https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:08:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-262448 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:49:51 +0000 LuLu Mom 262448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the 300-400 range a month for food just the two of us. I buy a lot of fresh produce ad my DH is a meat snob and has to have the highest quality. But I shop the sales so I think we do okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-262335 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:44:20 +0000 mrsjyw 262335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we spend probably around $100 a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-261926 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:06:52 +0000 BSB 261926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can easily spend $100- 150 every week or every other week. The DH is a human garbage disposal and I like my snacks. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-261922 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:01:17 +0000 808love 261922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We probably eat healthier than average. Our budget is a hundred a week for groceries and a hundred a month for eating out. Nowadays our budget is so tight since food is getting really expensive here in Hawaii, so we have been playing around with farmer's market and Costco instead of the grocery store to keep stretching our money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260830 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:04:57 +0000 keiki_mama 260830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is a food snob and refuses to let me buy meat at Lucky's/Safeway so we go to a co-op. Because of high prices, we only buy meat every other week. I've been trying to experiment with bean recipes because they're so darn cheap. We spend roughly 500-600 a month on groceries and live in one of the pricier cities in the bay area (Northern California). We hardly eat processed foods and opt for fresh produce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260820 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:53:48 +0000 lioneyes 260820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>400-500/month for the 2 of us. I shop at FreshDirect (delivery servcie) and sometimes Trader Joe's/Whole Foods for speicific things. FD is pretty $$$ but not anymore $$$ than other grocery stores in NYC. I cook 4 dinners a week, plus 4 lunches for both of us out of that budget. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260818 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:52:29 +0000 oliviaoblivia 260818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our meat, pantry, and veggie CSA is ~$250 a month and we probably spend another $200 on other groceries. Not too bad considering we live in an expensive area. Having the CSA really cuts down our bills. I miss it in the winter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260808 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:42:18 +0000 Honeybee 260808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, some of you have really low budgets!</p> <p>We spend $600 - $700 per month for groceries, household items, formula/diapers, pet food, and health/beauty items. It's all in the same budget, so I'm not sure what portion is just groceries.</p> <p>ETA: This is for two adults, a toddler, an infant, and two giant dogs. And we eat out 1-2 meals a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260409 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:18:42 +0000 littlebug 260409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're up around $400-500 a month for just the 2 of us. I'll typically cook 5-6 meals per week and we pack the leftovers for lunches. What I need to do is another big stock-up shop for staples like chicken broth, rice, frozen veggies, etc. Having those on hand all the time cuts my grocery bill down quite a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260333 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:40:58 +0000 Rosie Girl 260333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We probably spend about $200 a month. I'll make dinners and then we eat left overs for a couple nights. Plus our families live in the same town, so we have dinner with them sometimes. We also hunt and use the deer meat to make our own hamburger and brats and such, so we don't have to buy those kind of things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260288 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:11:47 +0000 Red 260288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $850 a month for my husband, me and LO. However, my LO and I are on a special diet so we buy 50-60% organic and don't eat processed foods (which, ironically, tend to be more affordable) so I think we're doing ok budget-wise. I can definitely shave it back some but our diet is already restricted so I don't want to cut out some of the fun stuff we can eat. Oh and, we live in CA. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260258 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:30:25 +0000 pastemoo 260258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>300 ish? We try to eat very healthy, but DH does eat a lot of chips. Other than that, we eat fresh foods, healthy grains, meat at almost every dinner and maybe 1/3 of lunches....<br /> I just got on board with Safeway's online coupon thing and it rocks. I only buy things on sale or things that are always cheap--I meal plan around what is on sale. I go to the store with a rough list like "2 veggies, 2 fruit, 3 meat, chips, milk" not "asparagus, bell pepper, apples, oranges, chicken, lamb, ground beef"<br /> I am very careful with our grocery money.<br /> We almost never eat out anymore, maybe once a month. :(<br /> We don't eat fast food unless we're driving to see his family (full day drive, and we go about 2x/year).</p> <p>Two adults, no pets, 1 newborn. We don't buy any baby stuff at the grocery story, but that does include toiletries and cleaners.</p> <p>DC area, so prices are fairly high, but nothing like when we lived in Honolulu.</p> <p>I shop mostly at Wegmans, Safeway, Giant, and Target, and sometimes other stores. