How much are you spending on food a day?

[TwixVoy]

I am wondering how much people are typically spending on food a day now with the rising food prices? If you are buying for more than your self please break it down to single person cost per day.

I have been trying to keep it down to less than $10 every day, but it is damn near impossible the past few months. I am usually able to keep it under $15 now, but who knows how long until I feel lucky to keep it under $20.

Also I am wondering if you find it reasonable or not?

[TomInTib]

1. Food, $20. Wine $25-$45

Gin, maybe not so much.

[exothermic]

4. Have some Madeira, my dear?

:D

Not sure if you'll get the reference...

[TomInTib]

10. Gotch, exo.... nt

[Deja Q]

6. Dang. $25-$45 for booze PER DAY?!?! Dude, you're baked!

Or is that term 'hammered'?

Are you seeing any pink elephants right now?

[exothermic]

8. I don't think Tom is buying Thunderbird or Boone's Farm

:D

[TomInTib]

9. Nah, I just drink better wine than I did when i was younger.

I usually limit myself to two bottles of cabernet a day.

And four or five gin (Bombay Sapphire) and tonics.

But I go REALLY light on the tonic. That crap has fructose in it, and that stuff is not good for you..

Love them elephants, though

[Jazzgirl]

15. LOL!!

Oops! I forgot the wine!! :-)

[exothermic]

2. My SO and I actually eat pretty well and healthy on less than 10 a day each.

One helpful thing is we do not eat large -quantities- of food, generally (empty calories as they are sometimes called.)
And then we live in flyover country where food is comparatively inexpensive compared to the coasts, for example.
:-)

[TwixVoy]

5. Yes

Yes of course it is possible to starve your self or eat "empty calories" or live on raman noodles.... but I am wondering how much people are spending to eat healthy balanced meals every day.

[Captain Angry]

3. A bowl of raisin bran, a PBJ sandwich or spaghetti can go a long way.

Now, am I eating in a healthy manner? Certainly not.

[DailyGrind51]

22. You got your fiber, iron, protein, Vitamin E, selenium, lycopene, and carbs,

what more do you need?:-)

[Captain Angry]

24. I ate poorly tonight.

A buddy of mine bought me dinner, and I ate like a G8 member. I should be flogged. Ok, so I ate at Chili's, so not quite that menu from the G8 meeting, but still. I ate well.

[sandnsea]

7. I can easily do $6

My husband, otoh, yikes. He could do $15 without even trying.

[Monk06]

11. $10 per day per person. That's one meal per day, steamed fish and vegetables.

[DainBramaged]

12. I've been buying bagged burritos, 10 in a bag for $2.99

Cereal in the morning, no lunch, green tea and burritos for dinner. My gas expenses went up because I moved so I have to economize.

[Obamarama]

13. Our monthly grocery bill is a little over $300 a month for two.

Some months it's closer to $350 to $375, but usually hovers around $300 to $325. We actually eat fairly well. We cook a lot from scratch, almost zero processed foods. We shop in bulk at Costco and plan out our meals for three to four weeks when we shop. We pick up other things that aren't convenient in bulk at a regular grocery store and shop weekly for staples such as milk and produce.

My partner and I could afford to eat out, but choose not to because 1)the value for what you get is low, nutritionally and otherwise, in proportion to the prices, and 2) we're both pretty good chefs and enjoy cooking for and with each other. So, it's rare that we eat out much anymore. Once or twice a month maybe.

[Jazzgirl]

16. KzooDem, I eat for about $300 by myself most of the time.

In Texas the food is high but I can mostly eat for about $5-10 a day. I make myself take lunch to work. That makes a HUGE difference. I drive 40 miles round trip to work so that sucks. ;-(

[Jazzgirl]

14. I am single.

So most days, I can figure about $5-10 a day.

[femmocrat]

17. We spend about $100 a week on groceries ...

for two adults, two dogs, and a cat.

It's not all food of course... there are paper products, prescriptions, etc. included.

[RebelOne]

25. I spend about $100 a week on groceries

for myself and two dogs. But I don't feed my dogs cheap food and they get all kinds of expensive treats

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. My wife volunteers at the local foodbank. The # of applicants has tripled in the last few months.

While the donations from supermarkets have dropped.

The two of us live on about $10 each per day.

I can't even imagine how people with a pack of kids get by.

[elocs]

19. I am single and eat healthy and well on $5 a day or less.

And I don't feel deprived in any way.

[FourScore]

20. I'm trying hard to eat healthier with my family.

Less pre-packaged stuff and more fresh, local produce. It costs alot. We're spending an average of $15-20 a day/person. I have my daily latte (that's my addiction) and my kids eat fruits for snack all day...so it all adds up.

My husband hates it that I buy real maple syrup instead of Aunt Jemima, but I just can't feed them a bottle of brown goopy preservatives and additives like that for breakfast.

I also buy the organic, free range eggs, they cost more.

I have started limiting their juice and milk intake to no more than 2 glasses a day. They are replacing it with water.

In general, I'm trying to by more stuff local. Unfortunately, I'm finding it's not cheaper, and you have to shop more frequently because the spoil rate is faster..

[LWolf]

21. Just food?

No shampoo, tp, laundry soap, vitamins, etc.?

I haven't really gone through a receipt to subtract all the non-food items.

I spend about $80 a week for all.

[LanternWaste]

23. After factoring in things like

After factoring in things like three cups of coffee per day, juice or punch in the eveining's, etc, I think I'm right at $7.75/day. I make a lot of spaghetti, tuna casseroles, Hamburger Helper, etc. and one cooking job leaves me with about two dinners worth of meal left. So, yeah-- about seven and a half bucks.

I don;t factor in the occasional date-- whether I make dinner or we dine out as that's not really about eating, it's just a side bar to the good company I get lucky to meet every now and again :)

I imagine that were I rich... Bill Gates rich, It would still be about the same as I've never really been able to justify to myself eating the excessive, conspicuous items-- high dollar wines, truffles, exotic meats or fish, etc. I'd probably make a really bad rich person-- imagining that my monthly splurge would be trip to Sonic or Whataburger, followed by an evening in eating a home made root beer float and watching a movie or two... :shrug:

Good thing I'm not rich, huh? :rofl:

[elehhhhna]

26. Never added it up before. 45 for a family of 4.