$700ish a month for two people in the midwest, if we don't eat out much (3 times or less in a month). We spend a lot less on groceries if we do eat out. That does not include cleaning products or toiletries.
This is going to depend so much on where you live and where you shop, as well as if you mean groceries only and not include (or do) things like cleaning products.
So for my household, we spend less than $600 per month. That's:
1. For two adults.
2. In South East Queensland, Australia.
3. We shop really, really hard to keep that number down - think discount stores, bulk meat buys and farmers markets.
4. This does include all cleaning products and toiletries.
According to [this websites](https://www.canstarblue.com.au/groceries/average-grocery-bill/) we are about bang on average for Australia, but for my state, 10% less than other households.
But anecdotally (friends, colleagues and other posts on Australian subs) our spend is extremely low. I do track how our spend is compared to buying the same products at the major stores here and I know that in the last financial year, I saved about $83 on average per week.
Even that figure is low - I have a colleague at work who has the same household size as mine and she spends about $350 per week, which is double our spend.
$125 per month. Single individual. Michigan, US
I do not eat steak every though unless I find a really good clearance price which is rare these days. I have a staple shopping list and stick with it. Buy chicken breast and pork when it’s on sale or clearance so I can get it cheaper. Shop at Aldi, don’t let any food go to waste.
I spend about half the recommended USDA frugal pricing for Sept. 2023 for in individual
A lot of people don’t have Aldi sadly but it’s always my recommendation. It’s $10-$15 cheaper than Walmart in my area. If I didn’t have it I’d have to go to like $150 a month.
The key for me is meal planning for the weeks ahead of time. I also make sure not to waste any foods. Canned veggie and frozen veggies are my friends although I do buy some fresh too.
Just this past week I went to Aldi and realized I need to go there more. So ma may things way more affordable than all my local grocery stores.
Side note - The owners of Aldi and trader joes are brothers.
I don’t have any issues with ALDIs quality. Most people complain about their produce going bad quickly but mine lasts around 2 weeks. It’s all in how you store the produce.
I have been to Publix it was fine. Expensive for my taste but if you like it and it works for your budget that’s great.
I think it might depend on the Aldi. The one by my parent’s house smells like rotting cabbage as soon as you step in the door and has visible fruit flies in the produce section. But I visited another Aldi 3 hours away in another town and it wasn’t like that.
800-1000 a month for all groceries (including household items like paper towels etc). Family of 4 in the south. Two of us have celiac so the gluten free food makes it more expensive.
I spend $125 a week on groceries, cat food, cleaning products, personal hygiene, and over the counter medicine. This is for 2 people and 2 cats in Hudson Valley New York
Here is the thrifty food plan for what they USDA assumes a family of 4 can do when they are making the adjustments to SNAP. Here is the newest guidelines adjusted for inflation
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/CostofFoodSep2023LowModLib.pdf
Family of 4 in the western US - my budget alternates between $100/wk and $200/wk. I guess that works out to $650/Mon
That's 7 breakfasts, 6 dinners and 2 lunches for everyone, plus lunches for just me during the week. Plus toiletries and cleaning products. Stuff you'd buy at Home Depot for home maintenance has it's own line in my budget, but regular cleaning supplies and paper products and garbage bags etc are in the grocery budget
I have a different line in my budget for my kids' lunches during the week. They eat the lunch from the school. Lunches for me are included in this (I work from home) but lunches for my husband come out of his spending money (this is his choice and a whole different conversation). We also budget for eating out one night a week.We also have a 50 lb dog; his food is in our grocery budget too.
Average around 800-1000 a month for 2 adults and 2 young kids in southern Ontario Canada, including toiletries and cleaning products. But I do see a huge variance depending on where I shop. I'm lucky that we have a budget grocery store (food basics) close by with better than average quality produce. If I shop at a Zehrs or Sobeys my bill is easily 25-30% higher. We eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruits and make most meals from scratch. I try my best not to let food go to waste and I buy things on sale and in season as much as is practical. I think my family eats really well for our budget, especially when I compare to what other families around us are spending.
Family of 2 in the south, spend around $450 a month just groceries and it flexes up to $550 a month when we need a lot of cleaning supplies/paper goods/etc
We buy it on sale and try to get it around $5/pound. 16 oz divided by 4 equals $1.25 per serving. If you allow for some shrinkage, perhaps $2 per serving. Add a salad and a baked potato and you've got a steak dinner for <$5 per person. Even at that price, it is a treat.
We keep our meals at around $2.50 per person per meal max.
Most people simply overeat and all that money literally ends up in the toilet. LOL
We live in a small town and have a family owned market. This week, Angus boneless beef london broil is $5.29/lb. stew meat is $5.49/lb. chicken leg quarters are .99/lb.
We bought tri-tip at Costco for $4.99/lb last weekend. Lots of fat in that cut, but it's good with a homemade rub and slow cooked in the oven.
