how much do you spend on food a month?
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Anonymous
Shop mainly at Aldi for all basics. Don't eat meat every day, and buy vegetables and fruit depending on what is in that weeks paper as best deals. We cook enough so there will be leftovers for the kids for lunch. We only drink water with our meals, and almond milk with coffee/cereal. Soda or juices are for special occasions only. We don't buy all the expensive cleaning products that promise to change your life. Vinegar and baking soda for scrubing. Alcohol deluted with water works great on countertops and stainless steel. |
Anonymous
Yeah....we do that as well and spend more than you spend in a month in a week. I'm sorry but I don't buy it for a second that you feed a family of 4 for $50/week |
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Yeah....we do that as well and spend more than you spend in a month in a week. I'm sorry but I don't buy it for a second that you feed a family of 4 for $50/week
Why is it so hard to believe? I make pizza from scratch, and pair it with a salad. Different rice and and pasta dishes. Roasted vegetables, hummus (from scratch, not store bought), grilled/roasted chicken. |
Anonymous
| Unless you are growing your own wheat and making your own cheese, thats correct, I don't buy it. Maybe I buy much better quality, but no, I couldn't make that meal for under $20 for the 5 of us, and thats one meal out of 21 a week. |
Anonymous
| so 4 people eating 3 meals a day at home = 84 individual meals. .59 cents/meal at $50/week. No way. |
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It comes down to organizational and cooking skills.
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Anonymous
Not quite right. Dinner will also be next days lunch. So really, I cook 1 meal a day. Breakfast is cereal, oatmeal or what ever. |
Anonymous
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Groceries: about $400 / month for two adults in NW DC, mostly from Safeway and to a much smaller extent, Whole Foods.
This excludes eating out mostly on weekends: Add an average $200 for two from Friday night through Sunday lunch or dinner, on average. We keep our eating out to high value, less pretentious places where the food is great and two adults can eat well, with maybe one drink each, for $50-60 total in DC. |
Anonymous
So? You still need greater quantity to feed 4 mouths a day. Thats the price per meal. A gallon of milk is $6, add in some cereal and you're already at $10. |
Anonymous
Almond milk $1.79 (half galon), cereal $2.50 (store brand). We don't finish these in 1 day. You all might just be buying your food from the expensive stores. |
Anonymous
| Way too much, apparently |
Anonymous
https://www.walmart.com/browse/food/cold-cereal/great-value/976759_976783_1231208/YnJhbmQ6R3JlYXQgVmFsdWUie Even the cheapest Walmart junk is more than $2.50. But lets just say you're right. A half gallon of almond milk will pour 4 bowls of milk for cereal or so. You're already over .50/meal and you're only on breakfast (with no fruit or protein or fat). And you say you eat meat? What kind? |
Anonymous
| I think the original post was a humble brag |
Anonymous
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Almond milk $1.79 (half galon), cereal $2.50 (store brand). We don't finish these in 1 day. You all might just be buying your food from the expensive stores.
https://www.walmart.com/browse/food/cold-cereal/great-value/976759_976783_1231208/YnJhbmQ6R3JlYXQgVmFsdWUie Even the cheapest Walmart junk is more than $2.50. But lets just say you're right. A half gallon of almond milk will pour 4 bowls of milk for cereal or so. You're already over .50/meal and you're only on breakfast (with no fruit or protein or fat). And you say you eat meat? What kind? We get this one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Almond-Crunchy-Honey-Oats-Cereal-18-oz/127399616 since this is the one the kids like. My husband and I don't eat cereal ever. We buy it for the kids. My husband and I prefer either an omelet with or without veggies, or steel cut oats/regular oatmeal. Eggs are about $0.79 pack of 12. I buy bulk steel cut oats/oatmeal for $0.69 per pound. I don't but unless I see it for this price or lower. Veggies for my omelet? Mostly spinach from Aldi, if I remember it's $1.79. I also like celery which is $0.98. My kids will occasionally have a fruit/oatmeal smoothie. They get their veggies at dinner/lunch. |
Anonymous
https://www.walmart.com/browse/food/cold-cereal/great-value/976759_976783_1231208/YnJhbmQ6R3JlYXQgVmFsdWUie Even the cheapest Walmart junk is more than $2.50. But lets just say you're right. A half gallon of almond milk will pour 4 bowls of milk for cereal or so. You're already over .50/meal and you're only on breakfast (with no fruit or protein or fat). And you say you eat meat? What kind? We get this one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Almond-Crunchy-Honey-Oats-Cereal-18-oz/127399616 since this is the one the kids like. My husband and I don't eat cereal ever. We buy it for the kids. My husband and I prefer either an omelet with or without veggies, or steel cut oats/regular oatmeal. Eggs are about $0.79 pack of 12. I buy bulk steel cut oats/oatmeal for $0.69 per pound. I don't but unless I see it for this price or lower. Veggies for my omelet? Mostly spinach from Aldi, if I remember it's $1.79. I also like celery which is $0.98. My kids will occasionally have a fruit/oatmeal smoothie. They get their veggies at dinner/lunch. Corn Syrup honey AND brown sugar all in one healthy breakfast! You till can't feed a family for .50/meal in the US without growing your own food to supplement, but at least you've shown us the quality of the food you feed your children, that helps me understand. |