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saraH
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
Don't take that smart brain to Canada, we need it here.
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headoverheels
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
I am going to be a SAHM, don't you know all they do is sit on the Internet and eat bon bons all day Which, coincidentally, is TOTALLY included in my grocery budget!
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| Posted 8/3/11 9:18 PM |
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saraH
happy birthday sweet kate!
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
I have to go now and plan out my meals of paper towels and napkins for the week.
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| Posted 8/3/11 9:32 PM |
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Ophelia
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
actually, I have a question for Monkeybride, what did you have in your shopping cart that cost $204 before coupons?
how many weeks is that for?
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:05 AM |
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
EXACTLY
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:08 AM |
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CrankyPants
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by Ophelia
actually, I have a question for Monkeybride, what did you have in your shopping cart that cost $204 before coupons?
how many weeks is that for?
That's a great question.
For those of you that spend more than $100 a week, can you list out your items?
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:16 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
I want to know what started ths thread?
Why is $100 or under some magic number for groceries?
Am I supposed to be spending $100 or less on groceries every week? Will I go straight to heaven if I do so?
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Linda1003
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
I knew there was a reason I love you!!!
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:28 AM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:45 AM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by CrankyPants
Posted by Ophelia
actually, I have a question for Monkeybride, what did you have in your shopping cart that cost $204 before coupons?
how many weeks is that for?
That's a great question.
For those of you that spend more than $100 a week, can you list out your items?
When I go shopping this week, I will remember to keep my receipt to let you know 
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:46 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
I don't label my budget, but if I am not FEEDING it to my family, it's not a grocery item. 
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:53 AM |
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dm24angel
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by BargainMama
I think some people might be talking about different kinds of chicken cutlets. I cannot imagine eating 4 chicken cutlets, and my children would never eat 2. I buy a box of them at BJ's that come individually packaged for $9.99. Some organic brand (which isn't why I buy them). I think there are 8 of them. They are gigantic. My kids often split one, and I can never eat the entire thing.
I was thinking this too!
We buy breasts, but small ones...and we eat 2 for a family of five.
I think one big thing is those who spend less maybe eat less or less meat.
I know we have cut down on meat and try to avoid leftovers and our budget went down drastically.
We buy maybe 60%-75% organic...snacks, meat and dairy being the most important and when I put my mind to it I spend less.
Last week I spent $80 for our family of 5 ...And didnt buy anything processed except some american cheese, bread and whole wheat puffed cakes. That was last Friday and we still have a good 3-4 meals from that food left, so ot lasted me over a week.
like others mentioned, we have foods/staples left over from previous weeks.
I have also actually found I spend LESS when I buy more frequently. Which to me seemed like it would be the other way around. As long as I avoid impulse purchases.
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| Posted 8/4/11 9:54 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by NervousNell
I want to know what started ths thread?
Why is $100 or under some magic number for groceries?
Am I supposed to be spending $100 or less on groceries every week? Will I go straight to heaven if I do so?
Try spending $75 next week and see what happens 
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hazeleyes33
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
I don't label my budget, but if I am not FEEDING it to my family, it's not a grocery item.
Oh, ok. I put everything that I buy at the grocery store or bulk warehouse in my "grocery" budget.
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Blazesyth
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
i budget my paper goods as:
'disposable house utilities not suitable for eating unless a gov't declared emergency'
Mmm, fiber.
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headoverheels
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by hazeleyes33
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
I don't label my budget, but if I am not FEEDING it to my family, it's not a grocery item.
Oh, ok. I put everything that I buy at the grocery store or bulk warehouse in my "grocery" budget.
Well isn't that wonderful.
Look, the OP asked about feeding her family for $100 or less a week. Unless you are having napkin sandwiches I don't think it makes sense to include that stuff. Following that logic you could include your shoes, cough medicine and razor blades too because, technically, you need that stuff but you're NOT EATING IT.
Holy fluck I am done with this thread.
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JennP
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
I don't really do a set budget anymore but when I did, I had category for "other small items." This would include:
paper goods
cleaning items
personal care items
small household items (example - need to buy cordless phone for our kitchen soon - we'll get a cheapo since we rarely use it)
Basically CVS, rite aid, target runs
Sometimes the grocery store does have the best price on paper goods (see my previous post on this thread) in which case I would just take that into consideration when looking at the numbers but that's the type of thing we'll get so cheap it doesn't make a big difference in the budget anyway.
