How much do you spend on groceries?

[lizzie bargain]

I spend $550 per month for 2 adults and 1 teen and we eat most meals at home. If I had to I could cut this back by preparing more vegetarian meals. We buy lots of fresh fruit and veggies and I often get marked down meat and dairy. I think we could eat healthily for about $100 per week if I was very careful. Similar to the poster who buys roasts I have found I can buy a small ham( about 1 kg) and get lots of meals out of it-cutting up for homemade pizza, thin slicing for sandwiches or ham and eggs, using some for flavour in a pea or bean soup, adding some to scalloped potatoes etc-we can easily make several meals from it and certainly cheaper than the small packages sold as lunch meat.

I was wondering, how much do you spend (on average) on groceries per week?
I am just wondering what ours looks like as compared to others.

We spend aprox $90 a week but that includes free range chicken and organic produce.

How about you guys/gals?

[Lua]

we average around $50/wk for just my DH and myself.

[lizzie bargain]

That is amazing!! Well done. My husband alone would eat $50 worth but he does run every day so that might be why!

we average around $50/wk for just my DH and myself.

[Lua]

That is amazing!! Well done. My husband alone would eat $50 worth but he does run every day so that might be why!

my hubby eats an insane amt of food too! lol i've just gotten crafty in terms of making everything from scratch to stretch out our $$

[bobbiegirl2010]

We spend around $160 per week. But this includes cat food, cat litter, diapers, wipes, h & b items, cleaning supplies etc... There are 4 of us plus I feed 3 school age children dinner 5 days a week (home daycare). I also save about $100 using coupons and maintain a large pantry and freezer stockpile.

[momof5boys]

I track our grocery bills - for 2011 we spent $116 a week for food for our family (usually five of us, often more people depending on friends our boys drag home lol) I'm happy with this considering the amount the boys can eat. We have our own garden and two large freezers which helps a lot.

[croman7]

Mine is really variable too...but i do know the last two weeks for sure. We spent $120 last week, and $80 today (predicted...im sending him with a list. Please Pray for me that he comes back with exactly what we decided. hahaha) Have to mention though, that this is because he started us on a new "diet"/healthier eating plan, and we had to get a few things new (almonds, big box of chicken breasts, etc...) so the first week was a bit higher... I try to use what we have often, and get creative. There are only 2 of us, and i'm going to estimate that it's about 200ish per month for all of our food and personal care items (toilet paper, shampoo, etc...) the dog stuff is NOT included in this, as we stocked up big time and havent had to buy in a few months. Also, we're in Winnipeg if that helps your comparason. I like hearing what others are able to do. it's tough to cut it down! i find if i can save lots on my health and beauty type items, that's my best bet at cutting it back. it's REALLY hard to save on food.

[FallenPixels]

Yes, mine is definitely an average, if a week has better sales I will stock up that week and buy hardly anything other weeks

[bmpsmommy]

Our grocery bill is usually $200 every two weeks. That is for 4 kids (ages 5-12) and me and DH. We buy a lot of fresh fruit/veggies. I also do a 'big cook' and make meals that I freeze to use for another time.

[aimee1]

Family of 4- we spend about about 150.00-160.00 per week. I am trying to stay with a 525.00 per month budget, that is hard. I coupon, I buy on sale like this week the tuna fish I bought 40 cans which should last me 3 months I hope. Really started stockpiling food on sale because I am sure everything will go up again this year.

[NuCoupon]

Went to No Frills yesterday for this week's grocery shop. Nothing I bought cost more than $2.50 (lots of dollar sales )
We spent $52 for two of us. I also bought milk at SDM.

[matrix82]

too much, for two of us 50-100 a week. Although sometimes we go two or three weeks without going to the grocery store. Plus it costs $15 in gas to get to the grocery store.

[nicolthepickle]

I'm in NB and for the four of us we spend $300 a month on groceries. That includes diapers, tp, laundry soap, everything.
That's being frugal .

[sweetproserpina]

I think we spend around 300$ a month on groceries (me, DH, and DD) About half of our meat is organic/pastured, and local. We eat mostly at home, and I cook from scratch most of the time I do a lot of canning in the summer and fall which helps too!

[itchy54]

Tough question.....
I allot $100 a week, and use only cash. There are just 2 of us....but, I am allergic to many things, wheat and eggs being the killers. Wheat free products are VERY expensive, i must even buy wheat free oatmeal (no cross contamination) and it can run about $5 or $6 a small bag.....Processed food is a big no-no especially with these allergies....everything is homemade. All lunch meats are fresh..and this also means no bags of frozen chicken breasts because of the additives (no kidding, just look at ingredient label). I am hoping to go mostly organic this summer...grow my own veggies and keep fingers crossed about meat--I will at least try to buy grass fed meat with no growth hormones if i can't go entirely organic. I suggest, if you have not already, read "the omnivores dilema" by Micheal polllan....lots of great information to help you understand how animals are grown for our mass consumption.

i can save tons of money on other aspects of my life, food is one thing that i will not compromise on.