I don’t have a food-only budget, but our “supermarket + food” spending for 2 humans and 2 cats last year was ~280 euros per month. That includes takeout/delivery but not restaurants, cleaning materials, catfood (but not the vet), alcohol, snacks.
70€ (83$) food, 30€ (35$) drink. (Caffeine addiction)
I eat less than 1kg* per day, try to only buy food so it’s overall 2€ per kg of a meal, so it’s 62€ per month, with a monthly treat that’s 70.
Edit: Thinking about it, less than 1kg of food per day was perhaps too low, considering that realistically wouldn’t even be half of my recommended energy intake. Maybe the extremely high soda intake I used to have was just to balance that out? Anyway, since I switched to other drinks a month ago I probably eat way more.
I guess about 1000 € for two adults and a small kid
We’re around $1000.00 AUD for two adults and two 20kg dogs.
Really want to reduce as much as possible however the current pricing in the supermarket is rubbish.
Probably around 500 bucks but I get a good amount of stuff for my girl too. In the US
I spend about $200/month just for myself. I cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Take lunch with me to work everyday. I eat very very plain food (ie rice and chicken every day). With grocery prices up, I cut out a lot from my diet to keep around $200/month. No beef, no fresh fish, no fruits, no yogurt/kefir.
Meat: chicken, turkey, tuna fish, eggs and egg whites Veggies: kale, collard green, frozen veggies, tomatoes Carbs: rice, pasta, sweet potato, canned beans, peanut butter, granola bars, cereal Fruit: I admit I bought a bag of apples recently Dairy: milk, mozzarella cheese
I go to the gym regularly and drink 1-2 protein shakes per day.
Kind of embarrassing that I live on such a restricted boring diet, but at least I cook for myself, stay within budget, and stay away from processed foods/ snacks.
This feels like a post made to shame people who spend more than online randos deem “necessary”, so I’ll just say $80/month for 2 people.
A lot got a family $150-$200 . Unless I go stock up on the basics at Costco then I can get it down a bit but I live in probably one of the most expensive areas of the country
Single person, I probably could get by on $150 a month, but I eat out frequently, so I spend about $300 a month. This is in San Diego.
I’m paid bi-weekly with $1,200 USD going toward groceries from each paycheck
Granted we’re a very large family though inflation these past few years hasn’t helped
We live in central NC, USA
No aldi near you?
There is, though we usually do better buying in bulk elsewhere
$40 (CAD) / Day
A bit expensive, but I’m both autistic and rather picky. I’m paying for my mental health there, not just food
Generally I’ll spend $15 on breakfast, $3 on a waterbottle at work, $20 for lunch, and sometimes I’ll buy those discounted meals made with offcuts and leftovers from Sobey’s. Around $10 - $15.
On my days off I eat whatever I have available in my pantry when I remember to eat.
Single person and I do almost all of my own cooking. I average $500 - $600 a month.
This isn’t that far away from mine for two people: ~$600-$700 per month in a HCOL area and doing most of the cooking myself as well. I have found that sizing up a recipe for more people is only a marginal increase in cost. So, cooking for two is not just double that of cooking for one, but less.
Oh yeah. I made a YT video recently about money-saving tips, and one of the things I do is look at restaurants that have family-sized meals that they offer to-go. This works really well for pasta and rice, but I can get six meals for the cost of a few dollars each, package up five of them, and then I have five really yummy lunches for my in office days when I go in.
Jeez, are groceries really that expensive in the US? For me in germany I can get groceries for 2-3 month with this money.
They are. Luckily I cook nearly all of my own meals, or the bills would be way, way worse.
My grocery bill is well more than double what it was before 2020. Both ruling parties here refuse to address the corporate greed in any meaningful way, so each individual has to make the best choices they can for themselves.
Food alone? Varies, but around 1000-2000 EUR equivalent. Sometimes more, such as during holidays.
Family of 6, Norway.
I visited Trondheim a few months ago with my girlfriend and the alcohol prices made us want to cry. We bought the cheapest bottle of red wine we could find and I think it was $16.
We spend around $400/month on groceries in the US. We eat mostly vegan and most of our meals are made from scratch. And a really good bottle of wine can be purchased for as low as $8 here if you know where to look.
I’ll tag on you comment as it’s the same country:
About 10-12k NOK (so about 1000€) for a family of four.
Could probably reduce, but it’s important for us that the kids have access to healthy food that they like.
Take-out not included, which we do once or twice a month. Probably around 100-120 € there.
Tobacco for me is probably another 200 €. I should probably quit snusing…
4-500 per month, family of 3, Slovakia
I never counted but I don’t think it’s much, eyeballing it I’d say less than 200€. I live alone in Spain and I cook almost every meal.
I could count it and see.
About £600 a month for two adults and one medium sized dog. Some shared stuff that my (adult) kids also use like cooking oil, milk, washing powder etc. also use. They buy their own meals and snacks to cook themselves.
Thats cooking from scratch majority of the time, gluten free, which costs more.
