How much do you normally spend on groceries?

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Per month? I probably spend around 250-300, then eat out occasionally. I've been trying to eat healthier as of late, and damn, I can't believe how much certain things cost. I bought a bag of cherries the other day to have for like a snack instead of chips, and them shitz were like 11 bucks.

I got a bag of oranges also, they are from California, and I live in Florida, makes sense.
 
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Too much..... trying so hard to not spend so much on food..... but its still too much.... 300-400$ right now.
 
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By budgeting with all the might that I have in my body, I've been able to do like $100 or less a week for a family of 3.
 
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Too much..... trying so hard to not spend so much on food..... but its still too much.... 300-400$ right now.
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Yeah.....no shit.....seems like everything costs so damn much......why da fuck is milk 4.50 a gallon.....is there a shortage of cows in this motherfucker?
 
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By budgeting with all the might that I have in my body, I've been able to do like $100 or less a week for a family of 3.
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That's not bad, Monkster, considering its for three people. I live alone, but my girlfriend is normally over like half the week eating all my stuff though.
 
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That's not bad, Monkster, considering its for three people. I live alone, but my girlfriend is normally over like half the week eating all my stuff though.
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No one wants to hear about your swallowing gf in the food section bruh
 
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Coupons, and mostly fresh meat and vegetables. Not a lot of the super processed stuff. We drink water, tea or coffee to keep from buying soda's constantly. We do have a garden but haven't gotten a ton of produce out of it, it has helped. I hate buying fruit because 1. it's expensive and 2. it almost always goes bad before I eat it. I bought a $6 little thing of raspberries to put in my morning shakes and they were molded in like 2 days.

We do envelope budgeting. I was completely against it for a long time cause it just seemed like to much of a hassle. But when you have cash and you know that's what you have to spend, you start really thinking "do I really need this giant bag of cookies?"
 
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4. The more I'm thinking about it, probably more in the range of 800-1k.
 
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About $35/week for myself.
 
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Coupons, and mostly fresh meat and vegetables. Not a lot of the super processed stuff. We drink water, tea or coffee to keep from buying soda's constantly. We do have a garden but haven't gotten a ton of produce out of it, it has helped. I hate buying fruit because 1. it's expensive and 2. it almost always goes bad before I eat it. I bought a $6 little thing of raspberries to put in my morning shakes and they were molded in like 2 days.

We do envelope budgeting. I was completely against it for a long time cause it just seemed like to much of a hassle. But when you have cash and you know that's what you have to spend, you start really thinking "do I really need this giant bag of cookies?"
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I've never done coupons, but the rest of your habits seem similar to mine. Do you just shop at one store, or do you get certain stuff here, certain stuff, there?

I kinda bounce around, certain stores are good for produce, others are good for meats, so I do it like that.
 
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4. The more I'm thinking about it, probably more in the range of 800-1k.
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Damn. Are you including eating out in that amount, or just stuff you buy from the grocery store?
 
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$150 a month for two people. I eat out only once a week. Some of that doesn't count the garden, and I would need to re-calc for the winter.

How? I make choices based on seasonal produce prices, not what I have a taste for. Also:

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I've never done coupons, but the rest of your habits seem similar to mine. Do you just shop at one store, or do you get certain stuff here, certain stuff, there?

I kinda bounce around, certain stores are good for produce, others are good for meats, so I do it like that.
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I usually go to one store for food stuffs, just cause I'm in more of a rural area and things are spread out. So whatever is on my way I'll stop there. I do dollar stores for stuff like cleaning supplies that I include in grocery money. I could get a lot more for the same amount if I would get meats from a certain store but there just isn't one on my way from anywhere.
 
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4. The more I'm thinking about it, probably more in the range of 800-1k.
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That's what we were spending from my all food budget that included eating out, which I did a lot.
 
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$150 a month for two people. I eat out only once a week. Some of that doesn't count the garden, and I would need to re-calc for the winter.

How? I make choices based on seasonal produce prices, not what I have a taste for. Also:

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Yeah, I really need to get one of those food saver things. Especially with how much I fish, and the cost of gallon baggies.
 
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Seriously?
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I cheat. I eat dinner at my parents once a week and lunch at my parents once a week (That part will end as soon as I'll hopefully have a new job that will likely be no where near my parents house). I also go out once or twice on weekends. So food doesn't go as quickly in my house. I also don't really buy much beyond produce, meat (bulk of the expense), eggs, and Greek yogurt. And things like pancake mix will last me a long time. So there's that. I somehow haven't lost weight. Probably has something to do that I have a roommate who buys a ton of shit, offers me it, and probably takes up 75% of the food storage space in my house.
 
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But who else makes home-made cleaning supplies and soaps to save a buck? I'll spend a weekend a year just making cleaning supplies. Also, a steamer is an awesome investment as well. Maybe this deserves it's own thread. But I find this to be a big money saver(as well as long term time-saver).
 
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