Is this a per person amount to spend? Because between my husband and I (and we do almost 100% of our meals at home) this doesn't seem like enough - and we are coupon-clippers!

I don't know if what I spend is high, low, or average, but my husband and I spend between $100-$130 a week on groceries. We almost never eat out and we both take our lunches to work every day. We don't clip a lot of coupons but do buy mostly store brands.

In my house, we spend between $500 and $600 per month on groceries. It is myself, my husband, and our two-year old son. I am gluten-intolerant and pregnant, so my food costs a LOT, and my husband eats a ton. I wish we could get the amount lower, but we already eat at home most night and use coupons.

We are a family of 6--four adults and two teenagers (and 4 cats)--our budget is $700-800 a month total for all of us-- and that includes pet supplies, cleaning supplies, household stuff like lightbulbs and paper goods. I cook at home, use coupons, buy store brands and scour shelves for clearance and markdown items. We eat out once a month (just hubby and I for date night). I am starting to make my own cleaners and laundry soap to cut down on expenses. We are pretty frugal and probably could cut that down a little more but that is where we are.

I spend $150/month in Connecticut. If there is a good sale on meat it can go up to $200. I make a lot of my meals at home and bring lunch to work, most days. My eating out and household budget are separate from groceries.

I buy groceries for only myself and I spend about $150--this also my food budget as a whole, so groceries and coffee/eating out (also beer!) For breakfast, I eat oatmeal and fruit every day. I buy Health Choice microwave meals (the kind that steams the veggies/pasta) to take to work for lunches or I make myself sandwiches and pasta salad. For dinner I eat a lot of rice/pasta and vegetables and grilled chicken or grilled sandwiches usually 3 days a week. On the other days, I run 3-5+ miles after work and I just make myself high calorie smoothies before bed. I've found if I buy less food, I'm wasting less. I just have to made due with less options.

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Our monthly budget is $280 my husband,I, and a 3yr old. Some months are better than others on sticking to that but usually we make it that is not household items (cleaning supplies,toliet paper etc) date night and eating out comes out of our Blow money catagory

We are a family of four, my husband and I and a 7 and 3 year old. I spend between 400 and 500 a month on groceries. That includes toiletries, diapers, etc... I try to find sales and stock up and I use coupons. I also try to make one trip a month to BJs and stock up on lunch meat, cheese, toilet paper, etc.... Most of the time I have awesome coupons to use so I end up saving even more. We also have a massive garden and lots of berry plants so when it is the season, I have lots of food right in our own yard. This year we are also purchasing a half of a grass feed cow. I believe in eating healthy and saving mo ney and am hoping to cut down our bill even more.

I spend $100-$250 on food, toilet paper, paper towls,jucie, diapers,wipes and that for ever thing i listed ever month and it just me my boyfriend and my 4month old son i shop at costco ever month but i also get free friut and vegtable and wic.

Looks like I definitely need to cut down my grocery spending! I spend close to $400 a month on groceries - or, at least, that's what Ive got budgeted out for. I'll be the first to admit though if we don't eat it right after we buy it, almost 70% of the time it goes to waste as we forget we have it or are no longer in the mood for it. The goal now is just to shop day-to-day and only for things we want to eat that night/next day for breakfast and lunch until we can get a handle on staples that we should keep stocked

With me and my boyfriend, we spend between $200-300 per month. We aim to spend $50 or less per week. Sometimes we do, sometimes we spend over. We never spend over $100 per week. And we only buy (or try to) real food, as in meat, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and rice. Nothing processed if we can help it.