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260242 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:07:32 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 260242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about 400$-500$. But that's two adults, Mavrick and two cats. And when I mean grocery I include litter, cat food, cleaning products and diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260185 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:58:27 +0000 yoursilverlining 260185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's probably around $800 for food and booze, not counting eating out or formula for LO (which is an extra about $105/month). I don't really want to know the exact figure, to be honest...but it can't be much less than that. I don't shop at Whole Foods at all, but we do shop at high quality local markets; sometimes things are cheaper there, sometimes not. We eat a really fresh diet of organic meats and some organic veggies/some not organic veggies. Very, very little processed foods. I eat a lot of fish, which can be pricey. We also drink a lot of wine lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260177 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:44:19 +0000 Meridian 260177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $80 - $100 every other week at a local Mexican grocery store which has great produce. And then we supplement at Coscto to buy meat and more produce. It's just hard to calculate because we buy other stuff at Costco too like tp, paper towels, vitamins, etc., etc., so I never know if I should count those items towards my "grocery" total. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260173 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:38:40 +0000 T.H.O.U. 260173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a bit depends if you just look at groceries versus groceries plus eating out. Groceries we spend about $300 and we eat out way too much and probably spend about $300. We have tried to tweak things and eat out less but that really does increase our grocery bill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260162 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:30:39 +0000 photojane 260162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WOW! you guys shocked me. i was surprised to be the only one to vote for the first option. we spend about $85 every two weeks and i thought that was a lot!</p> <p>ETA: we only spend about $50-75/month eating out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260156 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:28:03 +0000 HLK208 260156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend $360 but we eat out 3-4 times...a week. Yuck. That is horrible to admit. However, I'm not the best cook and DH only eats steaks and burgers...I won't make that every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260154 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:27:45 +0000 winniebee 260154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Guesstimate of 500 in the summer (we are away a lot of weekends) and 600 in winter. We also still spend like 400 a month on takeout and dinners out. We like food ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260145 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:22:18 +0000 matador84 260145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about 300-350 for two adults. I don't eat much meat, but DH will not eat meals without it! We go out to eat more than I'd like to, but at this point in my pregnancy I'm too tired to cook. I just ate a pint of raspberries for dinner. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260140 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:19:45 +0000 autumnlove 260140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$600-$700. I need to work on using everything that I buy! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260122 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:01:12 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 260122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend $300 a month for two adults. I'd say we're healthy eaters. I try to cook healthy meals. We eat out twice a week at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260096 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:42:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 260096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: ugh I cannot imagine what our bill will be like once we do have two kids eating too!! I remember my dad saying after I moved out that he spent about $800/mo on food for a family of 5 (after my older sibs and I moved out he was still spending that much). It was crazy to me. But now I totally get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260091 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:40:05 +0000 Mrs. Bee 260091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we also don't eat out that much anymore -- once a week at the most, so i don't think 1k is too bad for a family of 4 in ny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260083 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:34:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 260083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Yup they do. I get my chicken there. But not my fish or beef. I will buy their ground turkey though.</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: I remember that post. Insane! But I know what you mean, I lived in NY for awhile and it is really expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260081 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:34:08 +0000 WALLAROO 260081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $400-$500 on just two adults but we do bring our lunch to work and only eat out on the weekends. Actually that might not be as accurate of an amount since that number usually has other items that we buy at the grocery store like health &amp; beauty and household items. So maybe it isn't so bad? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260078 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:32:44 +0000 Mrs. Bee 260078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i blogged about this recently and we spend just over 1k. but if i were to buy the same food in los angeles for instance, it would probably be $600. things are expensive here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260075 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:32:15 +0000 JoJoGirl 260075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Yep that's the other option, WF for meat and this other place for produce and staples (although then we're eating non-organic produce, which is also not ideal). Someone told me this week that TJ's does have organic chicken for $5/lb, is that not true? I was going to check it out this weekend for meat since I've never looked for it there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260074 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:30:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 260074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: would you want to shop at two different stores? That's what i do. Trader Joes doesn't have a wide selection of meat and it's not fresh, so I do love Whole Foods meat.<br /> Each store has tradeoffs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-a-month-on-groceries#post-260073 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:30:31 +0000 mediagirl 260073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$300-$400. </p>