how much do you spend on groceries?

[mrsjanuary]

i'm just curious what everyone pays for groceries every month (including: food, beverages, pet food/litter, baby food/formula/snacks/diapers, household products like cleaners, and health & beauty items).


we spend $250 per month right now. there is 2 adults, 1 14 month old, 3 cats and 2 large dogs. i'm thinking we will have to bump it up to $300 soon because we really want to start eating healthier and dang that healthy food is expensive!




*note, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this! its dealing with money, that's why i posted it here.

[FallenPixels]

I asked this recently, it really varies. I know we spend a lot more on the pets than you do because they are on special diets, so excluding them, we spent about $250 a month

[lekate]

I have no idea since...well I haven't really gone grocery shopping in two months (lazy) and in terms of my stinker's food, I keep getting free food at work (yay), but if I were paying for it it's about 25$ for an 8lb bag (holistic, but once my free bag dries up, I'm thinking of switching her to a grain free food, so that'll be more, I think 16$ for a 5lb bag).

Edit: my stinker is a cat, and she doesn't stink anymore, in so much as it was the male cat at my last place who stunk up her litter box (ew).

[Natalka]

For food, less than $200 - for three adults (me and two always hungry men!). I cook everything, except for takeout maybe three times a month. No lunches or coffees out!
Cleaners and HBA items - around $10 each per month
Pets - two cats - litter and food - less than $20, for sure.

There's been a great thread/discussion running on this already -

http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/144894-...ceries-canada/

[mrsjanuary]

oopsies, sorry gals, i didnt see the other thread!

[FallenPixels]

np, I asked people to exclude baby / pet / household anyway

[mrsjanuary]

oh ok!

looks like alot of people are around $200-$300 so i dont feel so bad now. i read alot of US freebie sites and those people pay like $100 a month for a fam of 4! so jealous

[FallenPixels]

They have a lot more coupons than us and different pricing on groceries. Many grocery stores down there give you coupons for $5 off $50 bill etc if you buy certain products etc as well as the coupons and store discount cards. I don't think we will ever see deals like those

[mrsjanuary]

i know, and i dont understand why we dont get more deals like the ones down in the states. grrr!

[brunt]

I spend about 30% of my time in the US. They also have more "bargain" stores. Our favourite is "Amelia's", which has about 20 stores in the Pennsylvania area.

Really cheap - boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1 per pound. Stouffer's meatloaf and gravy - 8 serving tray for $2.99. Cereal for $0.75 per box. Ketchup for $0.25 per bottle. You get the idea. Down there we eat for less than $75 per month for the two of us.

Funny thing is that my employer gives me a daily allowance for food while I am down there for just myself that is $35 per day.

It's insane what people can pay.

[ashedfc]

I spend about 30% of my time in the US. They also have more "bargain" stores. Our favourite is "Amelia's", which has about 20 stores in the Pennsylvania area.

Really cheap - boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1 per pound. Stouffer's meatloaf and gravy - 8 serving tray for $2.99. Cereal for $0.75 per box. Ketchup for $0.25 per bottle. You get the idea. Down there we eat for less than $75 per month for the two of us.

Funny thing is that my employer gives me a daily allowance for food while I am down there for just myself that is $35 per day.

It's insane what people can pay.

GREAT !!!
You are lucky, save as much as you can.
The price you mentioned, reminds me of past century (I mean over a decade ago)......................
Who says..."there is deflation"........this is an excellent example of Inflation.

And Govt. excludes food & energy while calculating CPI. This helps them in "intentionally" quoting a lower CPI, so people on fixed income get less raise, people on pension get negligible raise, people unemployed can stay happy as there is no inflation.

[mrsjanuary]

I spend about 30% of my time in the US. They also have more "bargain" stores. Our favourite is "Amelia's", which has about 20 stores in the Pennsylvania area.

Really cheap - boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1 per pound. Stouffer's meatloaf and gravy - 8 serving tray for $2.99. Cereal for $0.75 per box. Ketchup for $0.25 per bottle. You get the idea. Down there we eat for less than $75 per month for the two of us.

Funny thing is that my employer gives me a daily allowance for food while I am down there for just myself that is $35 per day.

It's insane what people can pay.

omg those are some crazy low prices!

[tjthemanto]

They have a lot more coupons than us and different pricing on groceries. Many grocery stores down there give you coupons for $5 off $50 bill etc if you buy certain products etc as well as the coupons and store discount cards. I don't think we will ever see deals like those

Plus the stacking in US ..which almost all the US stores accept .

In Canada except LD ( which doesn't really sell groceries ..maybe it sells bread , chips , pop etc like SDM ..not sure ) ..you can't stack anywhere else

[tjthemanto]

Plus the sales tax in US is also much lower unlike the 13 % HST on pop , chips etc over here .

[tjthemanto]

i'm just curious what everyone pays for groceries every month (including: food, beverages, pet food/litter, baby food/formula/snacks/diapers, household products like cleaners, and health & beauty items).


we spend $250 per month right now. there is 2 adults, 1 14 month old, 3 cats and 2 large dogs. i'm thinking we will have to bump it up to $300 soon because we really want to start eating healthier and dang that healthy food is expensive!




*note, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this! its dealing with money, that's why i posted it here.

Yeah .. I wish they had coupons on apples & oranges instead of junk food like pop , chips , pizza pops etc

Does your budget also include eating out ( nothing fancy ) but just the occasional trip to McDonalds , Tim Hortons etc ?

I have a friend he drinks his coffee @ TH everyday when he goes to work in the morning , plus he grabs a bagel or something .

Also for Lunch , he grabs a pizza slice , subway sandwich or something .

So basically 5 days a week his lunch & breakfast are outside , only eats dinner at home during workdays ... so I bet his grocery bill is less every week but not his total expense if you consider his eating outside