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The question though is when you are comparing to your previous spending, were  you including the extra groceries (e.g. TP, cat litter, kitchen rolls) separately from the food?  You should be comparing food costs before and after without including the household supplies.  Olive oil counts, but the rest are household supplies that you would/should be buying either way.  I've found that when our family of four goes out, we spend between $25-40 for a single meal.  When we eat at home, $75 of groceries will last us 2-3 days (average 2 meals a day, so 4 meals).  So for $75 for two meals or four meals?  I can definitely see the difference.[/quote]

Where do you eat for a family of 4 for $25-40??

Seriously. I would love to know.  With just the 2 of us and a 2.5 year old, we rarely spend less than $60, usually closer to $75-$100 if we each have a drink after all tax and tip is included. [/quote]

Seriously??[/quote]

OP here, we are a family of 4 (though the youngest is just 1) and we spend about $40-60 when we eat out as a family, or sometimes less.  Everything I buy at the grocery store is through meal planning and it typically costs about $50-60 for five evening meals for 4 (that means leftovers for lunch most days as the kids don't eat adult portions).  It seems that it's all the other things that add up, including the $4 a box cereal that my husband insists we need, all the milk and nuts and bread and fruit for the kids, some occasional ice cream and cookies plus all the household items I previously mentioned etc.  BUT we always had that before so I'm at a loss to work out why we aren't saving more.[/quote]

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