Grocery shopping question

[heatherbee]

How much do you average weekly for grocery shopping? And for how big of a family? I spend $125 a week lately for a family of 4 (minus 1 who doesn't eat much yet and I feel like it's gotten so expensive to be able to buy groceries!

[bliz1712]

I would say an average of $100-125 a week. This includes groceries and Schwan's which comes to my door. It's gone up a bit lately because of trying to eat more healthy stuff. It's a lot cheaper to eat crappy!

ETA:  this includes all 5 of us, but Eliza doesn't really eat that much.  It doesn't include her puffs or stuff that she does eat.

[junkytrunk]

I "try" to keep it around $100 a week for the 3 of us. I don't really track it too good because I go to a few locations for my stuff each week and sometimes it overlaps and some things are used other weeks. Not sure how good of a job I'm doing at that amount though!

[bantyrooster]

Its about 125-150. That is without paper or cleaning products.

[jennmm]

Jan 23, 2015 11:10:12 GMT -5 heatherbee said:

How much do you average weekly for grocery shopping? And for how big of a family? I spend $125 a week lately for a family of 4 (minus 1 who doesn't eat much yet and I feel like it's gotten so expensive to be able to buy groceries!

It's around $200 for 5 of us, sometimes more when MIL and SD are there for a while.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

I usually spend $100-130 at the grocery store, but it's more like every 5 days than once a week.

also not counting diapers and formula, that's another $50 or so a week.

[aylafsu1881]

Before LO we stuck to $50-60 for groceries a week and assumed we would eat out 2X (lunch and maybe a dinner on the weekend).

Now we spend about $100 a week. I meal plan and base my meals on what is on sale. Sometimes we do spend more, especially if there is something on sale. When chicken is on sale we buy 3-4 packs and then freeze it. We spend more that week but less for the next week or 2.

[trixi282]

When we were living in VA I would do big trips on payday weekends, and fill in (produce or meal planning needs) on the 'off" weekend.

My "big trips" were usually between $150 and $200. My "off-week" trips were usually between $50-$75.

So bi-monthly I was spending anywhere from $200-$300 for 3 people.

That doesn't include paper products, baggies, etc. Since I usually buy those in bulk every few months.

[jodielyn10]

It's about 200 or 250 a week (someties it's much less because we buy bulk at costco, and things run out at different times), for family of 4, but that includes diapers for two kids and any cleaning supplies, toiletries, etc.
ETA: and WINE

[britbratjf]

Well I've been spending around $160 a week but that includes stuff like face wash & paper products. I buy pretty much all that at our grocery.

[mightythorgi]

$150-$200 sounds about right-ish (but I'm not including H's alcohol purchases, might cringe if I did that math) Since the grocery store is one of my default morning activities with S I think our budget might be a little high. I do like having fresh produce on hand.

[heatherbee]

This thread has just reminded me kids are expensive. I swear DH and I used to spend half of what we do now when it was just us!

I should start saving now for grocery bills to feed teenagers

[aimeefarrahfowler]

Jan 23, 2015 14:49:29 GMT -5 heatherbee said:

This thread has just reminded me kids are expensive. I swear DH and I used to spend half of what we do now when it was just us!

I should start saving now for grocery bills to feed teenagers

Tell me about it! I kinda want to make a ticker counting down to my last can of formula. That stuff is so expensive and he goes through it so fast. Thanks for nothing, boobs. 

[laurski81]

We are around 100-115 a week and that usually includes paper products (not diapers). Sometimes it is higher or lower obviously but after looking at the last few months that is the range we seem to fall into.

[mightybee]

About $100-$125 per week here. That's not including bulk items I get at Costco. I have also noticed food prices going up lately.

[Riverdong11]

About $80-120 each week. It depends on sales, our menu and if I'm being good and using our stockpile in the freezer and pantry.

[reinedecajun]

We average $130-$150 a week. All of our diapers, trash bags, dishwashing detergent, dog food and paper products are on a amazon subscription so the groceries are just food. We have 5 people in the house.

[sarasansh]

I aim for under 100 each week. We're not a stockpile family so I'm sure we miss good deals on things but we just don't have the room. Also I tend to be an animal product snob so we buy the fancy meats and dairy.

[snarkymalarky]

A solid 200 bucks a week.

This includes my boys and my lunch

[Deleted]

I average about 175.00 a week for 6 of us. That includes diapers and toiletries. I feel like in the past few months it has gone up quite a bit.

[candcmommy]

Jan 23, 2015 14:49:29 GMT -5 heatherbee said:

This thread has just reminded me kids are expensive. I swear DH and I used to spend half of what we do now when it was just us!

I should start saving now for grocery bills to feed teenagers

It is funny that you say the last sentence! With 3 boys only 3 years apart from the oldest to the youngest we joke that we aren't saving for retirement we are saving to feed them as teenagers!!

We spend $175 every 2 weeks and once a month we do a $100-150 BJ's run. This will go down a little since we now only have 1 kid in diapers!!

[danielle1220]

I aim for about $100 per week but it's usuall a tad bit more ($125) but that's for 4 people and it includes left overs for lunch the following day. My nephew (20 years old) eats enough for two people so we go through a lot of food but I also shop at a couple different stores in order to get the best price of meat and veggies/fruit. I "try" and meal plan but MH is the typical guy who agrees with the menu for the week and then three or four days in, doesnt follow through and then we end up spending more at the grocery store to accommodate for different meals. We don't eat many processed foods so I do try and coupon so that's where we save on paper products, cleaning products, and juice, cans, frozen veggies, etc.

[sunflowersummer]

I'd say about $150.00. We do a big grocery shop once at Costco once a month and then get our fruit and veggies elsewhere for the rest of the time (we've started to buy our fruit and veggies in smaller quantities to avoid the waste)

[lizwinderson]

I would say we spend about $125-150 a week. But for the most part, that feeds 3 adults and 1 child (since my mom stays with us). It also includes our paper products.

[roo1582]

I say we spend usually around $100 a week. If we have to buy meat, then its more like $125, but we buy meat in bulk and then break it up and freeze it so we don't end up having to buy it that often. That feeds 2 adults and 1 picky toddler (who at this point, most nights rarely eats). We also usually go out to eat about once a week, so its one less night a week I cook.