How much is your typical grocery bill?

I go shopping once a week and usually spend $75-100

ETA: We rarely go out to eat.

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Posted by Espo22

wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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WOW Espo22 you're such a good wife!! I am in awe -- my DH is lucky if there's left-over chinese at home How do you do it?? Do you cook every other day, a lot on the weekends, how? I want to learn to be a good wifey too!

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Posted by MikeandJess

we don't go food shopping enough to know what our typical grocery bill is

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same here!!

$100-$125 for a family of 5.

Last week my bill was $122 and thanks to my coupons went down to $74!!

I was proud...

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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We cook maybe 3 to 4 x's a week. DH buy a huge ball of beef ($50) and has him mom cut it. I'm spanish, so a large rice bag and can beans...lol. He goes to western beef and buy 3 large carton of eggs.

I just asked him how much he spends and he says $120...lol. He goes to Western Beef and buys the sales. He won't buy aunt jemima syrup, he'll buy the cheaper kind, he's really good on saving. I am able to squeeze some cupcakes, and other goodies too.

I mean pancake powder lasts a long time, so does rice, seasoning, we end up using lots of eggs & milk. Go to Western Beef, you might spend less.

We do our bulk shopping at BJs which the bil can be $125.
But fresh produce and such we buy at shop rite or stop and shop.

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Posted by Autumn08

We do our bulk shopping at BJs which the bil can be $125.
But fresh produce and such we buy at shop rite or stop and shop.

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You just reminded me that I didn't even calculate BJ's and Costco into the equation and i go to one of them at least once a week...ouch

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Posted by chrispar

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Posted by Autumn08

We do our bulk shopping at BJs which the bil can be $125.
But fresh produce and such we buy at shop rite or stop and shop.

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You just reminded me that I didn't even calculate BJ's and Costco into the equation and i go to one of them at least once a week...ouch

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We buy the stuff that doesn't go bad, frozen or toiletries so we only go to BJs about twice a month.
Then I do the gracery store shopping as needed. So it changes each time I go depending on what we are cooking.
But I'm a big fan of produce and we don't eat out much. I'd rather cook, have some wine and relax at home lol.
I'd have to really start keeping track of my grocery spending to tell exactly what we spend.

I usually go about every two weeks and spend around 50-75. But I like to buy my meat from the butcher so add on about 25-30 every two weeks for meat.

If we are buying this house :fingers crossed: we'll be eating TUNAFISH and PB & J for weeks!!!

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Posted by Espo22

Dh goes nuts at the supermarket lol. When we go grocery shopping its around $200 or more, even when we went this past saturday grocery shopping we were saying our goal was to stay under $200 and don't think it happened, i think maybe we just came in right under that and thats bc the cashier put in her discount for us or i should say DH she really annoyed me and instead of ringing us up at first she just stood there smiling at DH until she realized what she was doing but even then she didnt stop, at least we got a discount

The sad part is that it seems like we're spending that much every week or maybe a little over a week. Problem is the meat we buy, plus dh always wants to get shrimp, then he always buys pork and sausages to make sauce once a week. Plus always getting steaks. The other problem I think is we buy too many beverages, i blame this on Dh too for example he always buys LOTS of vitamin waters and at the same time buy a bunch of snapple's, we also get the packs of redbull, then he wants fanta and other bottles of soda, plus he has to have juice and always gets two kinds, all that really adds up. Half the refrigerator is filled with beverages

i never used to get the supermarket discount cards or any of those type of things and last week I finally said maybe we should get it. Next time I gonna convince dh we should stay under $200

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It's funny you say that about your DH and his need for multiple options. DH tells me that whenever I go to get 'a few things', it turns into a trunk filled with bags. When he comes with me, which is most of the time, we can never just get one type of cheese, or one type of nacho or even one type of rice....he needs like five types of each lol The meats for the sauce on Sunday do add up too....the best thing to do is get the big family packs when they are on sale and freeze the rest for like three-four more sauces. DH is finally realizing that lol

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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A month? Wow, can you ask him for tips on how to do that? lol

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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I do the same thing. I cook at least 6 nights a week, sometimes even 7. We have a nice breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays and I always make lunch for us........so we are buying food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I couldn't imagine eating out more than once a week....sometimes we don't even do that.

