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We average about $70 per week (we shop every 2 weeks at about $140) and that will include toiletries occasionally.

ETA: Me, DH and A who is 18 months. We all eat a ton of snacks too, and DH takes his lunches to work so this is part of that.

Not organic except A's milk.

$100-$150 per week

Me, DH, 3 yr old and 5 yr old

We do not eat organic

I have cut back on snack foods big time

But we don't eat fancy either - we have grilled chicken, rice, hamburgers, tacos, spaghetti and meatballs, veggies,etc.

We spend ballpark $120 week on groceries. Sometimes more because of pricier ingredients, sometimes less because things are on sale. We both WOH and if we decide to pick up lunch it comes out of our personal fun money. We try to buy organic when we can but it's not a top priority. We buy local more than organic. One thing we do splurge on is milk! We buy local, organic, non-homogenized milk. I think we spend $12 a week on milk?

$100 per week (but actually $200 every 2 weeks, just averaged it out) - 2 adults, no children.

We do not eat organic other than drinking organic milk. We do not eat out during work, either, so a part of that pays for all of our lunches that week.

We have/had the same problem. We spend around $100-$120/week on groceries (try to buy quality meat and organics). In the past I've spent around $20 per week eating out for breakfast (Panera, McDonalds) and anywhere from $10 - $40 per week for lunch. DH was less than I was spending, but it was still significant, around $30/week. We would also regularly eat out on the weekends, so we probably weren't too far off from your number, but we don't have kids.

Things that helped us change (but we don't have kids yet, so I'm sure that makes things harder):
We get an online meal plan that has 5 dinners per week. We make the dinners and eat leftovers for lunch the next day. We try to limit our groceries to only things on the meal plan list.

DH helps me prep all the food on Sunday (chop veggies, make marinades, etc.) He also starts cooking on Tues, Wed, and Thurs because he gets home before I do. I think him actively helping prepare the food makes him want to eat it more - both for dinner and lunch the next day. The meal plans come with step-by-step recipes that are easy for him to follow.

My office culture is awful about eating out. Most of my coworkers get lunch out everyday in a group, so it is hard to decline and feel like you are missing out on the camaraderie. I just had to get over feeling left out and I've noticed more and more people have started bringing their own lunch.

It also helped me to look past the money part and realize how much food we were wasting by throwing away leftovers, letting the food expire in our fridge, etc.

We spend around $170-200 CDN a week for 2 adults and 3 kids. BUT two of us are gluten free (which can be stupid expensive, eg. a loaf of bread is $7) and we like to stock up on specials when we can.

$250 this week since DH works longer hours and takes more food to work, usually 175ish.

About $70 a week for DH, FIL, myself and our 20 month old. We do not buy organic. My FIL does buy our meat at a separate time and cooks once a week so that helps us stay on budget.

@Dagny: we buy almost 100% organic, and always local for meats/dairy/produce (well, not local produce in the winter). We spend about 120 a week for a family of three, which includes all our meals.

Do you eat meat? The biggest way we save money is buy only eating meat once or twice a week at dinner. We eat leftovers for lunch, so I don't buy stuff for sandwiches. We eat lots of lentils and beans.

Eta: I plan all our dinners, and we eat the same thing for breakfast every day (oatmeal one week, English muffin with peanut butter the next, cereal, etc.)
We have soup once a week, and I usually make extra to freeze. This makes for a nice,quick dinner you can pull out if things fall apart.

About $100 per week, but I actually only shop once a month.

There are four of us: myself, DH, DD (3.5yo) and DS (17m). This is our budget and 95% of the time we stay within it.

$350/month on groceries
$70/month dining out
$13/week for dinner at church (once each week)
$30/week split between DH and I for lunches
$60/month for meat (buy in bulk when needed/on sale)

We buy very little organic but spend a lot on produce.

We run about $150-$200/week. I'm trying to cut it down, ideally I would love to cut it by half! That is for me, DH and a 2 year old.

@TemperanceBrennan: I will admit that I never go to Target for groceries. It's too far away and just never comes to mind! And we use credit cards for all purchases so I don't have a Red Card. I'll have to check that line out next time I'm in there, though.

We spend on average $120 a week. Thats for 2 adults and a toddler. No organic, but its all meals (including dh's food for work) and snacks. Our food is expensive here in New Zealand so I think we're doing pretty well.

ETA: that amount also includes diapers and toiletries.

On average we spend $600/mo and that is including toiletries, costco and diapers. We have a family of 5 (2 adults, 12 yo, 2.5 yo, and a 6 mo. old) and my step-daughters every other weekend.

I shop at a local produce shop for fruits and veggies, I shop at our only grocery store in town (safeway) and use their club card coupled with their savings app, I try to use coupons but I'm really bad at them! We buy beef from my parents.

It's an embarrassing amount. At least $150 a week, probably more. But, I don't worry about it because it's always cheaper than eating out!

We spend about $100 a week on groceries (doesn't count eating out). We try to buy organic when possible (and always for certain things like dairy and berries). We also have a garden which helps. We also aren't afraid to buy in bulk and freeze.

@Dagny: We spend about $150-$200 each week. My family includes myself, my husband, my 13 year old daughter, and our 19 month old son. A lot of the cost comes down to items for my daughter's school lunches - I buy lots of snacks, so she has a variety of food to choose from. I'm also a sucker for the snack-size items. Instead of buying a big bag of say, Smartfood, I'll buy the individually packaged bag for the convenience. We also buy a lot of fruit and veggies each week.