about how money does it take to feed 1 person per month

[HamburgerBoy]

At Vons it costs about $3 for a gallon of non-fat milk, but if you buy them in large amounts they cut the price in half. Costco is normally pretty cheap as well.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
I'd say you could eat for about $50 a month. You could spend roughly $10 for a few loaves of bread, $5 for a bucket of mustard, $5 for a tub of margarine, $5 for four gallons of milk, $10 for water, and $10 for a large amount of beef jerky or chicken.

Aside from the fact that you think you'd be able to eat that filth three meals a day for a month, the bolded area shows that you're talking out of your ass. Milk costs about four bucks Canadian for 4L (just over a gallon)

- M4H

 

[CTrain]

Common, do it survivor style.

-Find a 10 ramens for $1.
-Buy $10 worth= 100.
-Eat 3 per day and you have about 10 left for those occasional snack.
-Drink only water.
-Have $190 left.
.
.
-Profit.

Speaking of survivor, I'd like to see show where all people eat is Ramen noodles and see who lastthe longest.
I would watch that show.

 

[pennylane]

As long as you cook most of your food and don't eat out too often it's doable...

<-- eats out too often 🙁

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Aside from the fact that you think you'd be able to eat that filth three meals a day for a month, the bolded area shows that you're talking out of your ass. Milk costs about four bucks Canadian for 4L (just over a gallon)

- M4H

Just check the Vons website. According to it, a gallon of non-fat milk is $2.49 and when you purchase in large amounts (we personally buy four to eight gallons each visit) they will give discounts. Sucks to live in Canada.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If you are scraping for pennies:
Loaves of bread, bottle of peanut butter, boxes of cereal, can go a long way and be inexpensive.

"bottle"? Is like like the "squeezable" margarine, or the "spray" cheese? Is that some new thing?

Btw, for those that have never considered the difference, or have never tried "natural" peanut butter - you really owe it to yourself to buy a jar of the "Teddie" brand natural peanut butter, and taste what real peanut butter tastes like, instead of the usual MSG-laden super-processed canola/rapeseed-based crap that passes for mainstream peanut butter these days. I literally cannot eat that stuff, my body just rejects it. A friend of mine (roommate for a while) that never really cared about it, once I introduced him to "real" peanut butter, he was like, "this is good!".. unfortunately, he also tended to scarf most of it from that point on before I could get much. 🙁 (Seperate damn jars of peanut butter from that day forward solved the problem though.)

The only problem is that real peanut butter tends to have the oil seperate out, and needs to be mixed back in for better consistency and taste (otherwise the remaining peanut part will be very dry). I usually take the metal top off, and then just throw it in the micro for 30 seconds, and then mix it, it works better. You have to refridgerate it after use too. But the extra effort is well worth the much better taste and much healthier contents.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
The only problem is that real peanut butter tends to have the oil seperate out, and needs to be mixed back in for better consistency and taste (otherwise the remaining peanut part will be very dry). I usually take the metal top off, and then just throw it in the micro for 30 seconds, and then mix it, it works better. You have to refridgerate it after use too. But the extra effort is well worth the much better taste and much healthier contents.

Yeah, my wife is into that stuff. Just too much of a PITA to me and, at least for peanut butter, I really don't care much for the difference.

I mean, I don't usually PUT peanut butter on anything, just take a spoon, open the fridge, scoop a spoonful out and scarf it down. Done! Having to nuke it, mix it together, blahblah - just too much work.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Aside from the fact that you think you'd be able to eat that filth three meals a day for a month, the bolded area shows that you're talking out of your ass. Milk costs about four bucks Canadian for 4L (just over a gallon)

- M4H

Just check the Vons website. According to it, a gallon of non-fat milk is $2.49 and when you purchase in large amounts (we personally buy four to eight gallons each visit) they will give discounts. Sucks to live in Canada.

😱 you must have strong bones. how much milk do you consume a month? doesn't it go bad in around 2-3 weeks?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Aside from the fact that you think you'd be able to eat that filth three meals a day for a month, the bolded area shows that you're talking out of your ass. Milk costs about four bucks Canadian for 4L (just over a gallon)

- M4H

Just check the Vons website. According to it, a gallon of non-fat milk is $2.49 and when you purchase in large amounts (we personally buy four to eight gallons each visit) they will give discounts. Sucks to live in Canada.

😱 you must have strong bones. how much milk do you consume a month? doesn't it go bad in around 2-3 weeks?

id say when we are at home and have 4 ppl here my family will go through 2-4 gallons in a week.

when im not home im not sure.

MIKE

 

[brtspears2]

I go on about $100 a month. But I made a few initial investments such as a 50 lb sack of rice and a rice cooker. Rice is cheap to eat and easy to make.

 

[Svnla]

My grocery bills are about 100 to 150 bucks. You more than can feed yourself with 200 bucks a month if you don't blow it on booze or fast foods/eat out/pizza.

Edit: I don't know how some of you guys/gals can eat Ramen noodles daily...YIKE!!!!!

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: edro13
$200 is a good number. How old are you? For some reason, I always thought you were like 30.

nope, 24 🙂


oh, and this isn't counting my alcohol budget 😉

 

[stephenw22]

When I was single and going to university, I spent maybe $20-25 per week on food. I'd buy from the local warehouse store, the Real Canadian Wholesale Club (not really a club, since there's no membership). I didn't eat much ramen or KD.

The trick is to buy stuff you can freeze and then thaw later. They had a section of stuff that was close to expiring, like bread, produce, meat, etc. I'd get a week's worth, and then freeze what I wouldn't be eating in the next day or 2. Then I'd just thaw out whatever I'd need that day. If I hadn't done this, I'd probably have spent $40 per week.

My wife and I currently spend about $75 per week to eat, with maybe 1 meal per week at a parent/relative's place, and 1 meal per week at a restaurant.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
I'm moving out of my parents house (finally) and will need to start feeding myself (haha i just realized how pathetic that sounds - maybe i should say - i will need to start paying for my own food ) -

this is including making myself lunch each day to take to work --

what kind of budget would you say i'm looking at roughly?

i'm hoping i can feed myself for about 200 a month, hopefuly less.

You should be able to easily feed yourself on $200 as long as you don't go to McDonald's for every meal.

Food is one of those things that you could easily spend $1000 a month and just as easily spend just $100 a month. Depends on how lazy, picky, health conscious, etc. that you are. In college I easily spent less than $100. These days I'm probably closer to $300 if you count all the times my girlfriend and I will go out to eat for "dates".

 

Originally posted by: Rallispec
I'm moving out of my parents house (finally) and will need to start feeding myself (haha i just realized how pathetic that sounds - maybe i should say - i will need to start paying for my own food ) -

this is including making myself lunch each day to take to work --

what kind of budget would you say i'm looking at roughly?

i'm hoping i can feed myself for about 200 a month, hopefuly less.

It depends on how much you eat! If you don't eat too much, it takes about $15 a week. Then you add 1-2 month's supply of soap, toilet roll, detergent, paper towel, etc. and it will average about $18 - $22 a week.