Current Events > What are you guys buying at the grocery store that you spend $250+/mo?

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That's crazy to me, I buy regular staples... pasta, rice, cheese, tortillas, cereal, milk, peanut butter... and I spend like $120/mo on a spendy month. And I eat like 2800cal/day

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i spend 200 a week on food. 3 people in my house. i like to cook and i buy good shit.

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How many people are you buying for?

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I buy ingredients to cook actual dishes instead of eating peanut butter sandwiches 20+ times a month.

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I eat 2 dozen eggs and a pound of butter a day

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It depends on who you're buying for and how much you eat.

For me, my mother and my father it ranges anywhere from 50-100 bucks a week. With 100 bucks a week being when I "go big" and do a full resupply and get more name brand stuff.

If I really had to rough it, though? Easy I could get us to survive on 30 a week, maybe less if they are willing to not drink pop. We'd basically just be eating chicken every night probably.

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a lot of people dont like pasta rice and heavy carb dishes, like myself.

prefer protein and veggies, which typically are more expensive in our backwards-ass country.

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How many in your household
Where do you live

These 2 things mean a lot. I live in Hawaii and it's expensive as fuck

Everything you name is cheap food. You didnt name a single protein or vegetable.

I really hope you arent eating 2,800 calories a day on crap food.

Ya, my grocery bill isn't the best. I can get to 250-300 a month pretty easily for just me.I've tracked my shopping for multiple months in an excel sheet and the staples aren't the issue. They are cheap.
It's really those one off things that drives up the cost.
I like to think I eat pretty simple as well. I tend to eat the same things for lunch and dinner as well.

I look at exactly what I buy and at the end of the month, I'm fine with those items and don't think any of them are superfluous. I don't know. I also don't eat out, so I guess I'm fine with the overall amount I spend on food. At times I think those who post low grocery bills also eat out a lot but don't post those numbers. I don't think that's TCs case though.

It is surprising though...shit adds up fast.

Like hell, I go through 2 tubs of yogurt a week and that's $10 a week right there, $40 a month. 30% of your $120
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Generally buy a slew of fruits and vegetables (bananas, oranges, maybe mangoes, and then onions, tomatoes, cilantro, lettuce, cucumbers, maybe potatoes), some chicken, some beef/steaks, coffee, cereal, milk, yogurt, orange juice, pasta, sauce, maybe a frozen pizza or two, bread, cheese, whatever else strikes the fancy or needs to be replenished like honey, olive oil, condiments, etc.

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Cleo_II posted...

I really hope you arent eating 2,800 calories a day on crap food.

oh, he is.

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I mean even on a good sale here fresh chicken breast is going to run you like $2 each so...easily.
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My wife and I spend $250 a month, but that includes non-food stuff we pick up on our grocery runs like toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, laundry detergent, dog food, etc.

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Imagine being so poor you only spend $250 a month on food.

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It's not the staples that are expensive, it's the shit you eat it with
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250 of those Ramen six-packs.

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I spent a lot the last time I went to the store. I don't know if I want to mention it since it's well above what everyone else is mentioning. Looking at the to go website, I spent $354.68 on my last grocery run.

2 bags of Bagels
Sour cream
Coffee creamer
Light cream
Nonfat yogurt
sliced cheese
cream cheese
coconut milk
pound of sliced ham
wedge of horseradish cheddar cheese
cool whip
broccoli florrets
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
two 6 packs of cream soda
two 12 packs of seltzer
dog treats
3 cans of tomato paste
fabric softener
ketchup
hotdog rolls
Mucinex
2 gallon jugs of water
chicken marinade
5 cans of chickarina soup
12 pack of diet snapple peach tea
vivarin
ziploc freezer bags
meatballs
split chicken
sausage
grapefruit chunks
green beans
celery hearts
lemons
snow peas
kiwis
bananas
spaghetti
bag of shrimp
4 lobster tails
Bugels
Rice Krispie treats

It's worth mentioning I live with high risk people don't want to risk exposure too often. Better to stock up a bit than shop often.

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Hexenherz posted...

Generally buy a slew of fruits and vegetables (bananas, oranges, maybe mangoes, and then onions, tomatoes, cilantro, lettuce, cucumbers, maybe potatoes), some chicken, some beef/steaks, coffee, cereal, milk, yogurt, orange juice, pasta, sauce, maybe a frozen pizza or two, bread, cheese, whatever else strikes the fancy or needs to be replenished like honey, olive oil, condiments, etc.

Yup same here. I tend to get some higher end stuff also. Ribeyes, filets, scallops, fish, aged parmesan and gruyere cheeses, sometimes a rack of lamb here and there.

Cleo_II posted...

Yup same here. I tend to get some higher end stuff also. Ribeyes, filets, scallops, fish, aged parmesan and gruyere cheeses, sometimes a rack of lamb here and there.

"this guy must just eat junk food every day! Anyway, I find a nice aged cheese goes well with a rack of lamb"

lol I eat meat and vegetables every meal, they're just cheap ones. I'm not saying it's bad to spend more I was just curious from another topic and everyone complained about how expensive groceries are

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Just for myself, I spend like $400 per month on food/drink in general (restaurants and booze included) and don't really waste much, but I buy what I want and eat like a king because it's one of the things I enjoy in life (not fat though).