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Posted by MrsD71208

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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I do the same thing. I cook at least 6 nights a week, sometimes even 7. We have a nice breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays and I always make lunch for us........so we are buying food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I couldn't imagine eating out more than once a week....sometimes we don't even do that.

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You would be the perfect wife for my DH. I forget I have to cook He cooked last night and mumbled something about me not cooking so I was like fine, I'll cook tonight and tomorrow.

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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We cook maybe 3 to 4 x's a week. DH buy a huge ball of beef ($50) and has him mom cut it. I'm spanish, so a large rice bag and can beans...lol. He goes to western beef and buy 3 large carton of eggs.

I just asked him how much he spends and he says $120...lol. He goes to Western Beef and buys the sales. He won't buy aunt jemima syrup, he'll buy the cheaper kind, he's really good on saving. I am able to squeeze some cupcakes, and other goodies too.

I mean pancake powder lasts a long time, so does rice, seasoning, we end up using lots of eggs & milk. Go to Western Beef, you might spend less.

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Ball of beef? I'm confused..what is this?

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Posted by MrsD71208

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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We cook maybe 3 to 4 x's a week. DH buy a huge ball of beef ($50) and has him mom cut it. I'm spanish, so a large rice bag and can beans...lol. He goes to western beef and buy 3 large carton of eggs.

I just asked him how much he spends and he says $120...lol. He goes to Western Beef and buys the sales. He won't buy aunt jemima syrup, he'll buy the cheaper kind, he's really good on saving. I am able to squeeze some cupcakes, and other goodies too.

I mean pancake powder lasts a long time, so does rice, seasoning, we end up using lots of eggs & milk. Go to Western Beef, you might spend less.

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Ball of beef? I'm confused..what is this?

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maybe I don't know how to explain myself bc I don't do the shopping. You know how you buy meat and it's already cut into steak. Well he buys meat that is a ball (don't know what part of the cow) and his mom cleans and cuts it into steak. Does that help...lol

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

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Posted by MrsD71208

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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I do the same thing. I cook at least 6 nights a week, sometimes even 7. We have a nice breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays and I always make lunch for us........so we are buying food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I couldn't imagine eating out more than once a week....sometimes we don't even do that.

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You would be the perfect wife for my DH. I forget I have to cook He cooked last night and mumbled something about me not cooking so I was like fine, I'll cook tonight and tomorrow.

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Really? Do you dislike cooking? See, I love to cook and take out the meat I plan to use the next night after dinner so that by the time we go to bed I can put it in the fridge, mostly defrosted. I always plan tomorrow's dinner the night before, usually at dinner lol

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Posted by MD835

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Posted by Espo22

wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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WOW Espo22 you're such a good wife!! I am in awe -- my DH is lucky if there's left-over chinese at home How do you do it?? Do you cook every other day, a lot on the weekends, how? I want to learn to be a good wifey too!

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no I cook everyday usually. Some days he has softball and I'll cook when he gets home late but sometimes he'll just pick himself up food like mcdonalds or wendys on the way home. Yesterday was his last softball game of the season so that will stop. I am weird and dont like left overs usually so when I cook i usually make enough for that night and dont have leftovers, sometimes though and dh will eat it. On weekends its easier bc Dh will cook on sunday, thats his day to make sauce lol. I like cooking so I don't mind and some meals he wants don't take long at all, such as steak that is very quick to make.

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Mrs. Bernabe

DH takes care of the shopping, I just go along for the ride....lol but if I am not mistaken I think he does not go over $200 a mnth.

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wow 200 a month, that is real good. Where do you guys go grocery shopping, not just you but others lol. Thats $50 a week so really not bad at all.