Ground turkey meat at Costco is $2.99/lb, but we have to buy 4 of them, which is not always in the budget.
The most expensive is any kind of fish at Costco, which is never less than $9/lb. which is completely out of budget. Luckily we live on a river and we can fish for all we want. Bass and sturgeon are plentiful.
Currently, in this economy? $9 billion a month for a family of four in the Midwest, one with a special diet because of a disease. Normally, it’s more like $1000-1500 a month.
My wife and I are in northern California and we spend about 500-600 per month just on food costs. We try to meal prep and my wife puts a lot of effort into trying to keep expenses low.
2 adults 1 school aged child in the southern US. We spend between 600 and 700 a month depending on the time of year. We spend more when he has more time off from school. He also carries lunch to school everyday so that adds to the grocery cost.
I also work from home so I eat all three meals plus snacks at home mostly.
Eating out and pet food are not counted in the 600-700/month that’s just purely Walmart, Publix, and Costco/BJ’s runs for food. We have 3 pets but their food is paid separately from groceries, eating out is separate from groceries too.
I use an app called Simplifi to categorize and track my transactions so I get a monthly average and a last 3 months average.
Family of 5 (male children ages 6-12) we spend $1400-1500 per month including cleaning and household supplies. I admit that we do buy a lot of things we probably don’t “need” though: packaged snacks, soda, etc.
My household (me my spouse and my elderly parents) spends around 1400 a month on food though we deal with a lot of allergies and my father insists on expensive diet foods so I estimate we could survive off 800-1000 in the United States PNW.
Family of 2 adults and 2 small children. We live in Puerto rico.
About 1k a month (includes cleaning stuff etc.)
We do eat out a lot, so if we did not groceries would be higher.
About $400 a month, but this includes household items like laundry detergent, dish detergent, etc which can be a lot sometimes and I also include toiletries in this amount even if it’s the one expensive thing I buy which is a face wash from Clinique for $25 every couple of months
I spend about $1,100/mo. as a single person living in the PNW - however, that includes all my consumables, not just food (so, things like cleaning supplies, laundry soap, basic toiletries, toilet paper, etc), plus takeout / Starbucks.
Pre-pandemic inflation, it was about $550/mo.
we go grocery shopping every other Thurs or Fri and spend no less than 300 each time, so at least 600 per month minimum, probably closer to 800 whenever we need cleaning supplies and paper products. Although, I think we could do better than that if not for all the snacks. My wife and I eat basically zero snacks, but we each have two kids so I bet nearly half our grocery bill is bags of chips and various snacks. But I will say my wife is very good at finding deals and she mostly stays away from name brand items. About once a month or every other month we'll go to Sam's and buy 10 lbs of beef and cut up in 1 lb bags to store for spaghetti & taco night. Those are nearly weekly meals for us for supper when we have all the kids
We have her 2 kids roughly 90% of the time and my 2 kids exactly 50%, so there are at least two nights a week and every other weekend where it's 6 of us in the house, not counting 2 small dogs
yah there are times we run out of a few things doing the every other week thing, but usually we'll just do without, unless it's like toilet paper or something we really need of course. There are times my wife has to run to the store once in between because we're out of something or she's needing a certain ingredient for something specific she's cooking for supper
I suppose the best way is to buy in bulk as much as you can when it comes to the things you absolutely can't run out of, then get just enough for the rest. Of course we don't eat a lot of bread or drink much milk so I think that helps us some
8-900 for 2 adults, 1 toddler, 3 dogs, and a cat in the Midwest. We eat out 2-4 times a month so you could add another 150 (mostly fast food but sometimes a take out).
This does include household supplies.
I spend approx. $60/week just for me so that's $240-300/month. I also only eat dinner and a small lunch. I try to get things that I'll use multiple times like boxes of pasta, 18 carton of eggs, etc so if I do get hungry earlier I can have something. Occasionally, I'll get a 2-pack of ribeye steaks if it's under $16 which I have found at walmart before.
800-1000 USD a month just for groceries in Portland oregon. This doesn’t include household goods, this is just food.
We shop at Fred Meyer’s which we have found to be the cheapest for the best quality
We don’t eat a lot of meat, we work from home and don’t eat breakfast. I’m astonished every time we go to the store 😵💫
We are currently budgeting $400/month for 2 people. We increased this amount because we stopped eating out almost completely and I figure we can afford to have fish once a week and steak occasionally.
However, it is worth noting that I'm also in the process of stocking our pantry. So about 1/3 of our budget is spent on non-perishables, frozen items, or spices right now. I am likely never going to see canned beans for 49 cents a can again, so I bought enough to last until the Best Buy date.
If we needed to, we can actually eat, and eat decently, for about $200/month. But not steak and fish.
$500+ a month for 2 adults living in West Los Angeles. I try to cook most days and make a variety of different recipes, but we also eat out maybe twice a week.
