and veggies and we normally use all name brand items. Not that there’s anything wrong with the generic brands, we just opt for the name brands which obviously cost more.
ETA: This is just for DH and I.
We spend around $500/month for my fiance and I. We hardly ever eat go out to dinner, and we bring our lunches to work everyday.
It's an expense I am always trying to lower-I shop based on the sales ad, stock up during sales, and use coupons when possible. We eat a lot of fresh produce so I try to buy in season. Food is just expensive!
We put $400 per month aside for groceries . This includes household cleaning supplies and toilet tissue.
Wine is a whole separate line! ( We drink our own for the most part.)
We spend $50 a week for 2 people and 3 cats. That includes non-grocery household products.
I don't currently live with my FI but my roommate and I do share all of our groceries. She is vegetarian and I have adopted a vegetarian diet since living with her although I do still eat meat if we are out or when I am with my FI and family. We typically spend about $100 per week on groceries and household items (so $50 per person). We have only eaten out once since January 1st and bring our lunch to work & school every single day. We eat tons of fruit & veggies and also buy lots of whole grains such as Kashi. I don't think ~400 dollars per month is bad for the fruit, veggies, and healthy food we buy!
We spend $800ish a month on food for 3 homemade meals each day for 3 people (myself, 6'4" Mr. LK, and teen male LK). When teen LK is having ah hungry day, do not stand between him and food. It's scary. LOL We eat all organic. I am hoping to lower our bill somewhat once we are in the new house and have space for a deep freezer. Then we can buy a 1/2 side of beef, pork, etc. and have some place to store all of the meat. Buying in large quantities directly from the farmer will help reduce our carnivore costs. :) We also participate in a CSA, which reduces our produce expenses in the growing months and supports local farmers.
There's just 2 of us and we spend about $80/wk. We are eating pretty healthy now and I've gotten into organic foods so I'm willing to spend the money on fresh produce. For cleaning stuff I buy in bulk at Costco so I'm only getting that stuff every 3-4 mths or so, if even that.
I honestly don't even know anymore. I don't pay attention to how much we spend, but I do know it's a lot. We make do with whatever we have in the account with a bit of money to spare at the end.
I picked $300-350, for two people (myself and a school-aged child; my SO lives in a different country). We spend a max of about $80 a week so I used that to figure out the spending per month, but most weeks it's probably less.
We don't eat processed foods, but we eat a LOT of fresh fruit and veggies which brings up the cost a lot since most things are imported in the winter here. We eat meat probably 3 times a week, but buy in bulk whenever possible or on-sale. I don't exclusively buy things on sale, but I scour the flyers of both grocery stores within walking distance and build up a meal plan for the upcoming week based on similar ingredients. That way I'm not wasting things. We also buy all food for my daughter's school lunches so that's an added cost.
Gosh, I wish I could spend less like so many of you. I spend at least $100 per week on groceries, including lunches we take to work. Produce and meats are so expensive. I spend about half the budget on those alone. How do some of you get by on just $50 per week? I know I should start couponing, too. I'm very bad with that and I'm sure that would help!!
We each put away $200 into our joint account for food...so, roughly $400 for the two of us for the month. Mostly, we come in around $120 a week and make up the difference will some bills that come in under-budget. Lately, we've incorporated one veggie meal and another egg-based meal a week to cut down on meat costs. It's so expensive! Oh, and FI eats leftovers for lunch....so it's not like we buy a ton of lunch food. We buy all of our veggies frozen (mostly) so they don't spoil either.
We spend $40 or $50 a week on groceries.
Every other week we have my son so those weeks are a little closer to 50 but usually our grocery bill comes in just under 40. We go out to eat once every 2 weeks or so.
I voted thinking you meant weekly but I realized you didn't specify weekly or monthly...
We live in Hawaii, so food prices are really high here. We spend about $160 a week on groceries (including toilet paper, soap, dog food, etc). And then we probably eat out dinner once a week and breakfast once on the weekend, which adds up to maybe a total of $900 a month. I cook everything from scratch and buy a lot of fresh veggies, so that definitely contributes to the cost, and the groceries cover my lunch everyday and FI's lunch ocassionally. I've lived on a strict, tight, budget before, eating boxed/prepared food for something like $40 a week but it definitely wasn't as healthy.
$280, it's increased quite a bit since I've been pregnant but that's for 2 adults, 1 toddler. We also eat out about 6 times a month so that's around $280 as well.
We spend between $70 & $100 a week depending on what we need. We are generally on the $100 side when we need household items. That's for me, DH and our cat.
As usualy with money polls this changes drastically where you live.
I went home to my MILs and went shopping north of Boston in the suburbs. I was able to buy, literally, 2 times as much for the same amount of money than I can in the SF area.
I would say we average about 175 a week. Including all household stuff. Maybe we spend more. Its hard to say because I shop at several locations.
Also, we eat out about once a week for dinner (and that varies from $60- $150), and we dont normally eat lunch out at all.
