Anonymous wrote:Family of three, DH and DW mid 30s and DS 2yrs old, we spend about $700 and yes mostly, natural and organic food from either TJs and WF.

On the plus side ever since we switched to organics I have lost 30lbs and no meanies I wasn't obsess and sitting on front of the TUBE.

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...

Well, I wouldn't mention it either, because it's not part of my grocery bill and the question was about spending on groceries. We have a family of four, kids are 8 and 11, and our grocery bill is about $100-125 a week at Teeter (about $500 a month), plus we go to Costco and Trader Joe's occasionally (and Whole Foods rarely) which probably averages out to another $100 a month on food. But that doesn't include the kids lunches during the week, my husband's lunches or some of mine, we get pizza once a week, and we get all of our paper goods and cleaning supplies and toiletries at Costco and Target so I don't include that in the "groceries" category. It's hard to do an apples to apples comparison since people prepare different numbers of meals at home, and may be counting more than food in the grocery bill.

That's absurd. Hey, I spend $0 on groceries, do I spend too much? I don't think I should mention that I eat out every meal. Riiiggghhhht!

I'm just saying, the difference between $500 and $700 and $900 a month in groceries could be driven just by whether you make lunches for everyone or if you eat out 3x a week instead of 1x a week. These threads should be based on "We make XX meals a month and this is our grocery budget" or else there's no way to compare.

Anonymous wrote:Where do you shop? Aldis? I go to Safeway, Target, HT, WF and MOMs and spend at least $700 for the 3 of us. We're vegetarians, but even the fake meat is expensive. I don't know how you do it, OP! What's your secret?

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...

Well, I wouldn't mention it either, because it's not part of my grocery bill and the question was about spending on groceries. We have a family of four, kids are 8 and 11, and our grocery bill is about $100-125 a week at Teeter (about $500 a month), plus we go to Costco and Trader Joe's occasionally (and Whole Foods rarely) which probably averages out to another $100 a month on food. But that doesn't include the kids lunches during the week, my husband's lunches or some of mine, we get pizza once a week, and we get all of our paper goods and cleaning supplies and toiletries at Costco and Target so I don't include that in the "groceries" category. It's hard to do an apples to apples comparison since people prepare different numbers of meals at home, and may be counting more than food in the grocery bill.

That's absurd. Hey, I spend $0 on groceries, do I spend too much? I don't think I should mention that I eat out every meal. Riiiggghhhht!

I'm just saying, the difference between $500 and $700 and $900 a month in groceries could be driven just by whether you make lunches for everyone or if you eat out 3x a week instead of 1x a week. These threads should be based on "We make XX meals a month and this is our grocery budget" or else there's no way to compare.

Anonymous wrote:Where do you shop? Aldis? I go to Safeway, Target, HT, WF and MOMs and spend at least $700 for the 3 of us. We're vegetarians, but even the fake meat is expensive. I don't know how you do it, OP! What's your secret?

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...

Well, I wouldn't mention it either, because it's not part of my grocery bill and the question was about spending on groceries. We have a family of four, kids are 8 and 11, and our grocery bill is about $100-125 a week at Teeter (about $500 a month), plus we go to Costco and Trader Joe's occasionally (and Whole Foods rarely) which probably averages out to another $100 a month on food. But that doesn't include the kids lunches during the week, my husband's lunches or some of mine, we get pizza once a week, and we get all of our paper goods and cleaning supplies and toiletries at Costco and Target so I don't include that in the "groceries" category. It's hard to do an apples to apples comparison since people prepare different numbers of meals at home, and may be counting more than food in the grocery bill.

That's absurd. Hey, I spend $0 on groceries, do I spend too much? I don't think I should mention that I eat out every meal. Riiiggghhhht!

I'm just saying, the difference between $500 and $700 and $900 a month in groceries could be driven just by whether you make lunches for everyone or if you eat out 3x a week instead of 1x a week. These threads should be based on "We make XX meals a month and this is our grocery budget" or else there's no way to compare.

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...

Well, I wouldn't mention it either, because it's not part of my grocery bill and the question was about spending on groceries. We have a family of four, kids are 8 and 11, and our grocery bill is about $100-125 a week at Teeter (about $500 a month), plus we go to Costco and Trader Joe's occasionally (and Whole Foods rarely) which probably averages out to another $100 a month on food. But that doesn't include the kids lunches during the week, my husband's lunches or some of mine, we get pizza once a week, and we get all of our paper goods and cleaning supplies and toiletries at Costco and Target so I don't include that in the "groceries" category. It's hard to do an apples to apples comparison since people prepare different numbers of meals at home, and may be counting more than food in the grocery bill.

That's absurd. Hey, I spend $0 on groceries, do I spend too much? I don't think I should mention that I eat out every meal. Riiiggghhhht!

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...

Well, I wouldn't mention it either, because it's not part of my grocery bill and the question was about spending on groceries. We have a family of four, kids are 8 and 11, and our grocery bill is about $100-125 a week at Teeter (about $500 a month), plus we go to Costco and Trader Joe's occasionally (and Whole Foods rarely) which probably averages out to another $100 a month on food. But that doesn't include the kids lunches during the week, my husband's lunches or some of mine, we get pizza once a week, and we get all of our paper goods and cleaning supplies and toiletries at Costco and Target so I don't include that in the "groceries" category. It's hard to do an apples to apples comparison since people prepare different numbers of meals at home, and may be counting more than food in the grocery bill.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, it's always enough food. In the pantry now we have over 20 boxes of pasta and over 10 bags of rice. We have a shelf full of canned goods and the fridge is stocked.

No food stamps or free meals. We have dinner out once a week and order takeout once a week. The kids get lunch at school but we pay for it.

Fantastic. Remind me why you posted?

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Anonymous wrote:So you don't pack lunches. That eliminates a huge portion of our grocery bill. Congratulations.

They probably eat breakfast and lunch at school. That leaves lunch for the adults M-F which they probably eat out every single day and isn't mentioned...