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I'd say we also spend about $700/month but that includes diapers, paper towels, etc. We use to spend much more but I've started cutting costs lately.

ETA: We're a family of 3 (me, DH, and 16 month DD)

Food is expensive where I live and there really is no way to get it cheaper. I have tried to figure out how to cut costs buy purchasing fruit and veg in season and buying larger cuts of meat, but I am not able to make a significant dent in the bill. We don't have Aldi near us, so that's out for now.

Having written that, we spend at least $800 a month on groceries for three of us.

We're a family of 3: me, husband, 20 month old daughter. We spend about $125/week on groceries so $500/month. We eat mostly organic or locally grown/raised food. We shop a combination of farmer's markets and the grocery store. 2 gallons of organic milk sets us back almost $12. We could easily sub out and buy non-organic but it's worth it to us to pay more money for high quality food we feel good about. That doesn't include eating out and we use cloth diapers so no expense there. We don't use coupons. I find them a hassle and most of the items that you can buy with coupons are processed. They never have coupons for produce, meat, etc.

We average about $750 a month for me, DH, and our 2.5yo. That includes eating out (mainly MOD Pizza as I'm craving it like crazy this pregnancy). I'm hit and miss with shopping sales because I can't have anything processed, but even then honestly I have no idea how that much money goes so quickly!

ETA: just for COL comparison, if wanted, we are in Seattle.

This thread makes me feel better - every time my weekly grocery bill is $180 I think "What am I BUYING?" Our monthly bill for 4 (me, husband, 3.5 and 1.5 year olds) is between $600 and $800, including diapers, not including our weekly Friday night takeout.

About $400-$500 including food/household items. It's DH, DS (3y.o), DD (3m) and myself.

I would say $400-500 which is just grocery store (although that sometimes includes laundry detergent, tp, paper towels, etc, but not always). I usually also go to Target 1-3x/month for stuff and the total amount there varies widely. I stock on diapers with coupons/sales very infrequently.

That amount doesn't include eating out, but I would say eating out is usually like 1x a week at Chipotle or similar. Having a toddler means we don't eat out, lol. It doesn't include my husband's lunches, he usually buys a cheap meal $5 or less, sometimes more. I pack my lunch and toddler's lunch.

We could really spend a lot less if I had the time to do more organization, meal planning, and shopping multiple stores. I don't have time.

Family of 3 - me, husband, almost 2 year old

On groceries alone for a family of 4 it's around $1,000. I've tried many things to make this number smaller like meal planning (we do this anyway), Costco (made no difference), buying generic etc but it barely budges. And this is a month of making inexpensive meals at home!

@Modern Daisy: I was starting to feel bad!! Some of these #s seem so low! Maybe we just eat a ton. We're working on cutting waste too.

I spend about $120 - $150/wk for a family of 4 (kids are 5 and 1.5). That includes household goods and toiletries, excluding diapers. The kids get breakfast and lunch at daycare during the week, but includes all three meals a day for DH and I. We eat out 1-2x a week. I've recently really tried to focus on food waste. We used to throw out so many left-overs, but now I only plan 4 dinners a week and focus on using up left-overs throughout the week.

I think that budgeting and keeping food costs low is my secret super power. Our budget (2 adults, 2 kids) is $140/ month and $15/ month on bulk food. I usually stay pretty close to it. When we got married (5 years ago) I could feed us both on $60 a month! We're in eastern PA.

$600/month, not including stuff I get through Amazon S&S. Family of 4 - me, Hubs, D (4.5yo), and A (17mo). I do all of my shopping at Wegmans, where I buy a lot of their bulk Family Packs, and Target, where I mostly buy Market Pantry stuff. I get diapers, wipes, and some personal items from Amazon S&S.

700-800 for a family of four. My boys are pretty big eaters, and I have to pack a breakfast and lunch for them every day. I don't separate out paper goods and cleaning products so that's all in there too. That doesn't typically include diapers though. I end up buying a lot of convenience foods because I have to pack so much for them, and I try to buy high-quality convenience foods so they tend to be more expensive.

Probably close to 1k per month. Family of 4, although the baby doesn't even eat yet so more like family of 3. We live in a high COL area but could definitely save if we put in more work. DH does the shopping and doesn't bother with things like couponing, shopping around, sales, etc. He buys everything at Whole Foods, all organic, lots of produce (and not necessarily in season). We've decided it's worth the extra money to not have to spend extra time on coupons or going to multiple supermarkets or a market that is further away. Pre-kids, we used to spend more time on this type of thing but convenience is worth extra money at this stage in our lives.

My new year's resolution this year was to get our grocery spending under control. We were spending an average of $1,200 a month last year, and now I'm down to $650-700 a month (2 adults, 4 and 2 year olds, and includes household items as well). The big thing that helped was signing up for this online course by the $5 dinner writer - The Grocery Budget Makeover.
https://www.grocerybudgetmakeover.com/

I think the course was like $45 or something and now I'm saving a ton of money every month just by planning better / shopping smarter! I'd highly recommend it if you want to try to cut your budget!

I'm feeling a little better about so many $800 ish responses. I think that's roughly where we are for our family of 4- DH buys lunch out but the two kids and I eat all meals at home. Doesn't include the occasional delivery or rare meals out at restaurants. I keep trying to be better at meal planning but cooking is just really hard with cranky little kids clinging to my legs and picky toddlers on top of that.

We spend about $100/week- so $400-500 depending on the month- for a family of four (but that includes a baby who is not on solids yet). We eat out probably 2 meals a week (usually a Friday breakfast, and a weekend take out dinner) We currently live in Houston which has a waaay lower cost of living than the east coast where we are from.

Will also add that I am terrified for when my boys are teenagers!!

800-1000 / month to feed four people mostly organic, including alcohol. we live in northern new england.

i tried to cut down, it always ends up balancing out to about this much no matter what I do.

ETA: We make most things from scratch. I have celiac disease, so we do buy some "specialty" flours and products that are more expensive than they would be otherwise.