https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:16:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473407 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:46:46 +0000 Tidybee 2473407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $130-$160 a week. If I really try, I can get it down to around $90. I cook 5 out of 7 days a week (1 day of leftovers) and eat almost every meal with DD1 at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473395 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:35:07 +0000 farawayyama 2473395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$75-100, sometimes less, almost never more (unless I do a meat shop). LCOL area.</p> <p>I buy most of my meat at an ethical but still affordable butcher, which costs about $60 for the two months (I budget about 4-5 oz each for DH and I a day). A lot of Aldi and we like to get our produce from a locally owned, independent grocery store because they have good prices and awesome produce.</p> <p>When I have a busy week at work, I call a Trader Joes week, where we spend a week eating TJs dinners (except DD) with a side salad. I find it stops me resorting to takeout each night. This happens 2-3 times a year (including right now) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473242 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:26:30 +0000 FaithFertility 2473242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Average $100 I feel like it could be much less if we meal planned better and used coupons! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473221 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:07:14 +0000 Mrs. J 2473221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @lamariniere: see, my relatives in Getmany/Austria do shop at Aldi/Hofer. </p> <p>We spend about 100/week, but two dinners are covered by our parents. We are two adults, a toddler, and a baby who just started table food. No diapers as we cloth diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473130 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:37:55 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2473130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: It just feels like a lot to me. But I've done what I feel I can to keep it low so it is what it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473129 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:36:04 +0000 chopstixwife 2473129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a family of 6, three adults, three kids, I spend about $50/week at the grocery stores (Safeway, Trader Joes, Sprouts, sometimes asian markets). I don't buy exclusively organic. Household items, bulk staples such as pasta/sauce are from Costco. Probably spend $300/month at Costco. Restaurants ranges from $200-$800/month, depending on if there's some kind of family celebration or meeting up with friends. We do take out at least once a week and some weeks, two times. All depends if I feel like cooking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473035 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:56:42 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2473035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About $100 weekly, with some weeks having our Costco shop. This includes an organic produce delivery too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473031 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:54:30 +0000 BananaPancakes 2473031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 adults and 1 almost 4 year old - We're around $150/week, which includes toiletries and beer+wine. And food-wise, this basically just includes breakfasts and dinners. We all each out for lunch a lot. We could save a ton if I could manage to get lunches packed, but I can never get myself into the swing of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473017 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:47:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 2473017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We average about $120/week now that 4 of us are eating. My 11 month old eats fruit like crazy and berries are pricy right now. I try to keep it to $100 but it hasn't been easy lately. I'm ready for the farmers market to be back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473016 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:45:16 +0000 sera_87 2473016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really tried hard this month to keep costs down and managed to spend just under 350$ for 2 adults &amp; 2 kids, and eating all meals at home for the adults. This includes everything (household/toiletries etc) except alcohol. If you divide by 4 it's roughly 87$ per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2473013 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:43:47 +0000 JoJoGirl 2473013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: $200/week for a family of 4 INCLUDING toiletries and diapers (probably up to half of that) sounds pretty frugal to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472983 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:24:17 +0000 chopsuey 2472983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really keep track, but I go to the market 2-3x for fresh fruit, veggies, milk and lean meats.. Our grocery bills range from $40-200 per visit just for food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472963 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:08:43 +0000 ShootingStar 2472963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $150ish/week. We have 2 adults and one toddler. I rely a lot on convenience foods for the toddler, which add up - packaged yogurts, mandarin orange cups, pouches, etc. We also eat out a few meals a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472956 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:05:34 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2472956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yall are making me feel like I'm shopping wrong. Especially those of you who I know live in my area. It's usually about $200 a week. That includes toiletries and diapers. 4 us are eating. My 10 month old eats more than my toddler. But this week I went $100 over budget. 😲 So this thread is really laying on the guilt for me! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472955 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:05:29 +0000 knittylady 2472955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>150/200 a week for two adults and two toddlers and three cats. We're trying to eat out less so the bill has gone up. Oof. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472931 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:53:14 +0000 PurplePeony 2472931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually do one main shopping trip and 1-3 supplemental trips, depending on the week. The main one runs about $125-150 and the supplemental ones anywhere from $20 to $50. We are two adults and a toddler. We eat mainly unprocessed, organic foods and have dinner at home 6-7 nights per week; I bring lunch 3-4 days and eat out the other 1-2; DH eats lunch out almost every day; and DD's daycare provides all meals and snacks. This number includes most paper and cleaning products, and usually a couple bottles of wine or six-packs of beer per month.