Grocery Bills?
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Just wondering how much do you guys spend on your grocery bills a month and how big is your family and do you guys eat often at home? This includes stuff like tissue and toliet paper etc
I think for 2 people our grocery bills are pretty
when we don't really cook at home and eat out 90% of the time.
SO was complaining that he estimates the grocery bill for us in a year is about $4,000
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does the 4k include meals?
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The 4k a year includes things like toliet paper, dishwashing liquid, food groceries, tissue paper, detergent etcOriginally posted by iLuVpOrKyPiG:does the 4k include meals?
But it does not include the meals we eat everyday outside. -
that's $10 a day.
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Hmm... i stay alone and cook for myself. But normally when i go shopping, i seldom buy tissues or detergents. maybe once in 2 weeks. normally i buy foodstuffs. and in a month, i could spend just over 300.
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That is like maybe 4k a year for 1 personOriginally posted by mhcampboy:Hmm... i stay alone and cook for myself. But normally when i go shopping, i seldom buy tissues or detergents. maybe once in 2 weeks. normally i buy foodstuffs. and in a month, i could spend just over 300.
But I guess it's still better coz ours is not inclusive of the food we eat out everyday -
S$4000/year works out to a shade under S$77/week. Perhaps I'm missing something, but that seems quite reasonable for two people actually, even if you don't cook at home most of the time.Originally posted by elindra:Just wondering how much do you guys spend on your grocery bills a month and how big is your family and do you guys eat often at home? This includes stuff like tissue and toliet paper etc
I think for 2 people our grocery bills are pretty when we don't really cook at home and eat out 90% of the time.
SO was complaining that he estimates the grocery bill for us in a year is about $4,000
Perhaps you could track and further break down your weekly grocery expenditure into food and non-food items for a clearer picture of where the money's going.
(As for myself, I grocery shop mostly for myself every two weeks, and spend about US$30 each time. I'd say that I eat out about half the time.) -
Yeah but that is like additional workOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:S$4000/year works out to a shade under S$77/week. Perhaps I'm missing something, but that seems quite reasonable for two people actually, even if you don't cook at home most of the time.
Perhaps you could track and further break down your weekly grocery expenditure into food and non-food items for a clearer picture of where the money's going.
(As for myself, I grocery shop mostly for myself every two weeks, and spend about US$30 each time. I'd say that I eat out about half the time.)
Well it's about $340 a month and I was thinking about people who survive on 1k a month for a family of 4
So that seems alot then -
I don't really keep track.
We hit the commissary whenever we run out (about every 3 weeks?) I buy as much as I can to last as long as possible because the commissary's a 30 minute drive away. Prices are much cheaper there so, bo pian. I'm a coupon clipper so that helps drive the bill down. On the whole I'd say we spend about US$100 per visit, give or take. -
my family grocery bills come up to $70 to $100 per week average
on a 52 weeks a year basis, that works out to be between $3640 and $5200 per year
for five people
basically groceries bought from Giants
i am not including times when some of us eat out or go shopping buy this buy that -
I wish I had a 2nd freezer though. Then I can buy more and make fewer trips to the commissary.
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thats why i once had three fridges in the apartment in singapoareOriginally posted by jetta:I wish I had a 2nd freezer though. Then I can buy more and make fewer trips to the commissary.
cos my mom bought stuff from the wholesales
that helped us save some $$$$
but nowadays...everytime we buy stuff, we spend about $100 each time. and we go about once a week or one every two weeks.
things are EXPENSIVE -
Yah boy, I cannot believe how expensive things are off-base. For example, I ran out of bread flour one evening and had to buy more. The base commissary was long closed at that time so I had to buy from the Albertsons down the street. A 5 lb bag of Gold Medal bread flour on base is 79cents. At Albertsons it was $2!!!!Originally posted by udontknowme:thats why i once had three fridges in the apartment in singapoare
cos my mom bought stuff from the wholesales
that helped us save some $$$$
but nowadays...everytime we buy stuff, we spend about $100 each time. and we go about once a week or one every two weeks.
things are EXPENSIVE -
We have a separate fridge and a separate freezer at home so we usually do a big meat shopping and store them in the freezer which can last the 2 of us for 4 - 6 weeks.
As for toilet papers, detergents, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc, they usually last for a bit so we don't need to get them very often.
So our weekly grocery shopping usually consists mostly perishables like vegies, fruits, milk, yoghurt, bread (even that we usually buy a few loaves if it's on special to freeze them in the freezer) etc. However, we tend to buy other stuffs too like chips, cookies.... whatever we are craving for at that time . So my piece of advice - NEVER GO SHOPPING WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY!!!
Still, our weekly grocery bill can add up to at least Aus$50 or sometimes under Aus$100 depending on what we need or get on that week. It's never fixed.
Yes, things are getting really expensive nowadays!!
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so far.... since christmas..
each time we go shopping.. our bill's around 50 on average..
and we go every 2 or 3 days
sometimes everyday
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Originally posted by shinta:so far.... since christmas..
each time we go shopping.. our bill's around 50 on average..
and we go every 2 or 3 days
sometimes everyday 
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Quite frankly I don't dare to tally up how much I spend on groceries
*in state of denial* -
we just moved in mahOriginally posted by av98m:
so need to buy stuff like detergent, toilet paper, rice, etc etc etc
and emergency food
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ooorrrhhh..no wonderOriginally posted by shinta:we just moved in mah
so need to buy stuff like detergent, toilet paper, rice, etc etc etc
and emergency food -
The expenditure comes to about $300 a month, it seldom is much more than that. We go to the supermarket for big hauls about twice a month, peppered with trips to the mamashop downstairs in-between. I don't think the expenditure is very high, the items are mostly fresh food and essentials. The only luxuries are perhaps costlier fruits like cherries & berries which I like to splurge on The SO asks me why can't I eat apples and pears like everyone else? But berries are yummy & it's not the same wad...
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i dun like to eat fruits..Originally posted by choco B:The expenditure comes to about $300 a month, it seldom is much more than that. We go to the supermarket for big hauls about twice a month, peppered with trips to the mamashop downstairs in-between. I don't think the expenditure is very high, the items are mostly fresh food and essentials. The only luxuries are perhaps costlier fruits like cherries & berries which I like to splurge on The SO asks me why can't I eat apples and pears like everyone else? But berries are yummy & it's not the same wad...
they just dun taste the same way.... now n 10 years ago.. -
I love fruits. Yummy! Fruits are healthy too.... think I can live on fruits alone. Of course, not the same type of fruits all the time though...Originally posted by shinta:i dun like to eat fruits..
they just dun taste the same way.... now n 10 years ago.. -
dunno if its just me.. but the fruits i've eaten recently tastes horribly bland...Originally posted by honeymouse:I love fruits. Yummy! Fruits are healthy too.... think I can live on fruits alone. Of course, not the same type of fruits all the time though... -
What fruits are they?Originally posted by shinta:dunno if its just me.. but the fruits i've eaten recently tastes horribly bland... -
Kinda like us and yes we spend on costlier fruits like cherries & other berries (he likes blueberries)Originally posted by choco B:The expenditure comes to about $300 a month, it seldom is much more than that. We go to the supermarket for big hauls about twice a month, peppered with trips to the mamashop downstairs in-between. I don't think the expenditure is very high, the items are mostly fresh food and essentials. The only luxuries are perhaps costlier fruits like cherries & berries which I like to splurge on The SO asks me why can't I eat apples and pears like everyone else? But berries are yummy & it's not the same wad...
I think we can cut down our bill if he invited the guys over less often (spend less on beer )