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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What on earth are you buying? We shop at WF (supplemented by Costco for things that aren't available at WF) and spend $500/mo but are a family of 4.[/quote]

I don't believe this at all. [/quote]

I believe it's possible.  We track our grocery spending and our family of 4 bill is $5-600, though we're reversed--shop primarily at Costco, supplement with other stores. But unlike PP I'm not shocked by bills that are 1k+/month--it's really easy to drift upwards.  We've had to work to keep it at this level.[/quote]

Yeah I think that must be the case. Growing up my moms entire “job” was to plan, clip coupons and discount shop to keep our grocery bill low for a family of 6. (200/month in the 90s, no meals out). She stayed under budget but it was a huge effort!  I could certainly reduce our bill if I planned more budget friendly meals and shopped around more, but I work a lot, and buy what I want to eat without looking at the prices so much. I barely have time to do even that much. I buy high quality meats, produce and pantry items and it costs a lot of money. If I wanted to save I’d probably increase our egg/bean based meals but right now with small kids and two working parents I just don’t invest a lot of time in grocery planning and budgeting. As one pp said I’m just grateful we can afford it.[/quote]

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