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spongersponger Posts: 3,159
edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
Oh man I am a human garbage disposal. My weekly food bill hovers around the $150 mark on any given week.

The other day I read a story about a woman who feeds her family of 4 on $100 a week using coupons and shopping at discount food stores.

Holy shit! A $100/week for a family of four. It just makes me feel like an over-indulgant pig. It really does.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    crap...wrong forum.
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    So you're saying that some people must feed their entire families on 2/3 of what you spend just for yourself? Seems like the right forum to me.
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    scb wrote:
    So you're saying that some people must feed their entire families on 2/3 of what you spend just for yourself? Seems like the right forum to me.


    I'm saying that some people do feed their entire families on 2/3 of what I spend just for myself. Whether they must or they must not is not really for me to say.
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  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    I try and budget myself to a $100 a week... and that definitely takes restraint.

    But then again, I only have my roommate and me to feed.
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  • j-bugj-bug Posts: 272
    i spend between £50-£100 a week for me and 3 kids...i think thats about $120-$200 a week...notsure on conversion though.
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  • spiral outspiral out Posts: 1,052
    We spend about £35 a week on food for myself and my wife, so like $70.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    About $120 per week for my wife and I.
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  • ladygooddivaladygooddiva Posts: 4,169
    it depends but mostley 100 euros
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Usually far too much. I'm flat broke at the moment though so I've tightened my belt considerably. I think I spent around £20-£25 on food last week.
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  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,381
    sponger wrote:
    Oh man I am a human garbage disposal. My weekly food bill hovers around the $150 mark on any given week.

    The other day I read a story about a woman who feeds her family of 4 on $100 a week using coupons and shopping at discount food stores.

    Holy shit! A $100/week for a family of four. It just makes me feel like an over-indulgant pig. It really does.
    don't feel like "an over-indulgant pig".

    i would be interested in what types of food this woman actually purchased. i wonder if it included tons of over-processed foods made in who knows where. i am more interested in supporting local growers than buying crap food.
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    My wife and I went the other day and spent $523.00!!!
    We have not gone in about a month. WTF...
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    my wife & i usually spend about $70/week. the key to this is to go shopping when we aren't hungry! :)
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    I must admit, food is probably one of my biggest expenses by FAR.
    I'm a single guy, I love to cook, and I usually go to the store almost every day to buy something for the day (usually dinner). I easily spend $150 a week on food, and groceries. It's like an addiction...I can't stop! LOL :D
  • DixieNDixieN Posts: 351
    I spend a lot more on food than I should because I tend to work long hours and then just feel exhausted when I get home--too exhausted to go shop and cook.
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    We spend on average $150 a week and we are 2 adults and 3 children under the age of 10 the youngest being 4.
    We shop at out local supermarket and some items at BJ's

    Your food bill seems a little for being just you but I guess if you can afford it, it' ok right? :)
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    My problem is that I only eat healthy food that doesn't fill me up, so I eat like almost twice as much.
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  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    I'm living with my g/f, we spend around 200-300/wk.

    But things in the city are just expensive, so it's hard to save. I also try to buy mostly natural or Organic foods.
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    MrBrian wrote:
    I also try to buy mostly natural or Organic foods.

    And that shit ain't cheap.
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  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Myself, wife, and 2 year old (plus 4 cats and 2 dogs, one 50 pound, one 100 pounder) -- about $180 a week.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Grocery bill runs between $20 and $40 a week.

    If you count eating out, add another $20 (3 or 4 times a week)

    If you count going out drinking alcohol, add another $40 to $50 a week. (going out twice)


    If I didn't like to go out drinking a few times a week, I could save a lot, but what fun would that be? :p ..I guess I spend about $100 a week in total consumption, but the alcohol half of that gets budgeted into entertainment rather than food when I figure my budget.
  • tarotvixentarotvixen Posts: 62
    I used to be able to get away with $40-$50 AU but grocery prices have jumped recently so it more like $60-$80. Sucks because I'm not buying anything more, just the cost has gone up.
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  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Here is what I got today.

    1 Gal milk
    1 Gal OJ
    Veggie oil
    1 lb roast beef
    1 lb american cheese
    two Sunday papers
    4 whole frozen chickens
    10 lbs chicken quarters
    TP
    q-tips
    assorted veggies, green peppers, onions, tomatos
    loaf of whole wheat bread
    bag of Doritos

    I think that was pretty much it. $158 and change
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    unsung wrote:
    Here is what I got today.

    1 Gal milk
    1 Gal OJ
    Veggie oil
    1 lb roast beef
    1 lb american cheese
    two Sunday papers
    4 whole frozen chickens
    10 lbs chicken quarters
    TP
    q-tips
    assorted veggies, green peppers, onions, tomatos
    loaf of whole wheat bread
    bag of Doritos

    I think that was pretty much it. $158 and change

    Drop the TP and use the two Sunday papers during the week.
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    unsung wrote:
    Here is what I got today.

    1 Gal milk
    1 Gal OJ
    Veggie oil
    1 lb roast beef
    1 lb american cheese
    two Sunday papers
    4 whole frozen chickens
    10 lbs chicken quarters
    TP
    q-tips
    assorted veggies, green peppers, onions, tomatos
    loaf of whole wheat bread
    bag of Doritos

    I think that was pretty much it. $158 and change

    Two sunday papers? Why need more than 1?
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  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    sponger wrote:
    Two sunday papers? Why need more than 1?
    You just got to be informed man!

    Luckily UGA has a "collegiate readership" program so I can get the University newspaper, a USA Today, and a New York Times everyday for free.
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  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    flywallyfly wrote:
    Drop the TP and use the two Sunday papers during the week.

    No. That would be too scratchy. Plus it might leave ink on my butt.
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    sponger wrote:
    Two sunday papers? Why need more than 1?

    I read a local and the Chicago Tribune.
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I should have added to my original post that the chicken is not for me, it is for my dog.
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    I live with my gf and my 2 years old daughter. We spend about 100-150 € per week.
    It varies from a week to another though. Depending on where we buy stuff, sometimes we spend 75-100 € for a week, sometimes, it 's more around 150 €.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    sponger wrote:
    Two sunday papers? Why need more than 1?

    Are there really people besides by grandparents who actually read a PAPER newspaper?
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