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How much do you normally spend a week at the grocery store?

Posted on 8/8/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted by The Dunder Mifflin
Member since Mar 2018
918 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 12:47 pm
Not talking about eating out for lunch or dinner. Just what you buy at the grocery store per week. And how much of that you waste.
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10820 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 12:50 pm to
All I know is the cost of my July 4th BBQ was down 16 cents this year.
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
10742 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:12 pm to
Are you looking for a slice of demographics to compare to, because our weekly spend for 6 of us won't compare to others well. But the answer is lots.
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10541 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:21 pm to
2 people. We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at home 5 days a week.

About $150 is average. Can sometimes be around $200. Rarely more than that (not including liquor store purchases here which is about another $150 a month)
Posted by jkylejohnson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2016
15043 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:22 pm to
I make a big trip every other week and it’s usually around 200-250. I’ll make a few in between runs for 30-50 bucks here and there.

That’s for me n Mrs jkyle. Son who’s 3 and stepsons (11&13) that are only with us 1/2 the time. I shop at a ghetto grocery store though bc im kinda cheap when it comes to groceries
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:26 pm to
About $300 a month. It's not expensive when you don't buy junk food.
Posted by Earthquake 88
Mobile
Member since Jan 2010
3332 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:32 pm to
I don’t have a clue. Probably $250 to $350.

What I’ve noticed lately is the proteins sure seem to be more costly.
Posted by Boogtasic
Arkansas
Member since Jul 2021
52 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:33 pm to
For three people, about $150 tops. Tend to eat at home almost every meal. Shop at Aldi almost exclusively. I do most of the shopping and Aldi is so pared down, I can get in and out quickly. This also includes alcohol (beer and wine). Aldi has a bit of a cult following and there is a chance they might not have what I'm looking for. But for produce, meat and staples, you can't beat it.
This post was edited on 8/8/21 at 1:34 pm
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20041 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:51 pm to
The wife and I average between $650-700 a month for groceries and any liquor we use.

So, $162-$175 a week in groceries.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
35938 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:58 pm to
Family of 4, about 175-200 per week. This is up from 125-150 a year ago.
Posted by marcus3000
Member since Jan 2018
973 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 2:02 pm to
It depends a lot on what I want to eat. It's just me so if I'm being thrifty, like $125. If I'm feeling lavish and want to try out new stuff with expensive meats and spices the only limit is what's reasonable to me.

The most I've spent in recent memory was for Christmas and Easter, which involved a standing prime rib roast and a leg of lamb respectively. That got to like $150-175 for a single meal for me and my Dad.
Posted by MEANGREEN65
Funkytown, TX
Member since Oct 2014
777 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 3:10 pm to
$250-$300 per week for the five of us. We try to eat organic when possible. Organic and gluten free (daughter has celiac) are considerably more expensive ways to eat.

Junk food is cheap. Healthy is more expensive. It sucks but life is about choices.
Posted by Grillades
Member since Nov 2009
631 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 3:13 pm to
$225/week for four adults (Two teens, two parents). Food costs have risen quickly in the last ten years and bonkers in the last two.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

Junk food is cheap. Healthy is more expensive


Myth. But maybe true when you are wasting money on organic.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

Junk food is cheap. Healthy is more expensive. It sucks but life is about choices.
wrong
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
172322 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:12 pm to
Baby carrots and peanut butter GOAT
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
6162 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:36 pm to
I have no idea just like I have no idea what my wife’s budget is at Christmas for the kids and grandkids , siblings etc , because the answer is always “whatever it takes “
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79985 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 5:21 pm to
Family of 5, about 225-325 per week. Eat at home or from home for almost all meals.
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
20728 posts
Posted on 8/8/21 at 6:16 pm to
quote:

(not including liquor store purchases here which is about another $150 a month)




That’s weak!

:)
Posted by threeputt
God's Country
Member since Sep 2008
24807 posts
Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:04 am to
About $400 a month at the grocery including alcohol and non food stuff. Roughly $4,500 eating out.
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