Grocery Budget

[Kathy198199]

Just curious what everyone spends on groceries, on a weekly basis? Important trying to cut down my grocery bill & having a hard time doing it. My DD is only 13 months so she doesn't really eat much; usually a little of what we're eating. I need to figure out how to keep my bill around $100 bucks a week for myself, DH, and the little bit that DD eats. Also I don't want to buy a bunch of processed food. We try to eat cleanly for most part.

Any help would be great.

[mommieof]

Wow you spend a lot lol I thought we did. We have a family of 6 (4 kids) ages 10, 8 and 2 ye old twins and we spend about $150 a week on groceries.

[SuperPickle]

I have a budget of $150 a week to feed DH and I and 3 boys(10, 8 and 5.5.) and our dogs, snake and tortoises....plus household goods/toiletries....I rarely spend that much, more like $125. 

I meal plan around what is on sale and what I have on hand and cook nearly everything from scratch. Building a good pantry is essential! That can be kind of a pricey start up but once it is built it is a replace as necessary and alot cheaper.

[Babujai]

I spend about $125 to $150 most weeks to feed DH, myself and two boys (6 and 10). I could probably spend less if I actually planned meals.

[nramey]

We eat organic and spend about $125 a week for 4 of us. Wish I could coupon and do it cheaper.

[MamaJAG]

I don't know how you guys do it.  We are a family of 5.  DH is a triathlete and eats a lot.  My boys (2, 4, 6) think they are grown men and eat that way.  We don't eat meat or dairy or processed food, I shop at Trader Joe's and a store called Glazier's that has cheap produce.   I try to keep my bill under $200, but I could easily spend $250.  I'd love to be able to get everything we need for $150.

[JeremysMom]

I try to keep our spending to $150 every two weeks for my husband, our 7 year old, and myself. I make extra at dinner and take leftovers for lunch. We eat a lot of chicken so I buy it when it is on sale, portion it out, and freeze it. Tonight's dinner was $7.50 (green beans, red potatoes, Italian seasoned chicken cooked in one dish). It fed the three of us plus my lunch for tomorrow.

[chloe79]

Typically I spend around $50-100 a week. I buy the majority of my fruits and veggies from the farmers market because it is way cheaper, Meats and sides typically come from trader joes. We do as much organic as we can. We've cut out the processed stuff. At times I will get a large amount of meat at the beginning of the month which cuts my weekly cost down significantly. Coupons aren't much help for me because most of the items in coupons are stuff we don't eat anymore. I've found farmers markets to be the biggest money savers.

[crazynlove78]

Typically for everything (food,paper goods, laundry soap) I spend $100 at most. That's feeding me,so, 11yr old, 10,7,7mth old. :) I'm a coupon junky & won't buy anything full price except meats.

[TableforSeven]

Prices have gone up A LOT over the last year on the stuff we eat/buy.  I spend $200-$250 per week on everthing we need - we are a family of 7 with two cats and a guinea pig as well (I include their food/supplies in my 'grocery' budget. We don't buy much processed food - we have to make almost everything from scratch because of the limited amount of kosher food available in our area.

[Chymerra]

I have a budget of $100 per week.