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monkeybride
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by Ophelia
actually, I have a question for Monkeybride, what did you have in your shopping cart that cost $204 before coupons?
how many weeks is that for?
Let me see if I can remember. It's likely for 1 week to 10 days before I go again.
I think this is about everything.
6 boxes of Cascadian Farms Granola bars
10 Cliff Bars
1 avocado
2lb ground pork
2lb organic lean ground beef
3 cans Muir Glen tomato puree
1lb organic strawberries
organic cherries (not sure on weight)
2 organic nectarines
4 organic apples
1 bunch organic broccoli (sale)
1 bag organic baby carrots (sale)
organic celerey hears (sale)
2 boxes natural popcorn
2 boxes 100 cal kettle corn
1 box eggo cinnamon waffles
1 small fage greek yogurt
1/2lb boars head roast beef (10.99./lb out here)
1/2 lb boars head turkey breast (9.99/lb)
1 italian bread
1 whole wheat baguette
1 small package organic basil
1 3lb bag organic red potatoes
1 package small fantastico tomatoes
1lb asparagus
1 organic zucchini
1 bag of pretzels
1 jar roasted peppers
1 small bag clementines
1 loaf nature's pride whole wheat bread
5 ears of corn
2 packs yogurt drinks
2 packages sliced mushrooms (sale)
2 boxes Kashi Go Lean (sale and coupon)
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BargainMama
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by hazeleyes33
Posted by headoverheels
1. If you're buying organic for a family of four expect to pay more than $100 a week.
2. Since when are paper products included in groceries? That's odd to me. We only buy napkins, toilet paper and paper towels and I am not feeding my family with those. I am not feeding them cleaning products either.
3. Some people need to stop finding an argument in EVERYTHING. People shop differently. Giving someone the second degree isn't going to help others just because you have a zillion years experience shopping and cannot conceive of someone feeding their kids frozen pancakes with *gasp* no fruits or veggies once in a blue moon. Must be nice to be so perfect.
What part of your budget to you put paper goods in then?
I don't label my budget, but if I am not FEEDING it to my family, it's not a grocery item.
Oh, ok. I put everything that I buy at the grocery store or bulk warehouse in my "grocery" budget.
I don't buy paper goods, shampoo, razors etc. at the grocery store. I usually get that stuff at Target, CVS, etc, where it's typically much cheaper.
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monkeybride
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by NervousNell
I want to know what started ths thread?
Why is $100 or under some magic number for groceries?
Am I supposed to be spending $100 or less on groceries every week? Will I go straight to heaven if I do so?
What sparked this thread was random people (not always on here) saying they did there shopping for a week or more for $60-100. Different people have had different amounts.
It's not a magic number and I'll probably never meet it but I was just wondering how the heck people do this and what are they buying for under $100.
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MamaLeen
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Hazeleyes- WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS HARASSING PEOPLE UNTIL THE BITTER END?!?! Can you for once just LET IT GO??? 
You gave me a headache!! 
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
just saw this article on the front page of MSNBC...how timely!
Healthy eating costs $380 extra per year
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NervousNell
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by monkeybride
Posted by NervousNell
I want to know what started ths thread?
Why is $100 or under some magic number for groceries?
Am I supposed to be spending $100 or less on groceries every week? Will I go straight to heaven if I do so?
What sparked this thread was random people (not always on here) saying they did there shopping for a week or more for $60-100. Different people have had different amounts.
It's not a magic number and I'll probably never meet it but I was just wondering how the heck people do this and what are they buying for under $100.
Yeah I doubt that would ever happen with us either...$100 seems low to me, but I really don't keep track.
I just buy what I need/want that week and it is what it is.
Plus sometimes my DH runs to the supermarket on his way home from work to pick up some stuff we may need or he may want. Then I'll do a shopping on the weekend- we aren't very formal!
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Napkin sandwiches.
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BargainMama
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Re: OK People....How do you spend less than $100 a week on groceries
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Napkin sandwiches.
It's not unheard of. Especially to that lady on Strange Addictions on TLC
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