Probably around 500 bucks but I get a good amount of stuff for my girl too. In the US
This feels like a post made to shame people who spend more than online randos deem “necessary”, so I’ll just say $80/month for 2 people.
A lot got a family $150-$200 . Unless I go stock up on the basics at Costco then I can get it down a bit but I live in probably one of the most expensive areas of the country
I spend about $200/month just for myself. I cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Take lunch with me to work everyday. I eat very very plain food (ie rice and chicken every day). With grocery prices up, I cut out a lot from my diet to keep around $200/month. No beef, no fresh fish, no fruits, no yogurt/kefir.
Meat: chicken, turkey, tuna fish, eggs and egg whites Veggies: kale, collard green, frozen veggies, tomatoes Carbs: rice, pasta, sweet potato, canned beans, peanut butter, granola bars, cereal Fruit: I admit I bought a bag of apples recently Dairy: milk, mozzarella cheese
I go to the gym regularly and drink 1-2 protein shakes per day.
Kind of embarrassing that I live on such a restricted boring diet, but at least I cook for myself, stay within budget, and stay away from processed foods/ snacks.
About 40 to 50 a week, so about 220 ish for one person
I could shrink it down to 20 a week if I just eat chicken, rice, and bok choy, but I’ve been trying to challenge myself to meal prep a different meal every week
I get $298/month to spend on food and I am usually out of money a week before the end of the month.
Single person, I probably could get by on $150 a month, but I eat out frequently, so I spend about $300 a month. This is in San Diego.
About £600 a month for two adults and one medium sized dog. Some shared stuff that my (adult) kids also use like cooking oil, milk, washing powder etc. also use. They buy their own meals and snacks to cook themselves.
Thats cooking from scratch majority of the time, gluten free, which costs more.
4-500 per month, family of 3, Slovakia
I’m paid bi-weekly with $1,200 USD going toward groceries from each paycheck
Granted we’re a very large family though inflation these past few years hasn’t helped
We live in central NC, USA
No aldi near you?
There is, though we usually do better buying in bulk elsewhere
for one person, about USD$200/mo. $40-$60/wk depending on sales, etc.
Central Florida.
If you don’t mind me asking would you consider your diet good? I’m asking because that’s pretty frugal. I achieve that (edit: actually with current conversion rates it’s a decent bit more) per person for a large family with meal planning etc but it’s obviously easier to cook healthy and cheap for a heap of people.
I never counted but I don’t think it’s much, eyeballing it I’d say less than 200€. I live alone in Spain and I cook almost every meal.
I could count it and see.
$40 (CAD) / Day
A bit expensive, but I’m both autistic and rather picky. I’m paying for my mental health there, not just food
Generally I’ll spend $15 on breakfast, $3 on a waterbottle at work, $20 for lunch, and sometimes I’ll buy those discounted meals made with offcuts and leftovers from Sobey’s. Around $10 - $15.
On my days off I eat whatever I have available in my pantry when I remember to eat.
why don’t you prepare more of your food? it allows you maximum control and saves tons of money. plus, it’s a lot easier than it might first appear.
I pay extra so I don’t have to do that. Carrying a waterbottle and a lunchbox was a significant contributor to my negative mental health as a teenager, and my life is way more pleasant without them.
In a similar vein, eating food that I don’t want to eat is very stressful for me, and I generally can’t know what I want to eat more than a couple of hours in advance. So eating food I prepared myself is usually rather disappointing.
Third, food waste. I never eat the same meal more than once a week if I can help it. That means that, when I buy a tomato, I end up only using a single slice and letting the rest rot in the fridge because there really aren’t all that many things I like that have tomatoes. The same goes for most ingredients. If I don’t use it within 4 hours, I may as well toss it, cause im never going to eat it.
I’ve tested out various ways of eating, and eating out often is cheaper compared to constantly re-buying ingredients for meals I’m not going to eat.
Around 300-400€ for one person and two cats.
Food alone? Varies, but around 1000-2000 EUR equivalent. Sometimes more, such as during holidays.
Family of 6, Norway.
