How much do you spend on groceries a month?

[disney212]

$300 per month and it includes paper products. 3 adults and we eat breakfast at home, pack lunches, and dinner at home. We eat out about twice a month. I cook from scratch 95 percent of the time and have been doing it so long it is old hat. Most months are actually under budget. We eat very well. I do use coupons but not excessively. Besides coffee, tp, foil, etc it is rare we step into any of the middle aisles of the grocery. I shop at Kroger but get a lot of my,meat from a local grocery chain called Remke's, I like their meat a little better.

 

[asmit4]

If I include all paper products and cleaning products like laundry detergent we are probably at 600/month. We are 2A/1C.

We do buy organic for a lot of things though so that brings our costs up.

 

[Grmnshplvr]

Family of 4, 2 adults 2 kids 13 and 10 we budget $150 a week for groceries this includes all our toiletries as well. Some weeks its closer to $180 if we run out of laundry soap, shampoo, and stuff like that all at once.

 

[tvguy]

$100 a week, $400 a month since we switched to the Walmart Neighborhood market. Was about $120 a week at the regular grocery store.

 

[lelalittlelegs]

I am in London, England so thought I would answer for comparisons sake. We are a family of 3: me, DH and DD6. I am a SAHM, DD is disabled and home schooled and my Husband is self employed. We spend approximately 180 (British pounds) per week, so a little under 800 (British pounds) on a typical month. This includes everything but not eating out (that is a separate budget). So per month, in dollars, that would be about $1300 a month but it's not unusual for that to be closer to $1500 a month. Our food prices could make a grown man cry. I read some of the posts on here about how much people get certain items for etc in their town/state and I feel like swimming the Atlantic just to go food shopping lol

 

[Happyjen27]

Somewhere between $600-800 for me, DH and 7 year old twins.

I stopped truly keeping track when I went organic, now I peek at the credit card bill once in a while out of curiosity, instead of scrutiny. Never felt happier going to the grocery store than I do now, when I don't look at prices and just buy what we need.

I was astounded to learn our grocery bill only really went up about $200 a month when I started doing that. Worth every penny for the freedom I feel now that I shop in alignment with my health goals.

 

[KKB]

2 adults, DD16, DS14 (& DS 19 in summer). We ran about $600/month for years, but I suspect it is running closer to $800 the last year. I do seem to need to stock more convenience food with 2 working parents & very very busy teens & I am wheat free (likely headed gluten free soon) in the last year. (definite wheat sensitivity; suspecting all gluten now)

Prices in our area are up WAY more than 2.5%--I'd say 10-30%. 2 years ago produce nearly always under .99/lb on sale--now I jump at 1.49-1.99 on sale (that's 50-100% jump!) Meat is at least 25% higher, milk products, etc. I watch the sale fliers every week, stock up on items we use regularly when on sale, know my prices so I know what to buy at Target (use their debit card, get 5% more off) or Hyvee. Never thought Sam's was much of a deal until this year we joined to buy tires (priced checked for best deal) & discovered hamburger & chicken breasts are way cheaper there every day. (yep, we never eat expensive cuts) Coupons are not doubled anywhere, and I don't find many for the products I use much--I am very happy with store brands on most products.

Honestly don't know what more I could do to cut our bill! I do try to crock meals as much as possible on busy nights, but that gets old every night...a couple nights a week. But we are so busy (mostly the kids), eating dinner together is a realy treat anymore--miss that!! But boy, we sure enjoy that meal all the more when we do!

 

[TravelMommy]

this does not include meals out/take out, it does include paper products and HBA. It also does not include vacation weeks. I used to be able to keep to $600-$800, but prices have gone up and I have increased our organics. We buy a lot of organic and have been using local supermarkets, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Aldi, BJ's, and Costco, mainly. I try to find what we buy for the lowest cost at one of the many stores I go to. Luckily where we live there are a lot of grocery chains close by, but the running to 5 stores in one day gets exhausting some weeks.....

 

[JoeyEmmaMomma]

We are a family of 5 (the youngest is still on baby food or small bits of our table food).
I spend a minimum of $150 a week at the grocery store. So, I'd guess we spend $600-$700 a month.
We try and buy mostly organic, and I try and cook from scratch as much as possible which helps cut done on some costs.

 

[usd2bmd]

We are a family of three (daughter - 18, husband and myself) and we try to keep it around $150/week. We split our shopping between Super Walmart (I know how many don't like it, but the one near us is always clean, never busy and for the name brand things we buy always cheaper, especially with the new savings catcher app.), Aldis, wegman's and the local farmers market.

Because we're up north the farmers market will only help us into September. Then we'll have to start buying more produce at the grocery store.

My husband wants me to split paper goods out to a diffferent budget but for now it's all included. We don't spend much on cleaners as I make most of them and laundry detergent and that helps.

We always shop from a list and plan out meals. That is the biggest helper.