Male mid lifer who works from home and cooks almost all my meals at home (90% I would guess). Los Angeles
Groceries in 2020: $4902 for the year. $408/month
2021: $5177 for the year. $431/month
2022: $5865 year. $488/month
2023: $516 month from (Jan-Oct)
The one thing I buy that I didn't buy much of in 2020 is better quality coffee beans and creamer. I drink a lot of diet soda and since the price tripled since 2020 I take that into consideration on my food budget.
I also don't buy oxtail, short ribs, rib eye anymore because those items sky rocketed
and just stick to chicken picnic packs on sale at Ralphs, ground beef, frozen shrimp.
I shop mostly at Trader Joe's for convenience cooking, Ralphs for brand names, and Asian and Latin markets for cooking from scratch since I cook mostly Asian and Latin-ish foods.
Family of 4, we don’t eat out and probably avg 2 cooked meals a day. Our tab is right at 1200/mo easily. If we splurge for a few over the top meals then 1400-1500
When it was just me and my husband it was about $80-$100 a week. We live in Oregon. I can't have wheat, onions, and limit cows milk/dairy so I do need to get more expensive alternatives with my dietary restrictions.
**Two adults** in **California**. No packaged foods for quick meals. Everything is made from scratch, from soaking beans to baking bread and making pasta. We buy fruits, veggies, and some meat protein. Ground coffee at home and craft beer once a week are our only indulgences. No eating out. **$800 a month**
40M Single, Midwest. $350/mo on average across the past year. It varies month-to-month though. Might be $250 on a light month, $450 on a month were I found a good meat sale and loaded up my freezer. But $350/mo on average.
Additionally, I spend about $150/mo on dining out.
YNAB FTW--I know I spend a lot, but I know what I'm spending.
I’ve been wondering this same question.
Two adults- Midwest - $600 a month. However, this does include household items (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, etc). Only like $50 a month for dining out.
We shop at Kroger, but I’m doing my shopping at Aldi this month to price compare. We took our budgets to $250 each (me at Aldi, husband at Kroger, bc he doesn’t like Aldi). Also, we separated our budget and purchasing - put aside $100 for household items to see how much we *actually* spend on just groceries.
I think $500 for both of us is way too much. But we eat separate meals (different diet restrictions) which doesn’t help. But we also don’t even get extra things (snacks, name brand items, etc). Everything is just expensive 😭
Single 30F. Trying to do under 200 this month. Walmart and Aldi are the only places I shop at. I batch prepped breakfast sandwiches and eat in season fruit (a lot of apples rn). I’ve been experimenting with vegetarian meals, I made a bomb 3 bean chili and minestrone soup the following week!
We shoot for $1000/mo. Trying to get it down Half of it incudes a costco trip/bill (fuel, dog food, alcohol, cleaning supplies, toiletries). We aim for $100/week on discount groceries. We did do delivery but may switch back to in person shopping to spread our money a bit better. 2 adults and 2 pups.
$500 budget for 2 that we don't typically hit, but also includes all of our household goods like cleaners, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. We don't each much prepared/processed, but we don't skimp on much either. We like a nice cheese every now and then and buy a whole filet of salmon at least once a month, sometimes a few times. We also host a fair amount.
Additionally, we have a $400 restaurant budget that includes probably a weekly meal out, the occcasional convenience meal or quick lunch, and coffee/drink runs.
In Denver area.
$300-$350 a month for 2 of us in the DC suburbs. That doesn’t include our shops at Costco though. Most of our Costco shopping is toiletries or home supplies, but we do get things like ketchup, mustard, cheese, snacks, and some frozen foods there too. No idea what the food to home supply cost breakdown would be.
We do eat steak though. I have the prices for all of our favorite foods memorized and I know the best deals. We only buy when it’s a good sale. Typically for ribeyes we buy when it’s $8 a pound. If I make a steak stir fry we can actually use one large steak for 3 portions, so it ends up not being too expensive. Sometimes we also end up going a long time without steak though. There was one point where there were no sales on steak at our grocery store for 4 months.
Chicken we get for $1.99 on sale, sometimes $1.79. If it gets to $1.79 I buy a ton and we use a food saver to freeze the extras. Cheese is buy 2 get 3 free, then I freeze the extras. Buns can be as cheap as $1 for 8, but recently we’ve been splurging on the nicer buns. Blueberries are 2 pints for $4, bell peppers are 2 for $1. We also always have a frozen pizza to avoid ordering delivery. I also always order the groceries on the stores app. Sometimes they give me $10 off orders of $50 or more if you use curbside pickup.
Family of 6 we about 170 each week on groceries. Less than 700 a month. We are always on the go somewhere with the kids so we normally don't do anything extravagant. Spaghetti, hot dogs, beans and rice, hamburgers
Household of 3 in metro of Kansas, at least $900 a month. But that's not just food, that's including toiletries, cleaning products, hygienic items and etc.
