How much do you spend on food each month?

[erub]

Month of breakfast food is $40
Lunch x $5 x 30
Dinner avg $7 x 30

$400

 

[Skeeedunt]

food+coffee = $450/month for me

 

[Gibson486]

$200-$300

Also, it depends on where you live.....

 

[chambersc]

about $113

I have a STRICT $35 a week self-imposed cap. $5 a day is plenty.

 

[DaiShan]

Lately I've cut back to about $400 a month, when I used to eat out every meal it was closer to $800

 

[Svnla]

I spend around $40-$50 for grocery a week so it will be around $160-$200 or so a month. Keep in mind that I buy most, if not all, of the grocery on sale <$1 to $1.5 a pound for chicken breasts or pork chops and such>.

Eat out is expensive.

 

[mithrandir2001]

According to Quicken, I have spent $4,307 YTD on groceries which works out to about $400 a month. By comparison I have spent $295 YTD on dining out. I expect the grocery bill to go up now that there's a new Wegmans supermarket down the street. I am split between cheap (store brands only) and extravagant (wild salmon for $16.99/lb is fair game when available).

 

[bonkers325]

my roommate and I spent about $40 a week (togethor) on groceries... you guys are really living it up!

 

[Clocker]

even thought i hated the meal plan i think it does save time from cooking. i hate cooking more.

 

[brtspears2]

40-50 bucks a week including a handle of booze.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: amdskip
$200-250 if you are conservative

per month? ROFLs. i spend on avg $15-20 per week on food.

 

[imthebadguy]

500ishh....imma college student, usually get take out/delivery/goto restaurant for each and every meal <-- too lazy too cook

 

[notfred]

$400-500, but then I don't like ramen that much.

I would love to see a list of what one of these people spending ~$20/week on food actually eats.
I spent $8.29 on dinner, $6.xx on lunch and $3.xx on coffee *today*, not to mention a few diet cokes, and a bagel that I had at home. That's about $20 on food *today*. I realize you could eat for less, but I don't see how you could eat for 1/7th the cost.

 

[mithrandir2001]

If you eat Ramen to stick to a $20/week budget then you are saving money now to pay for your diabetes later. All that refined starch, yuck!

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

About $400-500 per month. I rarely cook for myself, the odd time maybe instant noodles or canned food. Some days I'm too tired to eat and will just eat breakfast or lunch and that's it, skip dinner.

My laziness and unwillingness to learn to cook for myself is really costing me.