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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 10:44 AM #1
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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.This thread is currently associated with: N/ALast edited by mrsjanuary; Thu, Sep 30th, 2010 at 10:45 AM.
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 10:57 AM #2
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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 $250 a month
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 11:18 AM #3
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I have no idea since...well I haven't really gone grocery shopping in two months (lazy) and in terms of my stinker's food, I keep getting free food at work (yay), but if I were paying for it it's about 25$ 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).Last edited by lekate; Thu, Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:19 AM.
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 11:31 AM #4
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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/Last edited by Natalka; Thu, Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:35 AM.
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 12:04 PM #5
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oopsies, sorry gals, i didnt see the other thread!
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 01:09 PM #6
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np, I asked people to exclude baby / pet / household anyway
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 01:14 PM #7
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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
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 01:48 PM #8
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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
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 01:59 PM #9
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i know, and i dont understand why we dont get more deals like the ones down in the states. grrr!
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 03:30 PM #10
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.
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Thu, Sep 30th, 2010, 04:02 PM #11
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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.
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Fri, Oct 1st, 2010, 01:08 PM #12
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Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010, 12:48 AM #13
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Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010, 12:50 AM #14
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Plus the sales tax in US is also much lower unlike the 13 % HST on pop , chips etc over here .
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Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010, 01:00 AM #15
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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
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