My coworker, who has a family of 6, told me they are able to keep to a budget of $400/mo. i was really impressed, and a little embarrassed for myself.

how much do you spend on food?

11/24/2010 11:39:16 AM

I'm on that Rachel Ray shit

40 dollars a day

11/24/2010 11:40:07 AM

another qntmfred poll thread

11/24/2010 11:40:36 AM

Its just me and my husband but I tend on only spend $50 or less on a month's groceries

11/24/2010 11:40:36 AM

I was about to be like DON'T YOU EAT?!?!?!

but then looked at the username


teach me your ways

11/24/2010 11:41:45 AM

2^because you are a magical coupon fairy!

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11/24/2010 11:41:51 AM

I've gotten into a pretty cemented habit of the things I cook regularly, so it doesn't add up to a whole lot (mostly because I like cooking, but I have no creativity and fear change )

11/24/2010 11:42:27 AM

my grocery bill before the DC job was about 70 a month just for me with coupons

11/24/2010 11:42:30 AM

If I had to guess... about $150 +/- $50 per month for my wife and I.



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11/24/2010 11:42:32 AM

on average we spend 50-100 week on groceries depending on coupons. We blow too much eating out still though so at the end of the months its anywhere from 600-800.

11/24/2010 11:43:17 AM

^^^ I budget for $80 a month with coupons for just me

11/24/2010 11:43:27 AM

Coupon clipping sounds like a great idea except for all the time lost clipping the things and driving to every Rite Aid and Krogers in the county only to buy some cheap processed shit food

11/24/2010 11:44:35 AM

ahahahahaha

We eat very well. We are always stocked up on pasta, soup, cereal, deli meats, breads etc

I won't pay for pasta ever (I stock up when its free, no need to pay for it). If I can get soup for less than $.50 a can, I am satisfied. For cereal, less than $.50/box is preferable. Breads...I try and pay less than $.90/loaf.

11/24/2010 11:45:19 AM

just for myself, i spend about $100/month (give or take). i think it's reasonable

11/24/2010 11:46:13 AM

Quote :

"pasta, soup, cereal, deli meats, breads etc"

High rollers, huh

11/24/2010 11:46:25 AM

We save money on the pasta, cereal, breads etc so that we have extra money to spend on fresh meats, chicken, fresh vegetables etc

11/24/2010 11:47:00 AM

Post a month's worth of your grocery receipts and then I'll believe that you aren't eating dry pasta and old sausage every night

11/24/2010 11:48:13 AM

Usually spend about $500/month on groceries for two. On average spend about $200/month at restaurants/on-the-go type places.

11/24/2010 11:49:47 AM

I know this guy who ate for an entire year for about $71.

11/24/2010 11:51:24 AM

We blew our grocery budget the other night at Trader Joe's

Spent $200

So we do tend to go out and buy groceries w/o coupons. I just try and supplement those trips w/ trips to Kroger to stock up on free pasta, cheap soup (Progresso) etc


Though, the $200 was mostly stuff to use for cooking Thanksgiving dinner. So that is a very rare trip for us.

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11/24/2010 11:53:15 AM

We spend entirely too much on food. I need to be better about keep track.

11/24/2010 12:00:42 PM

Quote :

"Coupon clipping sounds like a great idea except for all the time lost clipping the things and driving to every Rite Aid and Krogers in the county only to buy some cheap processed shit food"

not when you live less than 2 minutes from Harris Teeter for Super Doubles

11/24/2010 12:46:05 PM

~$50 per month on groceries
~$200 per month on dining out

11/24/2010 12:51:45 PM

This thread makes me feel like a fail shopper

11/24/2010 12:54:26 PM

I haven't been doing the grocery much since I was waitressing and just eating there. Now I'll be back to shopping normally. Not sure what my budget will be though

11/24/2010 12:55:58 PM

My budget is $100 a month for myself, but it's more like $150 or even less a month when it's me and my girlfriend cooking together every meal. Probably because she keeps that shit in line.

11/24/2010 1:04:29 PM

Quote :

"not when you live less than 2 minutes from Harris Teeter for Super Doubles "

They do that every month?

11/24/2010 1:10:01 PM

ask Fhqwhgads ... shes the expert

but Harris Teeter doubles coupons up to something like .98 or .99 daily and i also live within 10 minutes of 2 Food dawgs and a super wallmart

11/24/2010 1:13:23 PM

I think this thread makes me angry.

11/24/2010 1:27:18 PM

^^ Yeah I just found out that Harris Teeter does that every day. Wish I had known that sooner

11/24/2010 1:34:55 PM

Quote :

"They do that every month?"

Just about.

11/24/2010 1:51:52 PM

I have no clue.

11/24/2010 2:01:30 PM

Between coupon shopping, moderating and keeping up to date on all the latest recruting inside information, its amazing that gunzz has time for anything else

11/24/2010 2:03:33 PM

About 200/mo for 2. We usually only make one trip per month and stockpile.

11/24/2010 2:58:22 PM

The one truth about coupon people is that they all lie about how much they save doing it.

11/24/2010 3:02:58 PM

We will usually go to Costco once every 2-3 months and drop $300 on meat, and all the shit we use a lot of (tp, paper towels, detergents, etc etc.) Outside of that, we probably go to the grocery store about once a week and spend on average $50.

11/24/2010 3:13:53 PM

I have no idea, but...
A few years ago I decided to stop worrying about what food costs and focus solely on the quality (within reason). I rarely eat out, I don't buy any fast food, and I buy certain foods in bulk at Sam's Club; so I suspect my food bill isn't that much different than the average single male.

Breakfast this morning was three Egglands Best eggs + with a small piece of Mahi Mahi scrambled in with a glass of OJ and a glass of water. Lunch was boiled quinoa, a medium piece of Mahi Mahi, and a salad with Lipton diet green tea and water. I eat well. The Mahi Mahi was actually free and I need to get rid of it before it goes bad, but you get the picture.



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11/24/2010 3:51:28 PM

What all constitutes grocery? Just food or other household stuff too?

11/24/2010 3:54:35 PM

I should look into this budgeting thing.

I MAKE IT RAIN

11/24/2010 4:03:02 PM

Our food budget is $500/mo. for a family of 3 (this is misleading though because we spend +/-$100 of that on diapers/pullups)

We tend to err about $50 to $100 per month to the good vs. the budget.

I think last month we were over about $150 because we threw a Halloween party.

11/24/2010 4:21:27 PM

I really don't know or care. I also try to focus on what I'm eating, not so much on the cost. I try not to spend too much money, but I'm not going to buy lay's chips because they're cheaper than fresh veggies.

But, I'm also a single guy making a pretty decent salary, so it's a bit different.

11/24/2010 7:49:48 PM

I spen about $300 on two of us. But probably another $200 eating out

11/25/2010 9:39:38 AM

My guess is I spent like 500 a month on food just for myself after some quick math maybe I should look into these coupons haha

11/25/2010 9:45:31 AM

Quote :

"Coupon clipping sounds like a great idea except for all the time lost clipping the things and driving to every Rite Aid and Krogers in the county only to buy some cheap processed shit food"

11/25/2010 9:50:33 AM

My wife and I do $80 per week. We both eat breakfast, take our lunch, and dinner 5 nights out of the week. we eat out 2 nights of the week.
and that includes everything...not just food. toiletries, cat stuff, cleaning supplies, etc...


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11/25/2010 10:45:02 AM