 

[pryncess527]

I've been tracking in YNAB and it's kind of disappointing. I am not using coupons but I am using sales and loss leaders and menu planning. I can't seem to get under $750 a month this summer no matter what I do. Mind you, I have some unique circumstances. My husband lives in an apartment during the work week because it's too far to commute. So we shop for both places. I have two kids home all summer, that amount includes all pet food and household supplies and I do some daycare in the summer. Not every day, but some weeks might include up to three extra kids. So I guess it's not too high all things considered but I was hoping to have it around $600 and we seem WAY off that mark.

You might try breaking out those expenses to see how it breaks down -- a category for your husband, a category for groceries, and separate household goods from pet items. It hasn't made a drastic difference, but I do feel like I've gotten a better handle on our grocery spending now that household goods aren't lumped in

 

[ellochka]

I am in London, England so thought I would answer for comparisons sake. We are a family of 3: me, DH and DD6. I am a SAHM, DD is disabled and home schooled and my Husband is self employed. We spend approximately 180 (British pounds) per week, so a little under 800 (British pounds) on a typical month. This includes everything but not eating out (that is a separate budget). So per month, in dollars, that would be about $1300 a month but it's not unusual for that to be closer to $1500 a month. Our food prices could make a grown man cry. I read some of the posts on here about how much people get certain items for etc in their town/state and I feel like swimming the Atlantic just to go food shopping lol

Wow, that's expensive! On the flipside, you live in London... I so want to go see it, and I have never even been there

 

[DisneyHardin]

Just DH and I. I usually spend about $350 a month for groceries (we do eat out quite a bit and that isn't included in this total) I am pretty frugal when it comes to groceries. I watch for "managers specials" for meat, but seasonal fruits and veggies, use lots of coupons. I pack both of us a breakfast and lunch to take to work with us.

 

[lelalittlelegs]

Wow, that's expensive! On the flipside, you live in London... I so want to go see it, and I have never even been there

I definitely remind myself of that every time I see how cheap (to me) grass fed beef is in America haha and you should definitely visit. I am ex airline staff and have been all around the world and biased or not, nowhere is like London. Having said that, I would move to America tomorrow

 

[Mommee]

I budget $900/ mo. For the 6 of us. Two are teen boys. This includes all paper, cleaning, health/beauty, cat food, etc. it does not include what DH buys for lunch as that comes out of his own money. I had been going over by about $100/ month but we switched to Aldi for some of the basics and that's helped bring it back down. We buy produce seasonally and aren't huge meat eaters, so that helps. I also stock up during sales. I don't buy a lot of processed or packaged foods, but I do buy a lot of pre-cut fruits and veggies due to having little use of my hands.
We order pizza once a week and eat out maybe once a month.

 

[threeboysmom]

Hmm, I thought I was way too extravagant with my food budget, but after reading some of these posts, I think I'm doing okay?

2 adults and 17 yo boy

I budget $800/month for food = $400 groceries and $400 eating out

Basically it's $100 per week for my weekly grocery trip and $100 for weekend "fun" money because I don't like cooking on the weekends...

 

[asmit4]

Hmm, I thought I was way too extravagant with my food budget, but after reading some of these posts, I think I'm doing okay?

2 adults and 17 yo boy

I budget $800/month for food = $400 groceries and $400 eating out

Basically it's $100 per week for my weekly grocery trip and $100 for weekend "fun" money because I don't like cooking on the weekends...

Right or wrong....we probably spend 75-100 per week on takeout/restaurants also. What can I say? We like to eat, we both work full time and we have the $$ to do it

 

[jcano]

Family of 3 here. Don't eat out much. I do include cleaning / laundry / personal care items with grocery budget. We also eat mostly gluten free since our DD has Celiac. I try to keep it to $700 per month.

 

[TwoMisfits]

We spend (per person) $160-180/month on groceries/household/personal items and another $60-75/month eating out...so about $225-$250 per person for all eating and personal items...

I get a fruit/veggie family box from a farm each week for $30 delivered to my door (that's included in the prices above)...that's the item I won't give up if I have to skimp (and sometimes I add extras to the box, bringing it to $40-$45/week). There is nothing like fresh from a local farm fruit (vs store fruit)...it doesn't cover all our produce b/c it is local only, but I treasure it...

 

[lauradis]

Somewhere between $600-800 for me, DH and 7 year old twins.

I stopped truly keeping track when I went organic, now I peek at the credit card bill once in a while out of curiosity, instead of scrutiny. Never felt happier going to the grocery store than I do now, when I don't look at prices and just buy what we need.

I was astounded to learn our grocery bill only really went up about $200 a month when I started doing that. Worth every penny for the freedom I feel now that I shop in alignment with my health goals.

I couldn't agree more with you.

We don't do organic but most of the meat and veggies come from local farmers, the quality and taste is incomparable to the grocery store stale food.

op last time we keep count was grand total for end of last year. approx 800 month not including 3 weeks of vacations, paper, dog food or 2 times a week we eat out. 2 A/1- 11dd.