I really don’t believe how anyone is going 200-300 a month.
We’re two people, medically gluten free, and we’re trying our best to get below 600 a month but….
Yeah I just came from a post where someone said they eat on $300 a month for two people!! Like I suppose if we never are anything with flavor and never had a single treat ever we might could shake it?
So yeah, what’s your no-lie, I have proof, grocery bill every month?
What is your actual food budget? No lies or holds bared.
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We do about $500 for me my wife and my daughter. Living semi-rural TN
We are in the UK and spend £550-600 a month, so probably $750 US. That’s including a healthy amount of fruit and veg, some nice drinks, and 75% vegetarian. I really like cooking and eating well though don’t typically splurge on expensive ingredients. And that’s no ready meals or eating out.
One Person (me)
**~$20 per month.**
I am a freegan and have a large garden with fruit trees.
I’m Canadian but as a solo person, I’m closer to $400/mo
1200/mo. Fam of 4. This includes dogs, paper goods, etc.
3 people. One of us has celiac disease and is GF. A good month is $800 in food. If you add in other items from the grocery store like cleaning products we are easily at 1000 a month. It is crazy.
One person 400/month. That allows me to eat out maybe once or twice a month. I’m plant-based but eat everything.
Family of 4.
$250-300 per week. I would say it averages to $1000 per month…
2 ribeyes right now is $59.07 at my local grocery store right now… $7.38 per 100g…
Canada.
About $375 for my husband and I. We buy a lot in bulk when things are on sale, especially meat, and we break down the packs and freeze just enough for each individual meal.
Average grocery prices and the frequency and types of sales that happen vary a lot depending on where you live. You may be doing all the same things as someone else but still spending more because groceries just cost more in your area.
You can get your costs down by carefully tracking prices and then stocking up when things drop to their lowest price. You will want to start small as what seems like a good deal at first will often turn out to be not such a good deal after you get better at tracking prices and shopping sales.
Farmers markets and farm shares can sometimes be a good way to drop your grocery costs. Some of the farmers markets on my area cost more than the grocery store, others cost less, and there are a few where you can save a ton if you go at the end and bargain.
Im shopping for a family of 4 in Canada. $800-1000 including toiletries.
4 people- two adults, two kids. Including pet food and cleaning stuff we easily spend $800-1000 a month. SoCal and as of yet we haven’t been trying to cut back or find cheaper deals necessarily.
We are spending $800 usd monthly on average. I have to look at the average because some months we drop $2000 on meat and others I spend $60 just on some produce. We do a lot of bulk/ingredient buying. This is for 2 adults and 3 kids under 6 in hcol Ontario. 2 of the kids eat as much as or more than us adults though. One of my kids needs 4000 cal daily. This does not include personal care items, vitamins/supplements, or cleaning products. We have a whole separate category for that and I don’t purchase any of those things at a grocery store. And this obviously doesn’t include any takeout we might get though we do 95% from scratch homemade food.
Single. I count all stuff in my grocery budget like TP, Paper Towels, and Detergent. Around $600 on groceries. And about $150 at restaurants. I don’t eat much junk food or fast food.
About $1000 a month for two people, sometimes more. We’re frugal about other things.
$600 for two people – that includes pets and all household stuff. Sadly we live in a bit of a grocery desert – just one store that’s quite expensive. So I don’t see that going down much.
3 people in our home, 89, 64, 59. I spend around $650 per month. Lots of veggies, fruit, cottage cheese, yogurt, chicken, pork, ground, turkey. We buy our beef from a ranch, once per year 1/2 side. When I buy TP, tissues, laundry detergent etc, runs over $725. I try to buy things in bulk and on sale. Right now I can go 6 months without detergent and TP. My son lives 4 hours away, hungry college student–i stock him up on visits as well out of my stash.
I spend responsibly, rather than use budgets saying I can only spend x $ per month in category y. According to Fidelity Full View, my average food expense so far this year has been between approximately $210/month. Average grocery expense was $170/month. I eat a mostly healthy ~3000 calories per day, including a good amount of fruits, vegetables, and meats (mostly chicken and salmon).
Midwest USA: $35-45 per week or $140-180 per month max for groceries and other household items as a single vegetarian adult; plus $150-200 in a larger Costco purchase every 10-12 weeks. I also spend about $120 eating out every month with friends
Good month 800 bad month realistically 1250~
1 person. I get 240 a month in ebt. I spend around 10 dollars in cash at the very end. I am the queen of making things stretch, but I have been eating garbage to do it. My finances are about to improve and I will probably spend at least 400 a month after that.
$1500-1600 for a family of 5 (2 adults, 13 y/o, 10 y/o and 7 y/o). This includes paper products and cleaners. In a high cost of living area. No dietary needs and we certainly aren’t eating steaks over here 🫠
I’m in the UK so ymmv but I budget £30/week for one person and five cats.
For 2 people and a dog, $150 a week.
Grew up poor and became successful. I’m frugal in every aspect of life including with food, but I’m typically loose with my monthly food spending. My wife and I treat ourselves with food and my son is seemingly growing like my side of the family and will be rather large as I am.
We spend about $1500 a month in food, including fair life protein shakes and energy drinks. Family of 3 with a 12 year old boy.
2 adults 1 toddler. Probably $750-800/mo. It’s crazy. That does include any bathroom products and stuff though.
I’m roughly $320 groceries (~$80/wk) and $80 eating out. Groceries includes toiletries, paper goods, etc.
I spend like $70-80 per week and eat 3200 calories per day with close to 200 grams of protein and very healthy carbs and fats with lots of fiber
Ours fluctuates and is rarely the same price from month to month.
There are some months we’ll spend a few hundred dollars buying meat but won’t buy any meat for a few months after. There are some months we’ll spend $1000 on groceries and some months we’ll spend less than $200.
350 Euros a month for 2 people- mostly food from Lidl (Germany). No dietary restrictions.
I eat a lot of rice and beans, so I buy those in bulk. My food budget for just myself this week is about $20.
this may not apply to you but i went on a diet and was shocked how much money i was saving due to calorie cutting. close to 40-50% on average. i continue with this “low calorie diet” but really i was eating too much before so the diet is now the norm.
anyway i was spending (single 6′ male 215lbs) ~$200 a week from mostly unprocessed protein and fresh veggies down to $100-125 a week @190lbs of mostly unprocessed protein and fresh veggies
I mean, my husband has been away this week and cooking for one combined with some veggies from our garden, it’s been pretty cheap. Eggs and canned tuna, lots of fresh tomatoes, coffee, milk,juice and homemade banana bread,etc,etc. Maybe $45-50 dollars at most if I had gone to the closest grocery store here to pick up small packages of what I didn’t get out of the garden.
It’s just me here and I became worried that I was overspenidng because I had no grocery budget. I just created a budget for this month with $450 as my total bill for groceries and other household stuff, like tp. I can already see that this is not going to be enough, unless I cut back and I already eat simply and mostly vegetarian. I never buy meat, chicken, or fish. I’m blown away and need to figure this out. I think it’s probably closer to $600…
2 people I try to keep it 100-150 a week but with how expensive things are doesn’t always work out that way.