re: What are you grocery bills like lately? (Include # in household please)

Family of five with kids 7 and under. Probably about 1,000 on groceries and maybe 500 or so on going out to eat.

I haven't been doing any of the grocery shopping in the past couple months. Went tonight for a milk, bread, coffee, etc kind of trip. The clerk said 102 dollars for total. I did a double take from the shock and looked at the cart to think about what all I had just gotten, not shite.

$1200 per month ish. Maybe more if the wife is hungry while shopping.

2 or 3 times the wife and I will eat at a bar. $200 more…maybe.

I grew up with 5 siblings, always ate leftovers. My spoiled teenage kids (15 yr old boy and 13 y/o girl) are learning to eat them now.

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Do y'all shop at Whole Foods? That's 50-60% higher than us. We spend about $300-350 every two weeks at the grocery store.

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How?

I could spend that little if we ate lentils, beans, and cereal every day.

4 total
2 boys (11,4)
900 a month, I’m a helluva cook

Maybe 100 on drive through for boys here and there

Just bought a 1/4 cow for 750

So 1k food including adult beverages

I feel like I just spent $100 on nothing the other day.

I honestly have no idea what we spend on groceries. We eat out too much though.

About $150-200 a week for a family of 4.

I plan out cooking 3 meals a week. usually buy/cook something like this:

Meal 1 (crockpot):
Chuck roast
Cauliflower/broccoli
Carrots/potatoes

Or

Red or white beans
Sausage/ham
Rice

Meal 2 (oven):
Salmon
Spinach
Trinity

Or

Pork tenderloin
Squash/Zucchini

Meal 3 (pit or smoker):
Burgers
Sausage
Buns
BBQ or green beans

Or

Pork butt or chicken

Breakfast:
Dozen eggs
Bacon/sausage
Biscuits

Leftovers/fill in:
Tortillas/bread
Deli meat
Cheese

Stovetop substitutions replacing one of the above:

Tacos
Spaghetti and meat sauce
Jambalaya


Solid week of food for a family of 4. Easily had for under $200 a week.

Occasionally splurge on brisket or steak. We don’t eat out much except occasional Saturday morning breakfast at a local cheap diner or lunch at a burger place. So probably add another 100 per month there.