Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:54
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of 4, including two teen athlete boys.
Between our regular weekly store run, farmers market and our weekly SMC delivery, we run about $250/week. But add to that:
Bulk purchase of most meat, $1000 once or twice a year
Monthly seafood delivery, $250/month
Costco runs a few times a year, probably $300-400 each
Alcohol (not going to add this one up lol)
Target or Amazon purchases for random household items I forgot to get at the store, probably $50-100/month
Eating out ... maybe $300/month? It varies like crazy, we'll not eat out for a few weeks, we'll have one big splurge on a nice dinner, or we'll have Cava or equivalent a couple times.
I think that all comes out to something like $450/week on average??? I know we could do stuff more cheaply if we needed to. SMC, seafood, and farmers markets in particular add up. I distinctly remember having a food budget of $80/week for two people, granted that was 20 years ago, but we could obviously cut back a lot.
Between our regular weekly store run, farmers market and our weekly SMC delivery, we run about $250/week. But add to that:
Bulk purchase of most meat, $1000 once or twice a year
Monthly seafood delivery, $250/month
Costco runs a few times a year, probably $300-400 each
Alcohol (not going to add this one up lol)
Target or Amazon purchases for random household items I forgot to get at the store, probably $50-100/month
Eating out ... maybe $300/month? It varies like crazy, we'll not eat out for a few weeks, we'll have one big splurge on a nice dinner, or we'll have Cava or equivalent a couple times.
I think that all comes out to something like $450/week on average??? I know we could do stuff more cheaply if we needed to. SMC, seafood, and farmers markets in particular add up. I distinctly remember having a food budget of $80/week for two people, granted that was 20 years ago, but we could obviously cut back a lot.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:52
Subject: Re:How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Around 350. Two adults, two tween/teen boys. This doesn’t include eating out, which might be once a week.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:51
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
We don’t eat out - I cook a ton of things from scratch, and we don’t eat much meat… but still probably $200-300/week for family of 4.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:47
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Probably $250 on groceries
$100 on target/Costco
$500 on takeout/restaurants
$100 on target/Costco
$500 on takeout/restaurants
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:41
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
About $200 for a family of four, 2 adults, 1 young teen and one 11 year old. We dont buy a lot of meat since i grew up vegetarian and still dont cook or eat it. We do buy treats/junk food. We make our lunches. Eat out about 2 times per week on the weekends, but sometimes it’s grandparents treating us.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:39
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of 5
$250 average weekly.
We also add to that quote a bit of eating out. Even when we dial it back, we end up spending the same. Inflation + growing needs as kids get older + sometimes we eat healthier out …
$250 average weekly.
We also add to that quote a bit of eating out. Even when we dial it back, we end up spending the same. Inflation + growing needs as kids get older + sometimes we eat healthier out …
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:37
Subject: Re:How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Anonymous wrote:sooooooooooooo much it isn't even finny anymore.
+1 I’ve stopped counting. And we almost never eat out anymore. Just not worth it.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:35
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of 3 (single mom, two kids). $150-250/week, including diapers. I budget $50/month for eating out so guess that averages to $10/week. We eat a lot of beans/lentils/chickpeas (for preference but it has the added advantage of being cheap) and my kids’ school/daycare does lunch (and snacks for daycare) so they’re only home for 2 meals a day five days a week which probably helps keep cost down.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:28
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Anonymous wrote:Family of four. Including eating out, and hosting people throughout the week, $400-500.
This.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 21:17
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
$350-$400. 2 elementary kids and 2 adults.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 20:49
Subject: Re:How much do you spend on groceries per week?
sooooooooooooo much it isn't even finny anymore.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 20:48
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of two (early 30s, no kids) - $100/week at grocery store(s), plus about $100 at a restaurant (usually Friday or Saturday) and whatever DH buys for lunch (I’d guess $25, Hill cafeteria). I WFH so I just eat easy things here (leftovers, yogurt and cereal, eggs, etc.) I shop at Aldi, Trader Joe’s and occasionally Harris Teeter or Costco, so it’s really like $150 one week and $50 the next. Dinners are simple (pasta, stir fry, salmon and veg, burgers, etc)
Anonymous
09/21/2023 20:29
Subject: Re:How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of 4 (kids are still in elementary). About $300/week on groceries. We get takeout on Fridays and usually end up eating one of the weekend lunches at a fast casual restaurant. That's about another $125-$150 per week.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 20:18
Subject: Re:How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Family of four, $350. That’s ALL our meals, we basically never eat out.
It feels so crazy to me. I remember when I could get groceries for myself for two weeks for $50. But our kids have wide, varied diets and eat obscene quantities of fruit.
It feels so crazy to me. I remember when I could get groceries for myself for two weeks for $50. But our kids have wide, varied diets and eat obscene quantities of fruit.
Anonymous
09/21/2023 20:02
Subject: How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Family of 4, $225.
Wondering if this is in the ballpark of what others spend.
I would love to know what kind of meals you make and how often you eat out.
We just eat out once a week and it’s usually something cheap like pupusas or pizza. I didn’t include in that in the $225. Including that it’s probably $250-$275. I roast a whole bunch of vegetables and cook rice or pasta on Sunday’s. That covers all the work lunches. Then dinner is super simple stuff, tacos with beans and veggies, grilled cheese/soup, quesadillas, breakfast for dinner (eggs), store bought ravioli, spaghetti and meatballs, nachos, sometimes sandwiches if we’re in the mood for that kinda thing.