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NYchic
Girl & boy
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Is it terrible that I have absolutely no clue how much we spend? No idea! 
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
300-400ish. 2 adults and a 1 year old. I am on a strict no dairy and no soy diet and we eat a lot of organic.
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capricorn75
J-E-T-S
Member since 5/05 1645 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Probably around $600-$700/month. 2 adults, 11 year old and 9 year old.
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| Posted 3/9/11 6:51 AM |
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2girlsforme
LIF Adult
Member since 8/06 3071 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
700-800 a month for 2 adults, and 2 kids (8 and 13). But, we eat a fair amount of fish, fresh produce and some organic.
We also eat out less (maybe 4 times) a month, largely because we're trying to eat healthy.
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| Posted 3/9/11 8:24 AM |
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BeachMom
Love my 4 kiddos!
Member since 11/08 8346 total posts
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Kristie
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
probably about 500-600 per month. We are a family of 5. 2 adults, 1- 10 year old, 20 month old, and 8 month old.
We shop and eat mostly whats on sale. We live on chicken cutlets, chop meat and pasta since they seem to be on sale the most lately.
The highest portion of our grocery bill is the frest fruit and veggies.
Me and DH bring lunch to work.
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| Posted 3/9/11 10:10 AM |
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ddunne2
LIF Adult
Member since 7/05 4189 total posts
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Doreen
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
$500-$600 a month for two adults, 6,4 and 8 month old. I cook at home all the time, we eat healthy (no frozen meals, etc) and DH brings his lunch every day.
The trick is to plan your menus and then stick to them. I sit down with the store ad and plan my meals based on what meats, etc are on sale. Cross reference with coupons, etc. I try to make everything fresh, down to french fries. Its a lot cheaper and healthier to cut up a potato and drizzle it with olive oil, salt and pepper and pop it into the oven than it is to buy frozen.
Cook with what you have on hand. Designate one week that you will use what you have in the pantry...you'd be amazed how far it goes when you try this approach. Its like a fun challenge!
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| Posted 3/9/11 11:04 AM |
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brassmunky
LIF Adult
Member since 6/08 1163 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Posted by ddunne2
$500-$600 a month for two adults, 6,4 and 8 month old. I cook at home all the time, we eat healthy (no frozen meals, etc) and DH brings his lunch every day.
The trick is to plan your menus and then stick to them. I sit down with the store ad and plan my meals based on what meats, etc are on sale. Cross reference with coupons, etc. I try to make everything fresh, down to french fries. Its a lot cheaper and healthier to cut up a potato and drizzle it with olive oil, salt and pepper and pop it into the oven than it is to buy frozen.
Cook with what you have on hand. Designate one week that you will use what you have in the pantry...you'd be amazed how far it goes when you try this approach. Its like a fun challenge!
Liiike!
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| Posted 3/9/11 11:08 AM |
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maybesoon
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Member since 9/09 5981 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Posted by NYchic
Is it terrible that I have absolutely no clue how much we spend? No idea!
here too
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| Posted 3/9/11 12:55 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
Mommy to 3!
Member since 10/05 20369 total posts
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Jesss, duh.
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
I do Peapod once a month which includes everything except produce and paper goods. That total is usually around $350. I go shopping for produce weekly, but if I add it up its probably about $60 per month. So in total we spend about $410 a month for DH, DS (2.5) and myself.
Paper goods (paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, paper plates, etc) is done more like every 2 months at BJs and the bill is usually less than $200.
I cook dinner a minimum of 5 nights for all of us. And I make/serve breakfast at home at least 6 days a week for DS and I.
Message edited 3/9/2011 1:06:32 PM.
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| Posted 3/9/11 1:04 PM |
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sj-girl
Happy Family of 4
Member since 5/08 5654 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
I added it up last month we are between $400-$500
There 3 of us
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| Posted 3/9/11 1:10 PM |
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browneyedgirl
family is all that matters
Member since 6/06 6513 total posts
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browneyes
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
2 adults and 2 kids. 2 extra adults M-F watching the kids (grandma and grandpa)
about $100-120 a week. DH and i bring lunch most days and we make dinner every day but fri and sat. fri is pizza day and sat we go out.
