re: How much do you spend on groceries for yourself for a week

Not counting alcohol or toiletries about 50

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On myself? Not much at all.
On the wife and kids? I don't want to talk about it.

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fricking this.

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Family of 5/1200 a week on food/toiletries

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How

That's $62400 a year

My daily food schedule during the week is;

2 bananas in the morning, maybe a couple of string cheese in the afternoon at work, and two sandwiches for dinner. Sometimes this changes up but generally not too much. Health wise is debatable, but I certainly save money eating two mean s day and one of those meals is bananas lol.

As to day to day non food? I live by myself. I might get toilet paper once every 6 months. Maybe paper towels once a month. Those costs are highly spread out.

I feed my family of 5 on a $600 a month food budget. If you are smart, you can do it easily. I buy bulk meat at Costco or on sale at the grocery store and break it down into smaller packages and freezer.

Couple examples on how to do it. I have two 9lb hams in my freezer which were on sale for .99/lb. I will smoke a ham, make a soup from the leftover ham, red beans from the bone, leftover ham for sandwiches for a week, cubans, omelette, breakfast for dinner, etc. Whatever is left after 3-4 days, I package up and freeze the leftovers to eat again. I also have two 8lb pork butts I get for cheap and do the same thing.

Our bigger expenses during the week are deli cheese and fruits and vegetables. Without buying meat every week, my bills are around $60-80 a week at the grocery store. Alcohol not included so not sure if that counts or not.

Bottom line, get a vacuum sealer and a deep freezer and you will be amazed at what you can save.

It's different when it's just you, rather than you and a wife and children.

I mean, yeah - I could get by on eating just ramen noodles and fried bologna sandwiches for breakfast lunch and dinner if I was broke.