Anonymous
02/27/2016 23:15
Subject: Re:Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Anonymous wrote:Family of 4 - 3 adults and a 5 year old.
$150 week for groceries, probably $100 a week on lunches and ordering in perhaps once a week. Almost never go out to a restaurant.
Three adults?
Anonymous
02/27/2016 23:12
Subject: Re:Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Family of 4 - 3 adults and a 5 year old.
$150 week for groceries, probably $100 a week on lunches and ordering in perhaps once a week. Almost never go out to a restaurant.
$150 week for groceries, probably $100 a week on lunches and ordering in perhaps once a week. Almost never go out to a restaurant.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 21:50
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Anonymous wrote:Family of 4..two teens..$150-$175 a week + 1 dinner out. Includes packed lunches for all.
This is seriously impressive. What sorts of things are you eating if you don't mind me asking? Do you look for sales, etc.?
We have similarly aged kids and probably spend double that. We eat healthy but don't go crazy with 100% organic or anything like that.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 21:45
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Family of 4..two teens..$150-$175 a week + 1 dinner out. Includes packed lunches for all.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 20:57
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Family of 4, kids in elementary school. We all eat breakfast at home, we all pack lunches, we eat most dinners at home (dinner out once every other week, so only twice a month and it's usually Thai or pizza so not too expensive). We do eat organic if possible. Average $250/week
Anonymous
02/27/2016 20:15
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
We spend about $375/week. That's dinner 4-5 nights a week, lunch packed for both kids and quick breakfast in the morning. We eat out weekends and Friday night. DH and I order out once a weeknight too.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 19:18
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Anonymous wrote:I haven't really tracked it but realized this week it was about $309 on groceries but more for eating out. Is that normal?
OP here. Should clarify that my kids are 5 and 3 so not huge eaters. We eat out maybe once or twice a week, so this 300 weekly grocery bill includes everything else for everyone.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 19:04
Subject: Re:Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Anonymous wrote:For this to be useful, people should also specify if they pack their own and kids' lunches, and/or if they eat breakfast at home. If you're not counting what you pay for school breakfast or lunch, or what you spend to buy lunch, or you actually go out for dinner 5x/ month, these estimates are skewed. Maybe the $120/week poster is including those, but I don't know how you could realistically buy so little. Do you live outside of the DC area? Shop only at Costco?
I'm ^^ PP. I have a $500 monthly budget that works out to about $125 a week. We eat out only about 2 times a month. The rest of the meals are eaten at home. Pack lunches for the kids and husband. I work from home so I eat a lot of leftovers. I shop at the local grocery stores, going between Giant & Harris Teeter. I buy conventional fruits & veggies (Organic only if it's cheaper), no processed food. We live in Rockville.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:59
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
I think it's about normal, depends on how old your kids are?
We do $200 groceries, $175 eating out. Kids are 5 and 8
We do $200 groceries, $175 eating out. Kids are 5 and 8
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:58
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
$125 a week. 2 kids 2 adults.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:57
Subject: Re:Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
Spend about 200/week for 2 adults, 2 kids. Eat out a few times a month.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:56
Subject: Re:Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
For this to be useful, people should also specify if they pack their own and kids' lunches, and/or if they eat breakfast at home. If you're not counting what you pay for school breakfast or lunch, or what you spend to buy lunch, or you actually go out for dinner 5x/ month, these estimates are skewed. Maybe the $120/week poster is including those, but I don't know how you could realistically buy so little. Do you live outside of the DC area? Shop only at Costco?
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:46
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
About 120. Two adults, 5 and 3 year olds. Maybe an additional 50 a week for takeout or eating out.
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:30
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
More than $300 for one week of eating out?
Anonymous
02/27/2016 18:28
Subject: Families of 4: what's your weekly food budget?
I haven't really tracked it but realized this week it was about $309 on groceries but more for eating out. Is that normal?