How much do you spend (per head) on food per week?

Milkduds said:
I think our bill is high, but everything has gone up with the pandemic. Groceries have increased by 11% the last time I read and it's probably more than that right now. Plus I buy more than I used to because I can't just go to the store anytime I want. What I used to buy one of, I now buy 2 of every time so that there is always 1-2 in waiting. This is not the way I like to shop. Ideally I buy whatever I want to cook and any pantry items that we are running low on and thats all. At any rate I've been getting groceries once a week and the bill has been as high as $200 if I am buying meat, and as low as $79 the last time I went (because the freezer was already too full, i was only buying fresh produce and dairy. I think the average bill is around $125 and there are only two of us although we do feed all the downtown cats, possums, raccoons. plus our two dogs.
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I've definitely noticed the increase. One thing that's really obvious - Kroger has drastically cut their digital coupons. Things that always had a coupon associated with it...nope.

I went today (see my list in the "What Did You Buy?" topic) - no meat, except for a pack of lunchmeat, and the bill was $130. I've also, for weeks where I've bought a reasonable amount of meat, had bills close to $200, and that's for two people.
 
Okay so I"m really not overspending I guess. When I see the totals in the app I'm always appalled.

TastyReuben said:
I've definitely noticed the increase. One thing that's really obvious - Kroger has drastically cut their digital coupons. Things that always had a coupon associated with it...nope.

I went today (see my list in the "What Did You Buy?" topic) - no meat, except for a pack of lunchmeat, and the bill was $130. I've also, for weeks where I've bought a reasonable amount of meat, had bills close to $200, and that's for two people.
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Milkduds said:
Okay so I"m really not overspending I guess. When I see the totals in the app I'm always appalled.
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Well, I was always used to going for a weekend big shop, which would usually be about $90, but then I'd shop three or four times through the week, at $20-$30 a go, so who knows, I might actually be spending less. :)
 
TastyReuben and Milkduds - I've come to the conclusion that we (me & partner) must eat a lot less food than you guys, because I think food prices in store are roughly similar (on average) between us. I seem to be spending around 50% less than you are. We eat very little meat and hardly any processed products so that may make a difference.

My estimate doesn't include alcohol!
 
Difficult to separate non-food items but I guess on average we spend around between 75 -100 euro per person, but we almost never order food or take-out. Since beginning of the summer season I don't have to buy most of the vegetables and herbs as I grow them in my tiny garden, so it may be a bit lower for the last 2 months or so.
 
Lately I have been spending about $70 a week, but I already have a lot of stuff on hand. And that doesn't include alcohol. And we don't have a dog or cat. Our squirrels eat about $20 a month worth of peanuts and seeds in the summer and double that in the winter.
 
JASOH1 said:
Lately I have been spending about $70 a week, but I already have a lot of stuff on hand. And that doesn't include alcohol. And we don't have a dog or cat. Our squirrels eat about $20 a month worth of peanuts and seeds in the summer and double that in the winter.
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Wish we had squirrels, I love them. I would feed them as well. I may get stray cats now the dog has gone.

Russ
 
What kind of wild critters do you have? I thought every continent or region had some version of squirrel.
 
JASOH1 said:
What kind of wild critters do you have? I thought every continent or region had some version of squirrel.
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Hedgehogs, I had a family of them when I had a big flax bush living under it. No squirrels, snakes or gators. Wild deer and feral pigs in the bush but not in towns. I used to go deer stalking many years ago. We have rabbits hares and possums, lots of possums. That's about it really.
A few years ago I had a family of cats under my back door decking, but that's another story!

Russ
 
I like that you have no snakes.

Possums seem to be on every continent, unless not in UK or Europe? I dunno.
 
Mine's probably quite high but then I'm happy to a premium for quality.

I spend probably $40 (AUD) a week on fresh fruit & veg which (mostly) gets consumed. What doesn't goes to my friends for their chooks
I spend at least $200 direct from a farm provider for meat & fish, but that lasts me at least 6 weeks. At least one item in that purchase will be for entertaining. I'd estimate I use about $20-30 a week
I probably spend about $20-30 a week topping up pantry items but then I wouldn't use all of that each week either.
I'd guestimate about $60 a week just for myself.

I'm not even going to think about alcohol :)
 
$100 - $150 per week for two. Prices during covid have definitely gone up around my area. Also eating at home more often raises our grocery bill.
 
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