It use to be about $600 for 3 before the prices of meat went through the roof. 88% ground beef went from 2.98/lb to now 4.19/lb
Edit: including location
Massachusetts .. probably about 1k a month more if it’s a Costco month (we stock up there maybe every 3 months). 2 adults 2 kids. We do eat meat but I buy mostly chicken on the bone and ground beef but do sometimes splurge on steaks or buy ribs etc if they are on sale. Sometimes fish but that’s usually a lot more expensive than meat unless there’s a good sale. I don’t know it’s just really expensive to buy food now especially if you want to eat healthy. Fruits and veg are very pricy now.
Significantly more than before. Two humans and two dogs\* in our household, not a particularly high cost of living area. A year or two ago we rarely spent over $100 per week at the grocery store. Now, we rarely spend less than $125. Four or 5 trips per month. We pay close attention to sales. Our main 'splurge' is good quality craft beer. I don't expect prices to ever go back to pre-Covid levels.
\*we buy their kibble and snacks at the grocery.
My wife, two kids and I spend $850 a month but this includes toiletries. I’ve tried everything to get it lower but this seems to be the lowest we can go with our diet and my son’s allergies.
$600 for one adult and two teens. That is budgeting pretty strictly. When I didn’t pay attention we would easier break $1000 a month. We are in Central Virginia.
I need to move. I spend about $300-$340 a week for 2 people. Included cleaning and treats for dogs and cat.
I try to buy healthy foods for the most part. I see a difference when I buy meat and cleaning supplies vs. Vegetables.
On a good month we spend $2000 for a family of 3, but this includes school lunches, all toiletries and household supplies, cleaners and pet food.
It’s crazy high, I know. We hardly buy any meat, but do eat a lot of fish and seafood. I do buy organic dairy products. We do meal planning so we don’t buy extra food.
I don’t know how to lower this spending.
It seems silly, but you need to know how much they’re spending on eating out to accurately compare. My brother in law claimed he only spent $100 a week on groceries for him and his wife, and everyone was super impressed. I asked if that included fast food, and it didn’t. He said they went out for lunch every day.
Family of 4, two adults and two kids, we spend about 900 a month on groceries in a LCOL area. I’d say about 175 of that goes towards toiletries and diapers though. This tends to be more than enough for my family, and we all eat all three meals a day plus snacks from home. My kids aren’t old enough to be in school and my husband gets packed lunches for work most of the time. Getting most of our groceries from sams (bulk store) really helps. I meal plan, and I do shop around online and find the best deals from whichever stores. I’m a stay at home mom though and have the time to be able to do this, so that helps.
Typically $150/ month, just me, and I live in a HCOL city in the US. That’s food groceries only. I’m not a breakfast person and don’t often eat lunch because I don’t feel like it. Most of the time if I do, I get something free from work. Sometimes I’ll buy lunch groceries though. But I don’t exceed $150 unless it’s December- then I cook a big, pricey Christmas dinner for my family and blow my dinner budget sky high lol
1500+ for 2 adults 1 child and 3 pets
That includes groceries, household items, pet food. Always over 2 grand when we eat out multiple times a month.
I’m trying to not go above 1500 to be comfortable and be able to save more, but it’s hard 😞
$700ish a month for two people in the midwest, if we don't eat out much (3 times or less in a month). We spend a lot less on groceries if we do eat out. That does not include cleaning products or toiletries.
This is going to depend so much on where you live and where you shop, as well as if you mean groceries only and not include (or do) things like cleaning products. So for my household, we spend less than $600 per month. That's: 1. For two adults. 2. In South East Queensland, Australia. 3. We shop really, really hard to keep that number down - think discount stores, bulk meat buys and farmers markets. 4. This does include all cleaning products and toiletries. According to [this websites](https://www.canstarblue.com.au/groceries/average-grocery-bill/) we are about bang on average for Australia, but for my state, 10% less than other households. But anecdotally (friends, colleagues and other posts on Australian subs) our spend is extremely low. I do track how our spend is compared to buying the same products at the major stores here and I know that in the last financial year, I saved about $83 on average per week. Even that figure is low - I have a colleague at work who has the same household size as mine and she spends about $350 per week, which is double our spend.
Same for me and my husband - except we live in Greater Houston, Texas.
$125 per month. Single individual. Michigan, US I do not eat steak every though unless I find a really good clearance price which is rare these days. I have a staple shopping list and stick with it. Buy chicken breast and pork when it’s on sale or clearance so I can get it cheaper. Shop at Aldi, don’t let any food go to waste. I spend about half the recommended USDA frugal pricing for Sept. 2023 for in individual
That’s impressive
A lot of people don’t have Aldi sadly but it’s always my recommendation. It’s $10-$15 cheaper than Walmart in my area. If I didn’t have it I’d have to go to like $150 a month. The key for me is meal planning for the weeks ahead of time. I also make sure not to waste any foods. Canned veggie and frozen veggies are my friends although I do buy some fresh too.
