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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]these numbers are CRAZY low.  have you accounted for ALL expenses?

We only shop 1x per week for groceries.  We are 2 adults and a toddler.  We spend $100/week on groceries and $300/week on work lunches and weeeknd meals (brunch or dinner).  Our $100/week is 70% food for the toddler and snacks.

We shop mostly at Safeway.  Before baby, we shopped mostly at WF but it is too expensive now because my son eats/snacks a lot and we are eating at home a lot more.[/quote]

I think people are just talking about the food-based grocery bill. Most are not including lunches out, ordering in, lattes at work, or accounting for the fact that lunch & snacks are covered in daycare fees. Food-based groceries only for our family of 3: $600/month. Groceries+home items+eating out+cafes+the portion of our daycare fee that goes towards food is approx $1200+/month but we're working on that and have been cooking more at home in the past month - I'm hoping we come in $200 less this month compared to last. I have brought my cafe budget down to $5/week by having a kettle at my desk, so now I only buy coffee if a supervisor asks me to "coffee" and I feel like I shouldn't say no. Getting DH not to buy lunch at work, or not to go buy a second lunch even when I've packed him a decent sized serving of leftovers, is a challenge and part of his larger food control issues so some of that "eating out" budget is unfortunately not very predictable right now. [/quote]

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