re: Family budget question re: groceries/food/consumables

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we're averaging over $950/month. It just seems insane that we're spending $12k a year in this category!

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That doesn't seem too far off to me.

My SO and I try to eat dinner at home 4-5 nights a week and bring lunch to work 4 days a week or so. We easily spend $80+ a week on just groceries (not including any other major consumables - paper products, bathroom supplies, etc.). That's $350/month just on groceries, and we don't have kids. If you factor in take out a couple of times a week, food for kids, and other consumables, I would think you could easily be close to $1k/month. I'm not even bringing alcohol into the equation because our wine/beer spend would kill the budget.

Could that be cut down a little bit on a budget? For sure. We are good about eating at home, but we don't check sales on regular purchases or buy groceries off the weekly circulars. If we did stuff like that, we could probably save a good bit.