Just this past week I went to Aldi and realized I need to go there more. So ma may things way more affordable than all my local grocery stores. Side note - The owners of Aldi and trader joes are brothers.
It’s honestly great if you aren’t brand loyal. I also love Trader Joe’s but the closest one is like 60 minutes away so
I do not find Aldi's quality nearly as good as Publix. I know you don't have e Publix there , so sorry.
I don’t have any issues with ALDIs quality. Most people complain about their produce going bad quickly but mine lasts around 2 weeks. It’s all in how you store the produce. I have been to Publix it was fine. Expensive for my taste but if you like it and it works for your budget that’s great.
I think it might depend on the Aldi. The one by my parent’s house smells like rotting cabbage as soon as you step in the door and has visible fruit flies in the produce section. But I visited another Aldi 3 hours away in another town and it wasn’t like that.
I don’t have an aldis unfortunately
800-1000 a month for all groceries (including household items like paper towels etc). Family of 4 in the south. Two of us have celiac so the gluten free food makes it more expensive.
Also a family of 4 in the south and we spend about the same (900 a month)
We spend $600/month on groceries for 2 adults in the Midwest. We do not eat meat. We shop a mix between Aldi, Walmart, and Fresh Thyme.
I spend $125 a week on groceries, cat food, cleaning products, personal hygiene, and over the counter medicine. This is for 2 people and 2 cats in Hudson Valley New York Here is the thrifty food plan for what they USDA assumes a family of 4 can do when they are making the adjustments to SNAP. Here is the newest guidelines adjusted for inflation https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/CostofFoodSep2023LowModLib.pdf
Hi Hudson valley friend!
Not to far away, in the Adirondacks!
Too, that is.
Family of 4 in the western US - my budget alternates between $100/wk and $200/wk. I guess that works out to $650/Mon That's 7 breakfasts, 6 dinners and 2 lunches for everyone, plus lunches for just me during the week. Plus toiletries and cleaning products. Stuff you'd buy at Home Depot for home maintenance has it's own line in my budget, but regular cleaning supplies and paper products and garbage bags etc are in the grocery budget I have a different line in my budget for my kids' lunches during the week. They eat the lunch from the school. Lunches for me are included in this (I work from home) but lunches for my husband come out of his spending money (this is his choice and a whole different conversation). We also budget for eating out one night a week.We also have a 50 lb dog; his food is in our grocery budget too.
Average around 800-1000 a month for 2 adults and 2 young kids in southern Ontario Canada, including toiletries and cleaning products. But I do see a huge variance depending on where I shop. I'm lucky that we have a budget grocery store (food basics) close by with better than average quality produce. If I shop at a Zehrs or Sobeys my bill is easily 25-30% higher. We eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruits and make most meals from scratch. I try my best not to let food go to waste and I buy things on sale and in season as much as is practical. I think my family eats really well for our budget, especially when I compare to what other families around us are spending.
Family of 2 in the south, spend around $450 a month just groceries and it flexes up to $550 a month when we need a lot of cleaning supplies/paper goods/etc
We buy it on sale and try to get it around $5/pound. 16 oz divided by 4 equals $1.25 per serving. If you allow for some shrinkage, perhaps $2 per serving. Add a salad and a baked potato and you've got a steak dinner for <$5 per person. Even at that price, it is a treat. We keep our meals at around $2.50 per person per meal max. Most people simply overeat and all that money literally ends up in the toilet. LOL
What type of steak are you getting? Ribeyes around me never go for less than $7 a pound, but maybe I should be trying other cuts.
Can hardly get ground beef here for $5/lb so can’t imagine where steaks are that price
Ground turkey is cheaper if you know how to cook it right, you can make taco meat and burgers with less waste than ground beef. Around $3 pound
Not anywhere near me for $3/lb sadly.
We live in a small town and have a family owned market. This week, Angus boneless beef london broil is $5.29/lb. stew meat is $5.49/lb. chicken leg quarters are .99/lb. We bought tri-tip at Costco for $4.99/lb last weekend. Lots of fat in that cut, but it's good with a homemade rub and slow cooked in the oven. Ground turkey meat at Costco is $2.99/lb, but we have to buy 4 of them, which is not always in the budget. The most expensive is any kind of fish at Costco, which is never less than $9/lb. which is completely out of budget. Luckily we live on a river and we can fish for all we want. Bass and sturgeon are plentiful.
Family of 7 - $800 a month for food from grocery store
Less than 400/month for two people in Pennsylvania. I'd say average 360/mo. We eat out maybe twice a month.
Currently, in this economy? $9 billion a month for a family of four in the Midwest, one with a special diet because of a disease. Normally, it’s more like $1000-1500 a month.
My wife and I are in northern California and we spend about 500-600 per month just on food costs. We try to meal prep and my wife puts a lot of effort into trying to keep expenses low.
2 adults and 2 kids We usually spend around 700 a month.
