How much do you spend on groceries a week?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

[LaL 418]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to look down upon should all lesser-meaned peoples perish!

Edited January 7, 2009 by LaL

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to loook down upon should all lesser-meaned peopeles perish!

Well we can't all die. Someone has to be their domestic help.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to loook down upon should all lesser-meaned peopeles perish!

Well we can't all die. Someone has to be their domestic help.

The Gods are not pleased....

[Peikko 1,575]

I would guestimate at around $150-200 per week for three people - although there are some wild variations depending on what's available and what I have stuffed in my freezer! I don't buy any pre prepared foods though - ok, hardly any

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to loook down upon should all lesser-meaned peopeles perish!

Well we can't all die. Someone has to be their domestic help.

The Gods are not pleased....

The Gods are pleased.

The rich are the true Gods.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

The Gods are pleased.

The rich are the true Gods.

you had me at "The Gods"

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

We spend 50-60 dollars on grocery for the two of us (just food, not including detergents, shampoo, and other stuff for the house). That's three meals a day, he brings what is left from dinner at lunch the next day. I buy a lot of vegetables and fruits, we buy the meat (mostly for him) in 'family size' and freeze it.

We rarely go out for dinner more than once a week and usually it costs us less than 30 dollars for two. Unless that is for a special event, like a birthday or his 1 month without smoking.

edit: I forgot to say that no, we don't try to skimp on food. it's just that I try to buy veggies that are in season, and we don't buy already-prepared meals that cost 10 dollars each.

Edited January 7, 2009 by Cecile and Bryan

[Chica Yeyé 41]

We spend 50-60 dollars on grocery for the two of us (just food, not including detergents, shampoo, and other stuff for the house). That's three meals a day, he brings what is left from dinner at lunch the next day. I buy a lot of vegetables and fruits, we buy the meat (mostly for him) in 'family size' and freeze it.

We rarely go out for dinner more than once a week and usually it costs us less than 30 dollars for two. Unless that is for a special event, like a birthday or his 1 month without smoking.

edit: I forgot to say that no, we don't try to skimp on food. it's just that I try to buy veggies that are in season, and we don't buy already-prepared meals that cost 10 dollars each.

that is one of my mantras. Never buy pre-packaged meals and buy on season

[Amby 490]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to loook down upon should all lesser-meaned peopeles perish!

Well we can't all die. Someone has to be their domestic help.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

... we are poor. Now I will proceed to kill myself.

1 poor person down, so many more to go.

but who will be there to loook down upon should all lesser-meaned peopeles perish!

Well we can't all die. Someone has to be their domestic help.

[MrsCat 6]

Can i just share that my biggest co-habitation adjustment since i moved my mister ashore, has been budgeting for food and having enough food in the house. i never realized how badly i ate until after he moved in, and i was forced to have real food around.

i guess in the long run it's a good thing...that i should be eating 3 square meals daily.

but really what's wrong with Lucky Charms for dinner?

nothing if you're 12

sometimes I have cereal but it's not lucky charms

It's the leprechaun that bothers you, isn't it?

I loves you wacken. Those are my absolute fav!

[MrsAmera 41]

After seeing how much people think is too much to spend for going out to dinner I'm curious how much people spend on groceries per week. Typically I spend about $120-150/wk for basics and then drop in a few times throughout the week spending $20-30 on fresh produce and meat. So when I heard that $30 is a lot for eating out I thought I must be nuts spending $30 on stuff for one meal I'm cooking on my own.

How much do you typically spend?

How many people are you purchasing for?

Like some of the other posters, I don't really want to figure out just how much I spend each week. I DO like looking at how much I save with my coupons though. There are weeks that I get a cart full of groceries worth $400.00 before coupons, but save nearly 50% in the end from sales and coupons. I don't buy anything that I wouldn't normally buy. Maybe I will try a different brand of something, but if we don't like it, won't buy it again. I used to use a small index card box, but have found that the lack or organization in that kept me from really using it well. I would know there was something in there, but not find it until it expired. I now have a CaseIt that I use tabs with pockets and baseball card protecters to sort out the coupons. I have a section for each of the stores that I go to and one for catch-all, use-anywhere coupons. It is not micro-organized, but I can easily see which coupons I have and when they expire. I buy 3 newspapers each week ($4.50 total) and use the coupons from there, as well as the coupons from the "blinkies" at the grocery stores. Acme is the only store near me that uses internet printed coupons, so they get a LOT of my business. There are some really great coupons out there. I print them at work to save on ink. (Yes, I asked permission!) Then there are the doubles and triples on coupons.......... It is almost like a game to see just how well I can do with them.

There are also weeks that I only grab a half gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. We have a standing deep freezer and also a refrigerator in the cellar, in addition to the one in our kitchen. I keep it loaded up. I also have a large walk in pantry in the cellar that I fill with canned/jarred goods when I catch them on sale or with good coupons. Also, I watch for the best times to use coupons for other household goods. I have several bottles of the laundry detergent and fabric softener that I like to use. It won't go bad, because we sure do use it up. I also just refuse to pay full price. It is just too expensive. Same thing with paper towels and toilet paper, if I am ever down to less than 6 rolls, it's like a panic in the house. Oh, and on the rare occasion that Pampers are on sale at a decent price (about every 3 months or so), I use my coupons and buy 4 cases at once and they generally last until the next time around. Stores generally limit the number of those items you can buy though. So, it is off to Walmart with the grocery store's sales flyer for a price match!

There is NEVER a lack of food in our house. There is a lot of variety and some preprepared foods (esp for the baby - I send those Gerber Graduates with him when he goes to the babysitter). Certain things I am adamant about which brand, others I just don't care. We do a trip to Costco or Sams about every 4 months or so and fill the trunk. Frozen veggies still have a good nutritional value.

We have 2 adults, 2 kids (10yrs, almost 2yrs). I also generally cook food and take it to work to share on the weekends that I work.

TMI?

Keltic - I do the same thing as you, however not to such a degree because I just don't have the space in our 2 bedroom apartment. I spend about $100-$125 a week for 2 adults and 2 kids (age 2, and 5). We eat mostly fresh foods and I buy very few processed/packaged products. We don't drink alcohol so that's not an expenditure. We rarely eat out and when we do it's usually lunch (about $5 each) We may go out to dinner once every other month and spend generally no more than $50 combined. My oldest son gets hot lunch 2 days a week at school ($5 total - $2 pizza day, $3 hot lunch day). I use coupons, and shop at several stores. I weekly make a list of possible meals for the week, then look through the ads, and my coupons to determine which stores have the best deals, and where I can use my coupon with the sale items. It takes me about an hour and generally saves me A LOT!

[NickD 203]

Best return on my money is to buy in quantity on sale and store it in my freezer. Also notice a huge difference in price on the price of our goods here as compared to the big cities, big cities rob you blind.

Wife had to go to a meeting and forgot to bring food along, some kind of a custom with her meetings, told me to get her some red, green, and black seedless grapes, 99 cents at home per pound, $2.99 in the big city, she asked me what I paid for six pounds, said she doesn't want to know.

At times can buy milk cheaper at gas station and motor oil cheaper at a grocery store, one gas station in town sells bananas for 19 cents a pound, most grocery stores charge 59 cents a pound. It's crazy.

[MrsAmera 41]

The big city/ small city thing is true for some cases. However there are several items that I buy now that I live in the city that either a) I couldn't find in the smaller city we lived in or B) was so darn expensive I didn't want it!

ETA: Gotta love Kwik Trip Milk, bananas and potatos...sure do miss that

Edited January 7, 2009 by MrsAmera