Comments on: How much do you spend a week on groceries? https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/ Money | Minimalism | Mohawks Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-288581 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:38:57 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-288581 In reply to EmilyMD.

Rock on! You guys def. seem to have it down well :) Love the monthly date-night idea too, especially when kids come into the picture and often try to derail that, haha…

]]> By: EmilyMD https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-288515 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:51:06 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-288515 $65-$75 per week.
PLUS I put $10-$20 per week into a savings account, which I use to purchase an eighth of a cow and participate in a CSA. These two things together cost $900. Altogether, it works out to be $345 per month.

– Number of family members (including pets): 3 (2 adults, 1 toddler) + 1 small dog
– City of where you live: Between Philadelphia and Lancaster
– Does this include toiletries & other non-food things? No. Also does not include dog food. We budget $85 monthly for those things ($45 for dog food and $40 for toiletries, household goods, laundry detergent, etc)
– Does this include alcohol? No. We budget $70 monthly for this.
– Does this include eating out? No. We eat out usually twice a month – once as a family (usually something cheap like pizza, burgers, etc) and once as a date night, and then couple nice coffees or ice creams each throughout the month. We budget $85 total monthly for eating out.
– These numbers make me: Proud!

We eat mostly organic and local whole foods. I love to bake too. I think we do fairly well.

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-273795 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:46:17 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-273795 I dare you to make it to February without buying anything new :)

Scratch that, I DOUBLE dog dare you! (*gasp*)

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-273794 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:44:03 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-273794 In reply to Pamela Saint.

That’s rough, I’m sorry to hear :(

]]> By: Batty https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-273792 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:22:10 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-273792 $295/avg per week 2018.
Number of family members (including pets): __4_____
– City of where you live: ___Raleigh____
– Does this include toiletries & other non-food things? _Yes____
– Does this include alcohol? __Yes, limited____
– Does this include eating out? __No___
– These numbers make me __Curious___ (happy? proud? frightened?)
I stockpile food! I joke that we could eat for 2 months on what we have on hand.. and only have to buy perishables. But, like your wife, I love to cook, most meals are made from scratch, and are more complex than what most folks that I know prepare on a daily basis. We rarely eat out. I keep saying I’m going to scale back.. Maybe this year. I have vowed that I will plan our meals with what we have on hand, until the freezers are scaled back. :)

]]> By: Pamela Saint https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-273772 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:28:39 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-273772 I am on a fixed income and I am trying to shrink the way I buy things. My only problem I have is that my son has Down Syndrome and on the Autism spectrum and for this, he doesn’t like a lot of foods. I am constantly buying anything that is pizza related.. totino pizzas, hot pockets, pizza rolls, pizza puffs.. etc., this alone makes very difficult to try and buy more to last for the month. I don’t know how to stretch the little I have to last..

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-270322 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:03:25 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-270322 In reply to Rach.

Oh wow – that’s high! But nothing you can’t change if you really want to! :) Take out alone is usually the biggest culprit for people. Maybe try a “no spend” month and see how it goes? (outside of bills/needs/etc)

]]> By: Rach https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-270317 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:53:13 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-270317 – Number of family members (including pets): ____6___
– City of where you live: __Chicago_____
– Does this include toiletries & other non-food things? __yes___
– Does this include alcohol? __yes____
– Does this include eating out? _yes____
– These numbers make me ___terrified__ (happy? proud? frightened?)

I added all coffee, take out, costco, aldi receipts…$1900! WHAT?!!!!!?

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-260413 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:59:54 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-260413 In reply to James.

Well don’t feel TOO ashamed about it – this is exactly why you’re on $$ blogs! To help get it all better :) And those dietary restrictions are pretty tough as well.

]]> By: James https://eliteedgemoney.com/how-much-do-you-spend-a-week-on-groceries/#comment-260301 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:53:31 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=5459#comment-260301 6 People
Suburban MD
Includes Household (TP, cleaners, etc)
Includes occasional Wine
Doesn’t include Drinks Out and Eating Out.

Weekly Average, based on Monthly Actuals …. (whimper) … $425

It makes me feel ashamed and foolish, honestly. I had us budgeted for $1,200 / month. We’ve got two celiac and three dairy intolerants, and the spouse only wants to eat organic. But even then it should be way lower.

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