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[Teresa]

Family of 3 usually, but DD in University comes home frequently, so sometimes it's 4. Then, DD at home's friend eats with us about 1/2 the time, so 4-5 of us?
We spend about $300 a month in one trip to the grocery. This is for meat, veggies, fruits, toiletries, and dog foods.
We eat out about 2 times a week, and that's quite a lot less than we used to.. Each meal out is about $70, so we're talking $250-$300 a month on eating out.
We go through about 4 gallons of milk a week - so we make a run to the store each week, about $30 worth of fresh fruits and veggies, milk and other stuff.
DH takes leftovers to work for lunch, so we rarely have a bill from lunches. DD Lauren's lunches are billed with her tuition; yep, there is no option to NOT have school lunches!
So -about $750 total for food each month - for 3 to 5 people, depending on the day!

[hsmama]

right now,family of 4 (2 LARGE teens) I keep it between 100-150 per week, that's one person on a GF (expensive) diet and all toiletries,paper goods,pet food,etc. last month we spent 550.00 total for JAn1-31....so not too bad!
I like to buy organic and free range meats,and use them very carefully as PART of recipes,as that's what we can afford!

[hsmama]

Originally Posted by buckinghammr

I buy 2 bunches of bananas and the 5 lb bag of cuties and I'm lucky if it lasts 3 days.
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LOLOLOL couple of weeks ago I bought 4 pounds of cuties,and left for the afternoon...when I got home my preteen (HUGE appetite) was sitting at the counter next to the pile of discarded peels...4 pounds worth of them! He said he didn't even notice he finished the entire bowl while I went out for an hour or so....I limited him to 4 at a time after that.....

[mfirst]

We have five (2 adults, 3 kids - 1 still in diapers). I spend $80 on "non-pay week" groceries, and about $105 on pay week...in addition, I purchase diapers, Dishwasher detergent, Vinegar, Baking Soda & Rice Milk by the case and most of our chicken at Costco on a bi-monthly trip. That trip usually runs about $200. We have had a pretty significant jump in our grocery bill now that I have two with food allergies and unfortunately we have to be brand specific so coupons are far and few between. Kroger points do add up for gas rebates so I guess it's a bit of a trade off. Last month, we saved enough points between groceries and prescriptions to earn $1.00/gallon

If I come in under budget (this past week, I only needed $60 for groceries), I put the extra in our vacation jar.

[mechurchlady]

I just spent $150 on groceries. The price per item is very high such as 80 for a hot dog bun that you would buy for 20 to 30 cents. Yogurt with goat or ewe milk or vegan is $2 a cup while regular is only 80 cents. I probably spend around $500 a month on my groceries. I got work up so I could not get to bed. I ended up eating about $20 in yogurt, caramel corn, potato chips, left over steak, couple power bars, diet Coke, vegan hemp ice cream, omg I was such a pig and now see how much was spent.

I eat out too much now that Mom is in the hospital. The only fast food I eat out at is In and Out burgers. As for saving money and food costs there is more. I split a large can of corn into 2 or 3 servings and freeze left overs. I make extra food out of a piece of meat for later eating.

[Angela531]

We are a family of four; me, DH, DD13 & DD8. We also have a cat. I spend about $175/wk for everything, including cleaning and laundry supplies, paper and personal products, and cat food and litter. Breakfast is usually quick, Eggos or a piece of toast. We do not drink soda except for a rare treat. We primarily drink water, we keep cold filtered water in the fridge. Otherwise, it 1 cup max of OJ and/or milk & tea. I make dinner at home, but a couple nights (work nights) are a quick dinner like a can of soup or leftovers. On the other nights we do things like pasta or stirfry.

Lunch is additional, DH about $10/day and the kids usually have hot lunch. I eat at home. So lunches are close to $300/mo.

I do my shopping at between Sam's, Target, & the local grocery store and eating out is now about 3-4/month, typically a take out we take home, about $25-30.

So that is about $1000-$1100.

[unewillow]

I speand about $200 every 3 weeks or so on a big grocery order. In between that, probably about $40 a week on buying lunch or dinner at work and picking up random perishables (like more yogurt/veg/cold cuts) at the grocery store. But, that $200 includes my food and cat supplies (food and litter) along with paper goods (tp, paper towels) and sometimes cleaning supplies.

I buy a mix of pre-made and stuff to cook meals with. Which reminds me to pull meat of of the freezer to defrost for the slow cooker tomorrow...lol, thanks!

[renysmom]

I have been hard at work trying to slash our grocery bill and other expenses. I just today posted on my blog my February grocery budget and shopping trips.

Feel free to check it out if you wish, I am no expert and have lots to learn but I am pretty happy with the Feb plan. Meanwhile I will be following along here to see how others are doing.


Kelly
MyTimePassages.com

[redheadedprincess]

Family of 5, me, DH and 3 DS's (17, 15, and 9). We spend a fortune - between $800 and $900 a month just at the grocery store. I plan dinner menu for two weeks at a time, most dinners are sit down, then the usually quick breakfast items and school lunch items. We go out maybe once on the weekend- not always all of us- so that is usually another 50-70 depending on where we go. For Valentines I made my DH a steak with a reduced berry glaze and blue cheese topping (paula deen's -excellent!) Lemon glazed grilled asparagus, cheesy stuffed mushrooms, and tres leche for dessert. That one meal cost $97! It was so dang good and when it was over my husband said "I can't wait until the kids are gone and we can eat like that all the time!" I just can't wait until I don't have to buy 3-4 gallons of milk a week. Whew!

[SevsOnlyGirl]

We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids 17yoDD, 11yoDS) and we spend about $450-500/5-6 weeks. We don't buy meat often though, we do have venison and then we eat pork and chicken. We buy a combination of 'easy' foods and made from scratch foods.

If I get good coupons, I spend less of course.