How much do you spend on food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$300/week for family of 5.

me too.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5, 3 teenagers. We go to the store almost every day, even after buying $300 worth of food. One time I calculated our debits at Giant, Whole Foods, Fresh Mkt, Harris Teeter. Yes, the bills included non-food items. But the total was $2,100.00

[Anonymous]

Forgot to add, for 1 month

[Anonymous]

200-250 /week for family of 3. Plus family dinner out once a week, plus lunches and coffee/snacks at work.

[Anonymous]

$175 a week, for groceries only for 1 week. Family of 5

Plus an additional $60 for soap powder and toiletries, paper plates

Also we eat out after church so that's another $100-$120 gone

[Anonymous]

I probably spend around $120/week at Costco (so that would include some non food items like toilet paper, dish detergent, random clothes or household items)
and another $80/week at Wegmans (exclusively food).

And then we end up making a random trip or two to other stores--maybe $15/week

We almost never get coffee at Starbucks (maybe once a year or so!)

and spend about $100 on date night once a month, so $25/week

Maybe another $100 on other take out/family meal out per month so about $25/week

So...I guess that averages out to approx. $225-$250 per week (I deducted a small amount from the actual total, since not everything from Costco is food...

We have 6 in our family...so I guess that's approx. $40/week...x 4 (apprx. weeks in month)


$160 pp/week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I probably spend around $120/week at Costco (so that would include some non food items like toilet paper, dish detergent, random clothes or household items)
and another $80/week at Wegmans (exclusively food).

And then we end up making a random trip or two to other stores--maybe $15/week

We almost never get coffee at Starbucks (maybe once a year or so!)

and spend about $100 on date night once a month, so $25/week

Maybe another $100 on other take out/family meal out per month so about $25/week

So...I guess that averages out to approx. $225-$250 per week (I deducted a small amount from the actual total, since not everything from Costco is food...

We have 6 in our family...so I guess that's approx. $40/week...x 4 (apprx. weeks in month)


$160 pp/week

ack...that should say $160 pp/month

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great info - I am wondering about the folks who say they never/rately eat out. How do you do that, we are so lazy/busy/tired it just seems to easy to get take-out too often.

How to not eat out that often? Just don't go. It's a conscious effort to get in your car and drive to the restaurant (or walk, or bike, or take public transportation), to open the door, to sit at the restaurants table and open the menu, etc.

When you can't afford something, you just don't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great info - I am wondering about the folks who say they never/rately eat out. How do you do that, we are so lazy/busy/tired it just seems to easy to get take-out too often.

How to not eat out that often? Just don't go. It's a conscious effort to get in your car and drive to the restaurant (or walk, or bike, or take public transportation), to open the door, to sit at the restaurants table and open the menu, etc.

When you can't afford something, you just don't do it.

Yeah we are broke so... If we're lazy that means opening a can of soup or something.