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Beer, real mozzarella, and Vermont or Irish butter.

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emblem boy posted...

Ya, my grocery bill isn't the best. I can get to 250-300 a month pretty easily for just me.I've tracked my shopping for multiple months in an excel sheet and the staples aren't the issue. They are cheap.
It's really those one off things that drives up the cost.
I like to think I eat pretty simple as well. I tend to eat the same things for lunch and dinner as well.

I look at exactly what I buy and at the end of the month, I'm fine with those items and don't think any of them are superfluous. I don't know. I also don't eat out, so I guess I'm fine with the overall amount I spend on food. At times I think those who post low grocery bills also eat out a lot but don't post those numbers. I don't think that's TCs case though.

It is surprising though...shit adds up fast.

Like hell, I go through 2 tubs of yogurt a week and that's $10 a week right there, $40 a month. 30% of your $120

Yeah I'd like the check your math tc

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Kids can also add up with the snacks and food they want. Like I never knew cereal was about 5 dollars a box and I ate through a box almost weekly. That's another 20 or 25 dollars my parents spent on me a month.

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They're buying TV dinners and other lazy unhealthy shit instead of raw ingredients.

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Beer that isn't shit

Derwood posted...

Beer that isn't shit

This too. 4 packs of a CBS and KBS cost something like $25.

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Gen5_AppleJack posted...

They're buying TV dinners and other lazy unhealthy shit instead of raw ingredients.

AlexG, I know your parents still pay for everything so you have no idea about the concept of money or what things cost outside of buying MLP merchandise, but you can literally buy a week's worth of "TV dinners" for $5.
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Balrog0 posted...

Yeah I'd like the check your math tc

This.

No fucking way youre eating a decently healthy / interesting diet for 120 a month.


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I generally only eat once a day

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Gen5_AppleJack posted...

They're buying TV dinners and other lazy unhealthy shit instead of raw ingredients.

Tv dinners are cheap as fuck what are you even on about?

do you have any concept of what things cost?

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

I generally only eat once a day

Same but its basically from mid evening non stop till bed. Lol

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I could eat a bunch of frozen veggies but it wouldn't fill me

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

I could eat a bunch of frozen veggies but it wouldn't fill me

yeah i love veggies but they dont make a meal imo.

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Processed food is more expensive especially when you don't even get left overs from it.

Is this concept really dhat hard? Wow no wonder people can't budget lol

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Food is like the best thing in the world, and probably the thing that has the biggest impact on your health. Why would you eat cheap if you don't absolutely have to?

Ground beef has shot up to 6.99/ lbs for lowest quality. 10.99 for sirloin

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Gen5_AppleJack posted...

Processed food is more expensive especially when you don't even get left overs from it.

Is this concept really dhat hard? Wow no wonder people can't budget lol

No its not you absolute ninny.

Have you ever even been shopping on your own dime?

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

Ground beef has shot up to 6.99/ lbs for lowest quality. 10.99 for sirloin

Yeah fuck everything here has gone up absurdly the last few years. Fuckin bell peppers cost their weight in silver nowadays.

Not sure why but certain items have shot up beyond all reason.

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CanuckCowboy posted...

Yeah fuck everything here has gone up absurdly the last few years. Fuckin bell peppers cost their weight in silver nowadays.

Not sure why but certain items have shot up beyond all reason.

Everything people were mass buying

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

Everything people were mass buying

I mean that makes sense but what i dont get is why the run on some stuff?

some of it makes sense but id like to get back to a time when two bell peppers wasnt equivalent to a 6 pack. Lol

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Supply and demand I guess also weather conditions

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It's meat that drives up the cost unless you buy garbage processed meats.

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People living by themselves can't figure why it cost so much shocking

CADE FOSTER posted...

People living by themselves can't figure why it cost so much shocking

The fuck are you going on about?

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Gen5_AppleJack posted...

They're buying TV dinners and other lazy unhealthy shit instead of raw ingredients.

single meals are way more expensive than ingredients...

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

The fuck are you going on about?

I think were supposed to get roommates to buy us food?

no idea.

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Colorahdo posted...

Gen5_AppleJack posted...

They're buying TV dinners and other lazy unhealthy shit instead of raw ingredients.

single meals are way more expensive than ingredients...

Ehh, I mean those $1-$2 microwavable meals are pretty cheap and for some, that fills them up. Probably shitty to eat it everyday though.
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Colorahdo posted...

single meals are way more expensive than ingredients...

I mean i could literally get two shitty swansons meals for the price of a bell pepper so not really.

Im obsessing over peppers but a head of cauliflower or broccoli here is more than a cheap frozen dinner too.

i think the only produce cheaper than some swansons crap is like mushrooms and green onions tbh.

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CanuckCowboy posted...

I mean i could literally get two shitty swansons meals for the price of a bell pepper so not really.

Im obsessing over peppers but a head of cauliflower or broccoli here is more than a cheap frozen dinner too.

i think the only produce cheaper than some swansons crap is like mushrooms and green onions tbh.

I calculated my meal price, meal prepping for a week: rice + chicken + sauce + frozen veggies = $1.25/meal to stuff myself. Isn't a hungry man like $4?

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