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| Posted 3/9/11 2:44 PM |
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twicethefun
Loving life
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
2 adults and two kids + 1 extra adult for dinner 5x per week. About $300 at bJs about every three-four weeks. Then 80- 150 at grocery store. We order in once per week and generally I do not make lunch for kids. I eat lunch at home everyday.
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| Posted 3/9/11 3:06 PM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
Member since 5/05 20223 total posts
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Melissa
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Posted by OrganicMama
I'm guessing around $600/month for 3 people (DH, myself & DS who is 9 months).  The reason it's so high is because I eat 95% organic, and can only eat certain foods because of DS's allergies (I'm BFing). So most of what I buy is a specialty item, and of course nothing I eat EVER goes on sale 
ETA: DH brings food to work sometimes, but also buys lunch/dinner at work. That's an additional $300
About the same-we spend about 70-80 a wk on the boys food and then another 80 or so on ours Organics are very expensive
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| Posted 3/9/11 3:09 PM |
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MrsBurtch525
Year for change!
Member since 1/09 6017 total posts
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Taryn
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
There are 3 of us. DD is 19 months, DH and i. We spend $80/week on groceries so about $300 per month total. I try very hard to keep each week's grocery bill under $80.
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| Posted 3/9/11 3:22 PM |
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MrsGmomof3
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Member since 6/08 3290 total posts
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Irrelevant
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
About $450 a month. 2 adults, a 7 year old, 5 year old, and 3 year old.
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| Posted 3/9/11 4:29 PM |
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MrsBumbleb
it's me
Member since 5/05 11234 total posts
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Christine
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Posted by ddunne2
$500-$600 a month for two adults, 6,4 and 8 month old. I cook at home all the time, we eat healthy (no frozen meals, etc) and DH brings his lunch every day.
The trick is to plan your menus and then stick to them. I sit down with the store ad and plan my meals based on what meats, etc are on sale. Cross reference with coupons, etc. I try to make everything fresh, down to french fries. Its a lot cheaper and healthier to cut up a potato and drizzle it with olive oil, salt and pepper and pop it into the oven than it is to buy frozen.
Cook with what you have on hand. Designate one week that you will use what you have in the pantry...you'd be amazed how far it goes when you try this approach. Its like a fun challenge!
I do this as well. I try to make everything from scratch when I can since it's healthier, and more economical. I'm always buying tons of oatmeal, yeast, whole wheat flour, potatoes, brown rice.
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| Posted 3/9/11 5:04 PM |
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nov04libride
big brother <3
Member since 5/05 14672 total posts
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Me
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Posted by ddunne2
I try to make everything fresh, down to french fries. Its a lot cheaper and healthier to cut up a potato and drizzle it with olive oil, salt and pepper and pop it into the oven than it is to buy frozen.
OMG I read this and made them tonight, and they were amazing!!!! I totally winged it (wung it?) and cooked at 450 for 15 mins, and they were amazing!!! THanks for the idea!
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| Posted 3/9/11 6:38 PM |
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bride07
Ava Rose you are an angel!!!
Member since 3/09 6115 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
We are spending about $500 a month for 2 adults and a 3 month old. I included though household items like toilet paper, paper towels, sponges, etc. that I get from Peapod too.
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| Posted 3/9/11 7:13 PM |
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dapnkap
Our 3 angels
Member since 7/07 4824 total posts
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Karen
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
About $500-$600/per month. Me, DH and an almost 3 year old.
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| Posted 3/10/11 12:47 PM |
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4kidzunder4
LIF Zygote
Member since 2/11 34 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
I shop at stop n Shop, Uncle Giuseppes, King Kullen and the 7brothers.
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| Posted 3/10/11 2:20 PM |
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computergirl
LIF Adult
Member since 5/05 3118 total posts
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Re: Moms, what is your grocery bill monthly and how many people are in your family?
Around $500 a month for 2 adults, a 5 yo and a 2 yo. This does not include eating out though-- we eat out 1 breakfast per weekend, DH buys lunch at work 2x a week, and we do an inexpensive family restaurant or takeout maybe once or twice a month.
We buy some organic things but are not hard-core organic.
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