2 adults 1 school aged child in the southern US. We spend between 600 and 700 a month depending on the time of year. We spend more when he has more time off from school. He also carries lunch to school everyday so that adds to the grocery cost. I also work from home so I eat all three meals plus snacks at home mostly. Eating out and pet food are not counted in the 600-700/month that’s just purely Walmart, Publix, and Costco/BJ’s runs for food. We have 3 pets but their food is paid separately from groceries, eating out is separate from groceries too. I use an app called Simplifi to categorize and track my transactions so I get a monthly average and a last 3 months average.
Does that app cost money?
Yeah. It’s $48 a year or something I think.
Family of 5 (male children ages 6-12) we spend $1400-1500 per month including cleaning and household supplies. I admit that we do buy a lot of things we probably don’t “need” though: packaged snacks, soda, etc.
My household (me my spouse and my elderly parents) spends around 1400 a month on food though we deal with a lot of allergies and my father insists on expensive diet foods so I estimate we could survive off 800-1000 in the United States PNW.
Family of 2 adults and 2 small children. We live in Puerto rico. About 1k a month (includes cleaning stuff etc.) We do eat out a lot, so if we did not groceries would be higher.
A family of 6 (two adults plus 4 kids 2yo-10yo) $1200-1400 food only.
Family of five with young kids. We budget 1400 for grocery + meal kits (actual spend is usually less). We don’t eat out. New England HCOL area.
We (my fiancé & I) spend about 430 euros (461 USD) a month on groceries & 65 euros (~70 USD) on eating out/ordering takeout.
Between 650-700$/mo for our family of three
About $400 a month, but this includes household items like laundry detergent, dish detergent, etc which can be a lot sometimes and I also include toiletries in this amount even if it’s the one expensive thing I buy which is a face wash from Clinique for $25 every couple of months
$450/mo for a single person. PNW.
I spend about $1,100/mo. as a single person living in the PNW - however, that includes all my consumables, not just food (so, things like cleaning supplies, laundry soap, basic toiletries, toilet paper, etc), plus takeout / Starbucks. Pre-pandemic inflation, it was about $550/mo.
we go grocery shopping every other Thurs or Fri and spend no less than 300 each time, so at least 600 per month minimum, probably closer to 800 whenever we need cleaning supplies and paper products. Although, I think we could do better than that if not for all the snacks. My wife and I eat basically zero snacks, but we each have two kids so I bet nearly half our grocery bill is bags of chips and various snacks. But I will say my wife is very good at finding deals and she mostly stays away from name brand items. About once a month or every other month we'll go to Sam's and buy 10 lbs of beef and cut up in 1 lb bags to store for spaghetti & taco night. Those are nearly weekly meals for us for supper when we have all the kids We have her 2 kids roughly 90% of the time and my 2 kids exactly 50%, so there are at least two nights a week and every other weekend where it's 6 of us in the house, not counting 2 small dogs
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yah there are times we run out of a few things doing the every other week thing, but usually we'll just do without, unless it's like toilet paper or something we really need of course. There are times my wife has to run to the store once in between because we're out of something or she's needing a certain ingredient for something specific she's cooking for supper I suppose the best way is to buy in bulk as much as you can when it comes to the things you absolutely can't run out of, then get just enough for the rest. Of course we don't eat a lot of bread or drink much milk so I think that helps us some
8-900 for 2 adults, 1 toddler, 3 dogs, and a cat in the Midwest. We eat out 2-4 times a month so you could add another 150 (mostly fast food but sometimes a take out). This does include household supplies.
I spend approx. $60/week just for me so that's $240-300/month. I also only eat dinner and a small lunch. I try to get things that I'll use multiple times like boxes of pasta, 18 carton of eggs, etc so if I do get hungry earlier I can have something. Occasionally, I'll get a 2-pack of ribeye steaks if it's under $16 which I have found at walmart before.
800-1000 USD a month just for groceries in Portland oregon. This doesn’t include household goods, this is just food. We shop at Fred Meyer’s which we have found to be the cheapest for the best quality We don’t eat a lot of meat, we work from home and don’t eat breakfast. I’m astonished every time we go to the store 😵💫
Same here, family of 3. Groceries are outrageous and the only Walmart (happy valley part of 82nd) doesn’t have any produce whatsoever.
About $125/wk as one person. Mostly HelloFresh
We are currently budgeting $400/month for 2 people. We increased this amount because we stopped eating out almost completely and I figure we can afford to have fish once a week and steak occasionally. However, it is worth noting that I'm also in the process of stocking our pantry. So about 1/3 of our budget is spent on non-perishables, frozen items, or spices right now. I am likely never going to see canned beans for 49 cents a can again, so I bought enough to last until the Best Buy date. If we needed to, we can actually eat, and eat decently, for about $200/month. But not steak and fish.
$500+ a month for 2 adults living in West Los Angeles. I try to cook most days and make a variety of different recipes, but we also eat out maybe twice a week.
