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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Anonymous wrote:
Plz can some of you with families of 4 list what you eat each week? I don't feel like we shop extravagantly but it is likely $1K at giant and Safeway and not even organic.

What are we doing Wrong? It cannot be 35 cent coupons.

How old are your kids?"

5 and 9. 
Help please? Clearly we must be doing it wrong since I cannot fathom how folks have $500 per month grocery budgets. I just have zero clue how we would get anywhere close to that. [/quote]

My kids are 5 and 8, but girls and don't eat much. We do not buy organic but do eat mostly fresh/whole foods (as opposed to pre packaged stuff.) Its hard for me to say what our total "food" bill is per month because I usually do a weekly grocery run and also a bi weekly costco run. So I'd say I average $100/week at the grocery store and $200/month at costco, so $600ish. Maybe we eat out more than you do? I'd say in a week we get sushi one night ($20 total, its half price night) and pizza or five guys/chickfila one night, which is probably $25. DH and I each probably eat lunch out 2x a week and pack the other days, so $40 total ($10 pp per day.)

So lets see $600+$200 in takeout+$75 date night dinner+160/month in lunches = $1035. So if you are not eating out at all or buying any lunches then $1000 sounds ok to me. I do not clip coupons but I do stock up on freezer items that are on sale. I do not usually try "new" items - just get our tried and true stuff and we throw very little food away, because I meal plan. [/quote]

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