</p> <p>I'd love to lower this number, but I'm having a hard time because organic, (relatively) ethically-raised meat is just expensive. We'd like to cook more meatless meals but I'm having a hard time working ones into the meal plan that are tasty, reasonably easy/quick to make, and that DD might actually eat. She's not big on beans, non-orange veggies, grains, or pasta that isn't spaghetti. On the other hand, she eats pretty much everything at school and only a few bites at dinner anyway (unless it's fish or steak, and then she eats a full adult-sized portion 🙄). I have taken to buying a lot more frozen vegetables than fresh, though, because we were throwing out so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472927 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:52:13 +0000 lamariniere 2472927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: that does sound high. 2 organic chicken breasts here would be about €8 or 9, and a whole organic chicken is about €16 (non organic about €6). And those are Austrian chickens. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472923 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:50:08 +0000 looch 2472923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: that's interesting, because I found food to be outrageously expensive in Switzerland as compared to both the US and Germany. I would routinely pay 14CHF for two chicken breasts, nonorganic from Poland, for example. In Germany, the same would cost something like 4 Euros. I think the Aldi situation in Switzerland is specific to the location. THey don't support Swiss dairy farming at all, they import all their yogurt and milk from Germany.</p> <p>@JoJoGirl: I think you're right, spot on. I do think I could do more frozen vegetables, which do get a bad rap. Instead of spending $3 on a bag of fresh spinach, I could spend less than $1 when the grocery store runs promos on frozen veggies 2 for $1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472919 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:47:25 +0000 lamariniere 2472919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: just read your comment about Aldi not supporting local producers. Much of the diary and a noticeable portion of the meat comes from Austria. They also offer a number of locally grown veggies (mostly root veggies though). But this is not a huge farming country, so a lot of produce is imported in any case. Now, I have no idea about the pre-packaged stuff, I try to avoid it!</p> <p>ETA: I wonder to what extent it is country-dependent? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472917 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:46:42 +0000 simplyfelicity 2472917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about 150 a week for two adults and one baby (he has a container of baby food everyday.) This also includes toilet paper, etc. I would love for it to be less but DH has high expectations for ingredients...<br /> I should add that (with eating out) it comes to just under 200 but we also pack our own lunches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472912 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:43:13 +0000 lamariniere 2472912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I think food is inexpensive here compared to the US, especially when it comes to organics. But specifically in Europe, Austria seems to be more expensive than France (these are the two places I have lived).</p> <p>I probably spend €150-200/week. But I go to the grocery store probably every other day, so I don't really keep track. I probably spend €30-40 every time I go. Today, I spent €40 on dinner for tonight, breakfast and number of random staples. We only eat out maybe one meal a week, but DH buys lunch at work and the kids eat lunch and two snacks at daycare (included in tuition). I shop at 3 different grocery stores, depending on what we need, and one of them is basically Aldi, but with a different name (same logo though). Here, Aldi isn't that much cheaper than the regular grocery store, but it is literally around the corner from us and they sell a fair amount of good organic products. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472898 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:13:22 +0000 JoJoGirl 2472898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: The only way I could save money for real was to change the profile of what we eat. Currently it's all organic beef, fish, some chicken, and fruits and veggies. If we started eating tons of pasta, cereal, bread, ground turkey, and chicken, I could probably cut our bill in half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472871 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:03:50 +0000 petunia354 2472871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 125-150 per week. We eat all breakfasts at home and pack our lunches every day and eat dinner at home most nights, plus we eat a ton of fresh produce and that ain't cheap!! This does not include paper products/toiletries/Costco/amazon/target purchases. We spend way too much but justify it because we're not eating out everyday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472853 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:57:48 +0000 HLK208 2472853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About $100 at the grocery every week, $150 every two weeks at Costco. 5 eaters...so about $700 😁</p> <p>My youngest is a big eater so our grocery bill has gone up a lot within the past 6 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472806 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:29:15 +0000 DillonLion 2472806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Ah I see. Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472799 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:24:06 +0000 looch 2472799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: They routinely pay people very low wages and in higher COL countries, they don't produce any items locally, it's all imported and relabeled. On the surface it's fine, but the locals typically don't shop there because the store doesn't really support the local economy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472792 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:20:06 +0000 DillonLion 2472792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: What goes on with their practices in Europe? I'm not familiar. (not seeing much on Google) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472788 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:16:11 +0000 looch 2472788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: I just looked up to see if ALDI is in my state, and they are, which surprised me, but they're at least a 45 minute drive away.</p> <p>My husband is anti-ALDI because of their practices in Europe, so even if it were close and inexpensive, he wouldn't shop there (he does the grocery shopping). I am impressed by their prices, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472783 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:13:18 +0000 yin 2472783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$200+/week. :crying: I have three adults and two kids (4 and 2) in the household. My sister lives with us, and eats dinner with us 4 times a week. DH is on the keto diet, and my kids have food allergies (7+ different allergies). I cook every meal at home for them, and convenience foods don't work with their diet restrictions. I have no idea how to bring my grocery bill down, and I'm started to accept it. If it cost this much to keep my kids safe and healthy, then so be it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-weekly-grocery-bill/page/2#post-2472782 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:12:28 +0000 DillonLion 2472782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I only shop at the discount grocer (Aldi) and I save money that way. </p>