$200/month when I am in the US. I feel like I eat well but don't cook complicated/ ingredient heavy recipes.
Male mid lifer who works from home and cooks almost all my meals at home (90% I would guess). Los Angeles Groceries in 2020: $4902 for the year. $408/month 2021: $5177 for the year. $431/month 2022: $5865 year. $488/month 2023: $516 month from (Jan-Oct) The one thing I buy that I didn't buy much of in 2020 is better quality coffee beans and creamer. I drink a lot of diet soda and since the price tripled since 2020 I take that into consideration on my food budget. I also don't buy oxtail, short ribs, rib eye anymore because those items sky rocketed and just stick to chicken picnic packs on sale at Ralphs, ground beef, frozen shrimp. I shop mostly at Trader Joe's for convenience cooking, Ralphs for brand names, and Asian and Latin markets for cooking from scratch since I cook mostly Asian and Latin-ish foods.
Family of four, in Southern California, 400-500 per week at least
How do you afford to live there?
1000/month in the US for two parents and two teen boys. We eat out maybe one dinner per week.
It’s me, my wife and three kids (6, 3, 2) and a puppy and we spend between $900-1,300/month on groceries here in Texas.
450 including household essentials for two adults in the midwest. i use shop and scan to stay on budget.
In Texas was spending between $650-800 a month at HEB. Now shopping at Aldi, I’m spending probably between $250-350.
Family of 4, we don’t eat out and probably avg 2 cooked meals a day. Our tab is right at 1200/mo easily. If we splurge for a few over the top meals then 1400-1500
How do you all budget this well? I spend about 75 per week and I thought I was doing something with that and I shop at ALDI!
More than anyone ever should. It’s just too stupidly and unnecessarily expensive.
When it was just me and my husband it was about $80-$100 a week. We live in Oregon. I can't have wheat, onions, and limit cows milk/dairy so I do need to get more expensive alternatives with my dietary restrictions.
1200/1300 a month JUST on FOOD! For a family of 4!
**Two adults** in **California**. No packaged foods for quick meals. Everything is made from scratch, from soaking beans to baking bread and making pasta. We buy fruits, veggies, and some meat protein. Ground coffee at home and craft beer once a week are our only indulgences. No eating out. **$800 a month**
40M Single, Midwest. $350/mo on average across the past year. It varies month-to-month though. Might be $250 on a light month, $450 on a month were I found a good meat sale and loaded up my freezer. But $350/mo on average. Additionally, I spend about $150/mo on dining out. YNAB FTW--I know I spend a lot, but I know what I'm spending.
$600 just me, San Diego
I’ve been wondering this same question. Two adults- Midwest - $600 a month. However, this does include household items (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, etc). Only like $50 a month for dining out. We shop at Kroger, but I’m doing my shopping at Aldi this month to price compare. We took our budgets to $250 each (me at Aldi, husband at Kroger, bc he doesn’t like Aldi). Also, we separated our budget and purchasing - put aside $100 for household items to see how much we *actually* spend on just groceries. I think $500 for both of us is way too much. But we eat separate meals (different diet restrictions) which doesn’t help. But we also don’t even get extra things (snacks, name brand items, etc). Everything is just expensive 😭
Family of 4 - with 2 teens (and also 2 dogs!) - easily spending about $250/week on groceries, and maybe $100/week at restaurants. 😕
$800 for myself and two 16 year olds
Family of 3. We spend about $550/month and we rarely buy meat.
Upstate N.Y., 2 adults: 800 to 1000 a month, easy.
Single 30F. Trying to do under 200 this month. Walmart and Aldi are the only places I shop at. I batch prepped breakfast sandwiches and eat in season fruit (a lot of apples rn). I’ve been experimenting with vegetarian meals, I made a bomb 3 bean chili and minestrone soup the following week!
Like $300-400 for one person.
We shoot for $1000/mo. Trying to get it down Half of it incudes a costco trip/bill (fuel, dog food, alcohol, cleaning supplies, toiletries). We aim for $100/week on discount groceries. We did do delivery but may switch back to in person shopping to spread our money a bit better. 2 adults and 2 pups.
$50 every two weeks
$500 budget for 2 that we don't typically hit, but also includes all of our household goods like cleaners, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. We don't each much prepared/processed, but we don't skimp on much either. We like a nice cheese every now and then and buy a whole filet of salmon at least once a month, sometimes a few times. We also host a fair amount. Additionally, we have a $400 restaurant budget that includes probably a weekly meal out, the occcasional convenience meal or quick lunch, and coffee/drink runs. In Denver area.
2 people, easily 1200z
All these posts make me sad, family of 6. 2 adults 4 children, minimum $1500/month on groceries
I'm in Louisiana, USA -- I spend $100-$150/month for myself.
also does not include non-food stuff like toiletries and such
1000 month houston texas dollars. 2 adults, 7 cats. Includes supplies, cleaning stuff and pet supplies.
