How much do you spend on food each month?

[lorn]

Yikes I think i am ding somin wrong, there are five of us and I spend around $1500 a month and that is not including the animals.......
I do a big grocery shop once a week and then i go in between for little things.
I'd say animals food is maybe gestimating $200 ish a month,,,,,, helppppppppppppppp

[Russian Blue]

Glacier, Rob is the same as Stuart on the wild game vs commercial meat. His father goes hunting every winter and usually gets deer/duck/moose. I was always reluctant to try moose but Rob's stepmother made a moose roast and it was the most tasty and tender roast I have ever tried. But you do need to know how to cook it otherwise it's horrible!

...................

Wow! It's really interesting to see the difference on food spending.

Rob and I spend about $120 a week on food for the two of us. That also includes lunches/snacks for work and ordering out about once a week. If I planned my menu each week we could easily reduce that but I never seem to be that organized. We also do bulk shopping at Costco.

Now that winter is almost here we will be using the crockpot quite a bit for yummy sauces and soups. Also, love my breadmaker for trying out different breads and making pizza dough.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

It's amazing to see some of the different amounts here!

I know we have been spending too much. I think our food bill went up around $100 since my brother moved in, so probably for us (my husband and I) we spend about $650 a month, which is still very high. We were eating out too much, buying too many prepared foods, expensive organic produce, and stopping too much on the way home from work for items.

We are now going to go shopping once a week with a list, and just eat what we have! I'll let you know how that turns out!

[anna_66]

I must say I spend way too much money at the grocery I went today and only got what was on my list and still spent $90!

[lizbud]

Were you feeding your brother? Guys eat way more than most women.

My grocery bill is about 100.00 per week, but it's not all food. I spend
very little on just myself. The dog & cat food (and the pet extras) is the
most expensive.

[DrKym]

I shop once a month, and its roughly 750 for human food and a bit over 200 for the critters, I sopend less than my morgatge if that counts ! lol

[caseysmom]

How can you shop once a month? What about milk, fresh fruit and fresh produce? I am at the store every other day just about....

[Pam]

I shop at different places but do get most of my non-perishables at Walmart. You just can't beat their prices on that stuff. I usually spend about $100/week for hubby and myself and so that averages out to about $400/month. I spend about $100/month on the furkids' food, so I guess my total is just about $500/month to keep all six of us all alive and kicking. We eat out or get take-outs about once a week but I haven't added that in to my total.