Avianca From Venezuela, joined Jan 2005, 5858 posts, RR: 40 Posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1411 times:
Hi all,
well this treat is to ask you much do you spend monthley in the grocery store??
well today I was a little bit shocked as I spend around 325 USD (700.000 Bolivares) at the grocery store without buying any special food, etc... well the amount of food should be enough for 2 weeks and 2 persons... but it show that the prices down here in Venezuela are higher and higher every day... + some elemental food are not available as like eggs, milk, sugar, etc..
NeilYYZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1371 times:
I budget about $400 a month for food for myself. Probably due to two factors, my insane consumption of Diet Pepsi and the fact that I only eat fresh meat, so I buy my meat daily from the store. The fresh meat is entirely the result of me not having room for a freezer in the motel that I live in.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16598 posts, RR: 11 Reply 8, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1364 times:
yesterday my mother bought food for about 170 euro or 260$. We are 6persons in our family, so we spend much in the grocery.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11253 posts, RR: 63 Reply 10, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1334 times:
Less than $100 a month on groceries... not including beer and spirits that is
I live with three mates, so we share the cooking and buy in bulk, so cooking together usually keeps the costs down which is useful as we're all students. As I always say, more money to go travelling with
Futurecaptain From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
I'd say $150-200 per month is a typical month for myself. Depends on the cost of Mt. Dew, right now it's $1.38 for a 2 litre bottle so my bills are on the higher end.
Avianca From Venezuela, joined Jan 2005, 5858 posts, RR: 40 Reply 15, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1272 times:
Quoting Ronglimeng (Reply 14): I can understand someone here paying $300+ at the grocery store for two persons.
well with the prices we have currently here in Venezuela you would easily, as reference, yesterday the price for 1 kg tomato's were 4,50 USD, for 200gram turkey breast 6,00 USD, 1 whole-wheat bread 5,00 USD, so now you can imagine that is isnt very difficult to spend $300 or more ...
F9Animal From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4745 posts, RR: 29 Reply 16, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1262 times:
My problem is, that I go to the store without a list. I end up buying crap. I spend about $500-$600 for a house of 3 per month, and I could easily cut that in half if I was smarter about it. I also find myself shopping when I am hungry, which turns out to be expensive, and a cart full of snacks and junk.
Will I change? I think about it every time I swipe my debit card at the grocery store. Do I change? DAMN IT!!!!! LOL!
LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 55 Reply 17, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1259 times:
For myself, probably close to $200 a month. Usually I'll do one BIG trip (with my roommate and his car) that comes out to around $100 and then two smaller trips at around $50.
Af773atmsp From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2587 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1244 times:
My family tries to stay under $100 a month. Usually before going to the grocery store we look for coupons.
Marcusair From Canada, joined Sep 2007, 35 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 1232 times:
Grocery? You mean McDonalds and wendys right? Because The last time I actualy shopped at a Grocerystore to cook food at home was about 2 1/2 years ago, and at that time I spend about 250.00 for the mont including meats, that was enough for myself and my girlfriend. But now I am single and I run a business Importing zoo animals and exotic pets from places around the globe I am away from home about 3 weeks out of the month so I don't have a choice but to eat out, and that bill is about 600.00 - 700.00 a month. I would love to be able to cook at home again.
Marcusair From Canada, joined Sep 2007, 35 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1216 times:
But that is not all at Mcdonalds, if you think about it, 1 meal at a tgi fridays for me is about 22.00 and that is just one meal I have 21 days that I have to eat out and that comes out to $462.00 just for the Dinner on those 21 days, and then there is Breakfast and lunch (however i usually take advantage of the free breakfasts that the hotels offer in their restaurants) but the lunch is about 9.00 a day and that is $189.00. and that totals $651.00 (on the road)
That dosen't include when I am back Home for the remainder of the time. Wow, i just realized that if i was on the road the entire month I would be spending almost 1,000.00 a month to eat! Thank goodness it is a tax write-off.
Greasespot From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 3054 posts, RR: 22 Reply 24, posted (5 years 8 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1189 times:
Three adults...all organic,,,no processed foods....about 800.00 a month...
GS
Sometimes all you can do is look them in the eye and ask " how much did your mom drink when she was pregnant with you?"
25 IFEMaster: In my last year of school, when I was saving as much as I could, I once made GBP40.00 last an entire month. Hooray for Tesco Value food! These days...
26 AeroWesty: After doing my shopping today, I'd have to say it's realistically around $75 per week for myself and my cat. I wanted reuben sandwiches for lunch this
27 Halls120: about $550. That's for two of us, and it includes cosmetics and cleaning supplies.
28 OzarkD9S: Well it's just me and I'm a cheap bastard so maybe around $150 a month
29 Luisde8cd: 700k bolos for groceries? man.. that's a lot for just 2 weeks, considering that you didn't get eggs, milk or sugar. Although if we exchange those Bs.
31 Baroque: Edible lipstick and after he uses the baking soda to clean the pans, he recycles it to bake a cake??
32 Avianca: jeje, if if we all would earn only in USD.... yes the prices are going up here, but at least I found yesterday finally eggs.....
33 Andaman: This was interesting, I really didn't know how much I spend on food and such exactly. I checked my credit card bill and found out last month I spent a
35 DesertJets: Typically I shot for US$50 per week, and that generally includes some non-food items. Though yesterday I spent $90 at my local Kroger, but I stocked u
38 YooYoo: 2 adults and 3 kids, we spend roughly $400.00/mth Now this will increase once my wife stops breastfeeding in a few months but it should increase by ju
39 ScarletHarlot: In the last 30 days we spent $250 on groceries - and $800 on dining out. (The dining out did include one very special meal that was about $450.)
40 Allstarflyer: Exactly. My meats come from Trader Joe's, who advertise organic, non-anti-biotic produced meats, poultry and fish (still want to try their sockeye sa
41 MCOflyer: I average about that. Here is my consumption: $30 for bananas $30 for cereal $40 for juice other necessities: $40 special dinner: $25-40 About 165 bu
42 Sebolino: About 600 Euros/month for a family of 5, just for the food. It sounds reasonable when I read this thread, but I would like to decrease it. I just don'
43 Toast: 200 to 300 euro per month for myself. When I was in college, I made do with 50-80 euro per month (or rather, the equivalent in Belgian franks). I only
44 LAXspotter: can you tell us how, I would like to know.
45 Toast: Quite easy, in fact: - no eating out - no soft drinks, no alcohol (just water and cheap tea) - cheap pasta with nothing but cheap olive oil - for bre
46 LAXspotter: that's impressive, I need to do that, my Lunch would be cup of noodles, hehe.
47 OlegShv: The average amount I spent on groceries considering last 3 months is about $210/month. I live by myself.
48 Roadrunner165: Hmmmm.... I don't know how much I spend per month on groceries! Prices are so high here in rural Alaska that most don't even bother looking at the pri
49 Therock401: If all you buy is organic food, I'd hate to see what the inorganic food looks like... (chemist joke)
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