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How much do you spend on Groceries in a month?

  1. IRunForFun

    pomelo / 5509 posts

    About $500 for two adults. This includes household goods and toiletries. Some months it's less, some months more, depending on what needs restocking. We rarely eat out or get take out so I didn't factor that in. We spend maybe $25 a month on coffees or maybe ordering a pizza...

  2. MrsKRB

    nectarine / 2465 posts

    ~400/month for the 2 of us, not including going out

  3. babynumber1

    persimmon / 1396 posts

    @Smurfette: We budget for $400 and try to stay within that. Then we budget another $200 for eating out (we ALWAYS go over though).

    Until we tried shopping at Target, we were coming in around $600 a month for groceries.

  4. swedishfish

    GOLD / coconut / 8266 posts

    Our budget for groceries is $600/month. It's hard to stay in the budget where I live.

  5. JerricaBenton

    pomegranate / 3872 posts

    Around $800 a month. I don't eat meat, otherwise it'd be a bit more.

  6. LovelyPlum

    eggplant / 11408 posts

    I just looked, and it is less than I would have guessed for last month-$385. Our take out was unusually high, though, because we had the baby. Also, both my mom and MIL brought us groceries when they came to visit. So on average, I would say probably 500 or so for food, household goods, and medicine? Doesn't include diapers or eating out, which we generally don't do much of.

  7. GreenThumb

    pear / 1986 posts

    We have an unofficial budget of about $75 for the regular grocery store and $25 where we shop for meat/chicken/fish, so ~100/week for three. But, I almost always go over, so I would say about $500/month not including eating out/take out - but we try to keep that to only twice a month.

  8. MrsADS

    nectarine / 2262 posts

    It varies a lot depending on what's on sale - if I have a great price with sales/coupons, I stock up. I'd say at the most $85 a week, at the least maybe $50-60. That's 2 adults. That's for all our meals except eating out once on Friday night.

    I spend a lot of time couponing and shopping sales. I buy stuff I need that's not on sale at Aldi. We don't eat organic or shop at Whole Foods or anything. Too $$$.

  9. Mrs. Oatmeal

    blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts

    Our monthly budget is $450, but we try really hard to stay under. It only goes over if we make a Costco trip to stock up on things.

  10. Boheme

    papaya / 10473 posts

    $600-800 a month. We got a meal planning subscription that should cut it considerably, or at least we're hoping so.

  11. aegie

    clementine / 806 posts

    I think it depends on whether it's a "stock up" month, but generally we buy about $60 worth of necessities at our local grocery store (milk, eggs, yogurt, etc.) We spend about $100 - $150 every two weeks at our asian market where I get my meats, veggies and fruits. There are also a few times a year where I stock up my deep freezer, so i would estimate about $600-$650 a month.

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