I'm not buying groceries for us yet, but I chose 250-300 because our BAS (per month) will be a little over 300, and I'd like to come in under that (and I also clicked the wrong one when I voted lol)
We have a budget of $50/week for the two of us. This includes everything. We avoid processed foods as much as possible and buy a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. If you have an Aldi store near you they are really inexpensive!
It is just the two of us and we spend around 700 a month on grocreys, house hold cleaning products etc. I wish it was lower but i just reviewed my banking statements last week. Im curious what everyone eats to be spending less that 400 a month??
When we were in the states, we were spending about $400 a month for all grocery store purchases (alcohol not included). This also included cleaning products, cat stuff, and bathroom/shower type stuff.
@KatieKitKat: hope this isn't going off on a tangent but I thought I'd give you an idea of what our weekly shopping list looks like :)
We always take our lunches to work, FI makes a salad and takes leftovers and some fruit and I eat Greek yogurt, fruit, and cup of Special K-type cereal. For breakfast we usually have oatmeal and fruit. We plan our dinners the week in advance and make sure we can use everything. If we have pesto paninis one night I'll plan to have manicotti or chicken/pasta another night so we can use the leftover french bread as garlic bread. For dinners we have kind of a rotating menu of pastas, soups, mexican dishes, etc. We never buy name brand food and we don't usually buy snacks (we're both trying to eat healthier so we snack on grapes, apples, fruit smoothies). We usually only eat meat 2 nights/week and it's typically chicken unless I make FI meatloaf or turkey burgers. I think planning each meal saves us a lot of money and prevents a lot of things from going to waste.
I had a thread like this about a month ago :) http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/what-is-your-grocery-budget-per-month
We spend $325/mo, try to keep it around $70-$80/week for us two. This DOESN'T include household/toiletry, that is a separate budget of $90/mo because we order through melaleuca.
We buy half organic. We also don't eat meat often, 1-3x/week, in order to cut costs. We don't really drink all that much either, just special occasions.
So $325 for basic food. It's SUPER hard to keep it that low!
Oh, I will say as well, we live in the midwest. I know region has a lot to do with groceries as well.
Try to keep it under $100 per week, so anywhere under $400 per month makes me happy(including cleaning supplies, toiletries,etc).
We go ouot to eat maybe 2x per month, if that. We are both great cooks (if I do say so myself haha), so if we feel like splurging we'll just go get a nice piece of steak or fish/lobster etc from Fresh Market & make it ourselves.
We spend $400ish a month but I'm trying to bring it down and change it since we eat a lot of not so good stuff and not a lot of fresh stuff.
Up to $600 per month including cleaners, pet food and bathroom stuff. We don't buy much for prepackaged food though, instead lots of veggies and fruit and meat so it costs us more. Food is one area we won't cheap out on.
We spend about $400 each month on groceries for two. We eat organic meats and produce, though, so that makes things a bit more expensive.
Typically I spend around $75-120 a week. I try to take advantage of deals but normally I shop at the grocery store closest to my home and don't normally buy elsewhere. My FI is a larger individual (6' 4" and 250 lbs) and I am smaller and eat less. (while I shopped for myself I spend around $30-50 a week)
@miss-spunkin: Whoops, previous post search fail. :(
@KatieKitKat: We eat a lot of produce and I tend to buy meat in bulk/on sale and freeze it (aside from seafood, which I try to buy fresh, a few times a month)
So it actually sounds like my expected budget was low. Hrm. I hate when the apparent solution is "increase income." Maybe I can swap that out with "mooch meals off parents/inlaws."
For the 2 of us, cat and dog food, and household supplies...i would say easily 400-500 a month. Plus an additional 50-100 for coffee trips, out to lunch/dinner. Were trying to figure out a way to spend less, but i like to buy healthy foods and some stuff organic but not all.
Or budget used to be around $400 a month but I knew I could save money if I actually started budgeting instead of just picking up stuff nilly willy. Now it's $200 a month. I spend $50 a week on groceries and if something isn't in the budget, then it will have to wait to be bought till the next week.
ETA: I cook almost every night and try not to eat out. I also found that figuring out what are staples for you and your household will help cut down on how much you spend. For instance, I know that we need milk, cereal, chicken, oranges, and ground beef in our house at all times. So I know that I have to buy these things first and everything else is pretty much an extra and gets bought second. I also grow my own herbs which helps cut down on costs. And I make my own sauce and stuff for food.
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After several straight months of going over our grocery budget, I've decided it's probably not realistic.
We entertain a few times a month and eat a LOT of fruits and veggies. I usually buy meat in bulk. Sometimes I splurge on sale shrimp or shellfish. We don't eat out often at all anymore. And we're routinely coming in about $350*. Ouch.
So for your household, what's your food budget? For how many people?
*ETA - just realized, this includes non-food grocery store items like cleaning supplies, etc.