What is your weekly food bill?

[Anonymous]

I buy well and we must be spending $500-$700 a week for 3/4 people, which is crazy. What are you spending a week and how many people? Where do you shop?

[Anonymous]

Food is through the roof! We are four (me, DH, and two ES kids - I am also pregnant) and we are able to keep it down to about $200 a week. Shop at Kroger mostly and eat humbly: lots of soup, pasta, salads, cereal, sandwiches. More chicken, less steak. Not a lot of “treats”. We can more than afford it but being that it’s a bill we have so much control over I want to keep it as low as I can.

[Anonymous]

I think we also have to know age/number of kids and If everyone has lunch at or from home. My teen comes home after their sport and eats and eats and eats. Both kids take lunch everyday as well.

Thanks to the teen we eat fish once per week but are otherwise vegetarian. Our grocery bill averages about $250 per week and we usually spend another $150 on takeout.

[Anonymous]

7 people - kids aged 6-15 and we shop at Aldi. We spend $225-$275/week. This does NOT include a trip to Costco every 6-8 weeks for paper products and cleaning supplies. I meal plan and cook based on what’s available each week at Aldi.

[Anonymous]

That is a lot for a family of 4. I have a family if four - two young toddlers - and we spend about $150-200/week. We do spend about $1200/month at Costco every 3 months for most of our food and household products. We buy from Whole Foods weekly. I buy pasture raised eggs, organic + grass fed diary, and organic fruits + veggies. I’m sure it would be cheaper if I bought conventional. We also do takeout once a week.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5. I would guess we spend about $300-400 per week. Usually one big shop that is close to $200, then several other little shops for more fresh fruit and random items. Sone of our household items like paper towels/toilet paper etc come from a separate shop on Amazon or at target, but things like detergent, counter spray etc are in the weekly grocery store shop.

[Anonymous]

Family of 4, including two teen athlete boys. We spend about $300-500 per week.

Usually one main grocery store run of $200-300 per week, plus I buy milk from SMC, buy our meat in bulk for about $500 twice a year, and order frozen seafood for a couple hundred dollars every few months. If you count wine add another $80-100 per month.

[Anonymous]

Family of 4. One toddler, one elementary schooler. $150 per week at either Giant or Harris Teeter, plus another $200 or so on food at Costco once a month. I buy a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. More chicken, less beef these days.
Younger DD has a severe egg allergy, and I don't keep them in the house at all, so at least we aren't spending a fortune on eggs these days!

[Anonymous]

We spend a ton…I shop at Whole Foods and Wegmans. Sometimes Trader Joe’s. I just can’t bring myself to buy meat and produce from Giant or Walmart… I constantly feel like we are missing something. Our fridge is never “stocked”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy well and we must be spending $500-$700 a week for 3/4 people, which is crazy. What are you spending a week and how many people? Where do you shop?

What are you buying? Do you plan around specials? Where do you shop?

[Anonymous]

Honestly that is what we spend. Our food costs were 37,000 last year for absolutely everything, including takeout and fairly infrequent holiday entertaining, etc. we have two young kids and our nanny whose meals we provide during the week. That’s about 700 a week all in. It’s insane.

[Anonymous]

$150 for family of 3 (me, DH, and one teen). Aldi is the bomb. We also spend about $75-150 a week on takeout.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. We are at $350 a week here. Family of four. Both kids are toddlers but they have insane appetites and a berry obsession.

We eat out MAYBE twice a month though, the kids are home, and when we go to the office we pack our lunches. So this is breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for everyone, every day. We buy store brand and have eliminated a lot of our luxuries, plus we aim for sales, and we don’t go for organic pricey stuff. But we’re not willing to cut out the stuff the kids love, so we’re spending a LOT on fruit and things like pouches.

[Anonymous]

We probably spend $300 a week. Family of 5, oldest kid is 7 but eats a lot. I buy mostly organic produce, eggs, dairy, meat, and flour. I shop at Walmart, Giant, occasionally Wegman’s, and Costco for certain staples. The $300 includes one night of takeout.

[Anonymous]

Family of 3 and we spend about $400 per week nowadays. Shopping split between Giant, Whole Foods and MOMs.