Monthly food bills?

[hyphenate]

I was told that $120 a month for a single person is a lot of money. I don't think it is--that's only about $30 a week. How many people are being fed at your house, and how much are you spending?

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. 300 to 350

feeding two adults, on 4.5 year old, one toddler. We don't buy pre-prepared food other than the occasional frozen pizza, we even make our own bread.

*Grocery bill includes diapers/pullups.

[cynatnite]

22. About the same as ours...

Two adults, one teen and one six year old. That's not including the groceries hubby buys when he goes on the road. He averages about $30 a week.

[skygazer]

2. Ours is ridiculous

Averaging about $600 a month for two people and a cat. Mostly because my SO shops and he tends to buy enough food to feed the Russian Army.

Also, the cat eats too much. :P

[Patiod]

13. Mine buys prepared foods, thus DESTROYING the budget

$4.99 for swedish meatballs, $7.99 for pre-packed sushi, $2.99 for single-portion plastic containers of tater tots. There are times I look in the fridge and just want to cry.

The cat get special food that contains no fish -- at least that's cost-effective because she hasn't had a skin-allergy problem since we started.

[Saphire]

3. 400-500 a month 2 adults, 2 teens.

[cfield]

4. 120 isn't THAT bad

I was near that when I lived alone. Of course, I fed my boyfriend a lot too. Now that we're married, we spend any where from 180-220 a month and that's for the two of us and our pets. We have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and fish.

[ALago1]

5. I should consider this...

I'm shortly going to be living on my own again for the first time since I graduated college (about a year ago). My initial thought was that food would cost more than this (I was thinking about $200/month). Any advice on how to stretch my food dollar?

[Spacemom]

6. $350 a month

2 adults and 2 kids. I expect it will go up when they become teenagers.

[Flying Dream Blues]

11. Count on it :)

[LeftyMom]

7. $200-$250/mo

for one adult and one 4 year old, both vegan and allergic to damn near everything.

It'd be a bit less if I wasn't so busy, I used to make more stuff from scratch than I currently do.

Edit: Less in the summer months when we can live off goodies from the farmer's market.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. No, $30/wk isn't bad for NorCal.

Buying for one really limits your ability to save money by buying more economical larger quantities. There's no economy if the food goes bad before you consume it after all. You could reduce it a bit with a concerted effort but if $30 is within your budget, why bother?

I can't give you a good comparison for my household because we grow a lot of our food and avoid traditional supermarkets by shopping at the farmer's market, Trader Joe's, etc.

[RebelOne]

9. I spend about $250 a month for just me and 2 dogs.

That includes their treats. I'm a vegetarian, but I add ground turkey or beef into their dry food. I don't eat cheaply. If it appeals to me, I don't mind paying a little extra.

[azmouse]

10. We spend about $700/month for two

but I buy expensive cuts of meat and seafood.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. I spend about $300-$400 dollars a week for 6 people

Three adults, three kids. Plus we eat out a lot. We spend a fortune at the grocery store. Ugh.

[Orangepeel]

14. it doesn't sound like a lot to me.

[crispini]

15. Uh, NO, not at all.

I'm a single person and I spend a LOT more than that. I eat out 2 or 3 times a week and when I do grocery shop, I have a horrible addiction to Whole Foods, which means I can easily blow $50 / week, plus.

[leftofthedial]

16. $300 a month

1 adult and two teenagers (part-time)

[fight4my3sons]

17. at least $400 a month

for 5 people 2 adults and 3 kids. They go through gallons of whole milk like you wouldn't believe.

[miss_american_pie]

18. $80/week for 4 people

The toddler has a ton of food allergies, but the baby isn't on very much solid food yet. They seem to cancel each other out.

[Lilyhoney]

19. Two adults, $10,400 for the year.

This is what I have put on paper in my budget for this year. $200 per week. I do think that this is a low estimate. This estimate only includes edible foods. Meaning that it does not include liquor, pet food, cleaning supplies and paper products and the like.

This is the firt time I am trying to work a yearly budget and I have already come across a couple of misunderestimations. One or two have worked in my favor but I don't think a food error will do the same.

I made lasagna for my birthday dinner a couple of days ago and it cost more than my weekly budget for food. So by week two of the new year my budget is wrecked. Not just from the dinner but because we had to move.

Food is expensive, quality food even more so. Housing is the same way.

Eat Well. Live Well.

[eyesroll]

21. You made $200 worth of lasagna?

Wow.

Did I misunderstand, or did you feed an enormous group with that?

[politicat]

20. We spend $350 every two months for 2 people.

I do a big run once every two months to Costco, and supplement it with fresh fruit and veggies and and milk products every two weeks. The big run costs about $200, and each little run costs about $30. We have a freezer - that helps a lot.

We don't shop anywhere else until summer, and then we shop at the farmer's market for veggies that our garden doesn't supply.

So it runs about $22 a month in groceries.

[Left Is Write]

23. $120 per month sounds reasonable to me.

I spend $125-$150 per week; we are a family of five (however, the 18-year-old frequently eats meals away from home).

[LSK]

24. that sounds about right for me

Dont keep the best track of it but somewhere between $100 and $200/month for grocery store stuff. Feeding just me.