Do you buy alot of meat or what type of things normally. Also do you cook every night? I cook almost every single night plus when dh gets home from work make him lunch since lately he doesnt even have time to eat at work. Then on weekends i make breakfast, plus dinner of course

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We cook maybe 3 to 4 x's a week. DH buy a huge ball of beef ($50) and has him mom cut it. I'm spanish, so a large rice bag and can beans...lol. He goes to western beef and buy 3 large carton of eggs.

I just asked him how much he spends and he says $120...lol. He goes to Western Beef and buys the sales. He won't buy aunt jemima syrup, he'll buy the cheaper kind, he's really good on saving. I am able to squeeze some cupcakes, and other goodies too.

I mean pancake powder lasts a long time, so does rice, seasoning, we end up using lots of eggs & milk. Go to Western Beef, you might spend less.

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There isn't one close to me, at least not that I know of. I know there is one in astoria but i moved from there. I did tell DH we have to start going to costco, at least for the beverages which will save alot. He buys the vitamin waters but buying it at a supermarket gets pricey bc they sell them loose, at costco we can get the big packages of it, and even the snapple he buys. Plus things like dishwasher detergent which i have to buy often, paper towels and that sort of stuff.

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Posted by MrsD71208

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Posted by Espo22

Dh goes nuts at the supermarket lol. When we go grocery shopping its around $200 or more, even when we went this past saturday grocery shopping we were saying our goal was to stay under $200 and don't think it happened, i think maybe we just came in right under that and thats bc the cashier put in her discount for us or i should say DH she really annoyed me and instead of ringing us up at first she just stood there smiling at DH until she realized what she was doing but even then she didnt stop, at least we got a discount

The sad part is that it seems like we're spending that much every week or maybe a little over a week. Problem is the meat we buy, plus dh always wants to get shrimp, then he always buys pork and sausages to make sauce once a week. Plus always getting steaks. The other problem I think is we buy too many beverages, i blame this on Dh too for example he always buys LOTS of vitamin waters and at the same time buy a bunch of snapple's, we also get the packs of redbull, then he wants fanta and other bottles of soda, plus he has to have juice and always gets two kinds, all that really adds up. Half the refrigerator is filled with beverages

i never used to get the supermarket discount cards or any of those type of things and last week I finally said maybe we should get it. Next time I gonna convince dh we should stay under $200

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It's funny you say that about your DH and his need for multiple options. DH tells me that whenever I go to get 'a few things', it turns into a trunk filled with bags. When he comes with me, which is most of the time, we can never just get one type of cheese, or one type of nacho or even one type of rice....he needs like five types of each lol The meats for the sauce on Sunday do add up too....the best thing to do is get the big family packs when they are on sale and freeze the rest for like three-four more sauces. DH is finally realizing that lol

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lol yeah it really adds up. If i go alone its a different story but I rarely go alone when we do the big food shopping, i only go alone when I have to run to the supermarket and just pick up a few things. Dh can't get just one type of juice he needs orange juice and ruby red, he cant have just one or two other beverages he has to get alot. Even with shrimp, he always wants to get 2 packages instead of 1, i'll get 1 if i put shrimp in pasta but otherwise if shrimp is the main part of the dish he wants more than half of those packages which arent that big and dont blame him bc with seafood youre still hungry after an hour if you eat just a little bit of it. Then he gets LOTS of lean pockets and hot pockets, sometimes when he gets home he just wants to eat something ASAP or wants them around for snacks so he buys like 8 of those things lol. The eggs unfortunately we do get the organic ones so they are more pricey but we do like the organic eggs ALOT better, has alot more flavor and you dont even have to season it and it tastes good.

The problem is that sometimes i will make meals with LOTS of ingredients that need to be brought. And like I said before definitely the meat and seafood adds up. I have problems with freezing food, but I should get over my issues and do it. Where we like getting the meat they dont usually have the real big family packs though so thats also why it will cost more.