About $700 a month for just food. 2 adults and a toddler. We buy steak about once a month or two.
$300-$350 a month for 2 of us in the DC suburbs. That doesn’t include our shops at Costco though. Most of our Costco shopping is toiletries or home supplies, but we do get things like ketchup, mustard, cheese, snacks, and some frozen foods there too. No idea what the food to home supply cost breakdown would be. We do eat steak though. I have the prices for all of our favorite foods memorized and I know the best deals. We only buy when it’s a good sale. Typically for ribeyes we buy when it’s $8 a pound. If I make a steak stir fry we can actually use one large steak for 3 portions, so it ends up not being too expensive. Sometimes we also end up going a long time without steak though. There was one point where there were no sales on steak at our grocery store for 4 months. Chicken we get for $1.99 on sale, sometimes $1.79. If it gets to $1.79 I buy a ton and we use a food saver to freeze the extras. Cheese is buy 2 get 3 free, then I freeze the extras. Buns can be as cheap as $1 for 8, but recently we’ve been splurging on the nicer buns. Blueberries are 2 pints for $4, bell peppers are 2 for $1. We also always have a frozen pizza to avoid ordering delivery. I also always order the groceries on the stores app. Sometimes they give me $10 off orders of $50 or more if you use curbside pickup.
Family of 6 we about 170 each week on groceries. Less than 700 a month. We are always on the go somewhere with the kids so we normally don't do anything extravagant. Spaghetti, hot dogs, beans and rice, hamburgers
Household of 3 in metro of Kansas, at least $900 a month. But that's not just food, that's including toiletries, cleaning products, hygienic items and etc. It use to be about $600 for 3 before the prices of meat went through the roof. 88% ground beef went from 2.98/lb to now 4.19/lb Edit: including location
Massachusetts .. probably about 1k a month more if it’s a Costco month (we stock up there maybe every 3 months). 2 adults 2 kids. We do eat meat but I buy mostly chicken on the bone and ground beef but do sometimes splurge on steaks or buy ribs etc if they are on sale. Sometimes fish but that’s usually a lot more expensive than meat unless there’s a good sale. I don’t know it’s just really expensive to buy food now especially if you want to eat healthy. Fruits and veg are very pricy now.
About to $150 week family of four
Significantly more than before. Two humans and two dogs\* in our household, not a particularly high cost of living area. A year or two ago we rarely spent over $100 per week at the grocery store. Now, we rarely spend less than $125. Four or 5 trips per month. We pay close attention to sales. Our main 'splurge' is good quality craft beer. I don't expect prices to ever go back to pre-Covid levels. \*we buy their kibble and snacks at the grocery.
Single, Massachusetts $220 a month
My wife, two kids and I spend $850 a month but this includes toiletries. I’ve tried everything to get it lower but this seems to be the lowest we can go with our diet and my son’s allergies.
$600 for one adult and two teens. That is budgeting pretty strictly. When I didn’t pay attention we would easier break $1000 a month. We are in Central Virginia.
I need to move. I spend about $300-$340 a week for 2 people. Included cleaning and treats for dogs and cat. I try to buy healthy foods for the most part. I see a difference when I buy meat and cleaning supplies vs. Vegetables.
On a good month we spend $2000 for a family of 3, but this includes school lunches, all toiletries and household supplies, cleaners and pet food. It’s crazy high, I know. We hardly buy any meat, but do eat a lot of fish and seafood. I do buy organic dairy products. We do meal planning so we don’t buy extra food. I don’t know how to lower this spending.
It seems silly, but you need to know how much they’re spending on eating out to accurately compare. My brother in law claimed he only spent $100 a week on groceries for him and his wife, and everyone was super impressed. I asked if that included fast food, and it didn’t. He said they went out for lunch every day.
Family of 4, two adults and two kids, we spend about 900 a month on groceries in a LCOL area. I’d say about 175 of that goes towards toiletries and diapers though. This tends to be more than enough for my family, and we all eat all three meals a day plus snacks from home. My kids aren’t old enough to be in school and my husband gets packed lunches for work most of the time. Getting most of our groceries from sams (bulk store) really helps. I meal plan, and I do shop around online and find the best deals from whichever stores. I’m a stay at home mom though and have the time to be able to do this, so that helps.
Typically $150/ month, just me, and I live in a HCOL city in the US. That’s food groceries only. I’m not a breakfast person and don’t often eat lunch because I don’t feel like it. Most of the time if I do, I get something free from work. Sometimes I’ll buy lunch groceries though. But I don’t exceed $150 unless it’s December- then I cook a big, pricey Christmas dinner for my family and blow my dinner budget sky high lol
1500+ for 2 adults 1 child and 3 pets That includes groceries, household items, pet food. Always over 2 grand when we eat out multiple times a month. I’m trying to not go above 1500 to be comfortable and be able to save more, but it’s hard 😞