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We try to spend $400/mo on food so I voted $100-$150. We are trying to be better about our food bill but gosh food is so expensive!! I'd say $100-$150/wk is pretty spot on.

$100 per week at the grocery store plus about $50 every other week at Costco. Thats for 4 of us.

That doesn't include most paper goods (we just buy in bulk every six months or so) and we dont really drink beer/wine.

On average, about $130 per week for two adults and one toddler. This doesn't include household items since we buy that on a more monthly basis in bulk. We don't buy beer or wine. My husband is only a social drinker and I don't like to buy it because I only drink at home every once in awhile. We won't be buying any beer anyway until at least October when I'm no longer pregnant.

We average around $180 per week these days. DH, LO (3) and me. All weekday meals are prepared at home and I try to get mostly organic produce, meat and dairy. Not included is a Costco trip every 3 weeks or so for paper products and some other things. Also not included is beer/wine. We usually have tons from gifts/my husband's work but I probably buy something once every few months.

Where's the TOO much option?

This is a constant work in progress. And definitely a big chunk of our monthly budget that we want to pare down!

Some weeks we spend next to nothing, under $100 and others it's $200.
This does include most paper goods and such. All 3 meals, snacks, alcohol (for adults!) for 2 adults and 2 eating kids. We get takeout maybe 2x a month.

We are also the ones that end up hosting family dinners 2-3x a month for 4 additional adults. So that does add up too!

Usually right around 100.00, just for food and probably most of our toiletries (except my face care stuff)I buy paper products and cleaning stuff at Costco or on Amazon once a month or so.
It doesn't typically include more than one package of meat- we get beef and pork from my husbands parents, and chicken from my parents. So I only occasionally pick up "extra" meat.
We buy mostly organic produce but not exclusively, and always get local and/or organic dairy and meat.
I usually alternate between driving further to go to trader joes and a co-op, or just go to shaws which is closer by about 10 minutes. When I shopped exclusively at the co-op I spent 150 a week, so we've cut back some.

This feeds 2 adults (one pregnant), and one very hungry toddler for about 98% of our meals. Sometimes my husband gets lunch, but he has a ton of free meals saved up from call shifts. I sometimes buy lunch. We go out either as a family or as a couple maybe once a month. We don't get takeout because it isn't available in our rural town.

Oh- and I have celiac disease. So we do have to buy some expensive bread products.
Eta: doesn't include alcohol. I'm not drinking right now, so I'm not buying it. My husband gets a 4-pack of nice beer once a week or every other week (and has some other stuff lying around). So that's another probably 20-30 bucks a month.

$100 a week. We shop at the discount grocer so this money goes a long way as we rarely eat out. It is for 3 people (2 adults, one LO, one dog). It includes dog food, toiletries, household products, etc.

We'll occasional go to Costco, but only buy 1 or 2 things.

No regular expenditures on alcohol, unless it is a special occasion/gift.

$150-200/week This is for 2 adults, 1 toddler and a dog. I included diapers, wipes, dog food, paper products, household basics (dish soap, detergent), and toiletries. For meals its 7 days a week of breakfast and lunch for the adults, and 5 dinners, plus snacks.

About $220 per week and a $300 Costco trip every other month. Includes paper products, basic toiletries, dog food, cat food. Two adults, one preschooler, one toddler, one newborn, one big dog, and two cats.

We spend about £100 a week, which converts to roughly $150. That includes all paper products, toiletries, cleaning products, baby items etc, for a family of four. We don't watch what we buy and we certainly don't scrimp on the expensive items (meat and produce) but nearly every week, without fail, it comes to £100, give or take £10. That also includes alcohol, so you'd think the price would go down, given that I am pregnant and not drinking my usual glass of wine most evenings, but we seem to be holding steady - I blame my chocolate and sweets cravings!

We budget $180 for a two-week period, so I voted 100-150... We do occasionally go over, so that's probably pretty accurate.

I'd say $600-700/mo to include Costco, Amazon S&S Hello Fresh, regular grocery store & relevant Target stuff. Includes toiletries, paper products, etc.

T eats about $100/mo in pouches (!) everything else is for 2.

$100-150, there are 3 of us but LO is only just eating a few solids recently, so she doesn't add much yet. Most of our toiletries come from Amazon, but pet food is part of the grocery bill.

We are a family of 3 (I'm pregnant with LO2), 2 adults and one 18 month old toddler. Our grocery bills are usually really up and down because I'll stock up on things when its on sale and freeze it, but I think a typical weekly shopping trip for fresh stuff is about $60, plus there's usually a bonus stop for more milk, yogurt, fresh fruit, and odds/ends during the week that's about $30. Then there's Costco runs (there's one across the street from our house) for stuff like coffee or frozen fruit so, I'd say we probably spend another $100 there in a month.

But that doesn't include toiletries, diapers, cleaning products, etc. Technically, we don't do a grocery budget, we have a "household" line item that's basically meant to be inclusive of anything I can find at Target or Costco - so groceries, diapering, baby supplies, cleaning supplies, medicine, beauty products, even some clothing (but usually just for DS). I just found it too hard to break everything down into smaller categories because we shop at places like that so often. That line item is obviously much higher.

I just looked up my debit/credit statements online and literally added up all my transactions. This month is not over and we are at $860. I'm including everything bought in a grocery store, pharmacy, or Target (where we buy diapers, wipes, cleaning supplies, paper products, toiletries, etc and of course...non essentials like art supplies and baby socks).

I'm sure we'll be at $1000 before the month is over because I'll have to grocery shop this weekend. We're a family of 4 and we live in a high COL area.

It varies, but I'm trying to get it down to a hundred dollars a week. Having to send in breakfast and lunch for DS1 at daycare really adds up.

Just two of us, and it's usually $80-$100/week. My husband is a really picky eater so we get more or less the same items each visit. That includes things like paper goods (usually 1x/month) but doesn't include personal grooming things. We shop at the regular grocery store for most dry/canned goods, dairy & meats, a smaller "natural" foods store for produce, and usually stop 1x/month at a Mexican grocer for specialty cuts of meat and produce/dry goods we can't find at the regular grocery store.

I just signed up for a CSA half-share at $300 for the growing season, which gets us a box of fresh fruit/veggies every other week from April-October. Hopefully that will cut down visits to the store as well!!

We're currently spending $80 on Plated and another $150 for groceries. But this includes lunches for everyone. We also probably eat out once during the week.