To the people who spend $1000 on food every month.....

[Anonymous]

What in the world do you buy?!?! I absolutely HATE grocery shopping, so when I went out today I tried to buy enough to last us 3 weeks or so. Obviously I'm going to have to buy things like milk and produce before then, but I still spent less than $200 AND even bought snack stuff that we don't normally buy. I feel like I'd have to be eating steak and lobster every day to spend that much haha!

[othermom]

It can depend on the size of the family and if they have any special diets. My friend has a little boy how has to have gluten free food, a loaf of bread is $5

[702girly]

I would spend about 1000 a month if I didn't coupon. Produce is a big expense in our house. We go through a pound of fresh spinach, a pound of baby carrots, 1/2 bunch of celery, 2 bell peppers and 2 cucumbers a day on average. None of that includes vegetables used in meals.

We also don't eat many filler foods like rice, bread or pasta. 

[3gr8tKids]

I spend around 150.00 a week on groceries. Whole foods only I cook from scratch. Also my 16 yr old packs his lunch.

[Anonymous]

I often wonder what they spend that much on also. We spend an average of about 275 a month for the 3 of us.I don't know what I'll do if groceries continue to rise I can't afford what I do spend now.

[indyb]

We spend about 800 a month for 6 people but that includes diapers and a lot of fresh produce,  we don't buy a lot of snacks or anything like that though and I make quite a bit from scratch.

[dommad2]

This is us, for our family of 4. I also have a son who has to eat 6 small meals a day to maintain his sugar levels so we go through tons of produce!!

Quoting Anonymous:

We spend about 800-900 a month. We are a family of 6. We dont eat a lot of steak and lobster, but we do on occassion.



I think our biggest cost is fresh produce.

[Barronbaby]

we use to be around the $900 a month.. I have cut it down to $600 for a family of 5.... our biggest expense is fresh fruits and veggies and then i do buy frozen veggies as well. but this also includes toiletries, cleaning and diapers and wipes if they are needed

[Twix.Leigh]

Yea my brain is still fuzzy from being sick. For some reason deleting what u wrote didn't compute, so I just went with it.
But feel free to steal :)

Quoting Anonymous:

I love that you said "eats boob" I'm totally stealing that phrase haha

Quoting Twix.Leigh:

We spend about 1-200/trip, with maybe a couple 20 $ trips between. Mind you our oldest is only 3 and our youngest only eats boob, and my mum hardly eats at all.


If I spent that much, I'd need to like... Have a huge freezer lol. And more cupboards.


Oh and a much bigger stroller haha

[Stargazerpagan]

 I spend around $400 a month for a family of 4.

[3gr8tKids]

siliacs disease (sp?) is very expensive to buy for as they require their own butters and such so you dont cross contaminate.

Quoting othermom:

It can depend on the size of the family and if they have any special diets. My friend has a little boy how has to have gluten free food, a loaf of bread is $5