What do you spend?

[wawa]

I will say - I think $70/week is the absolute lowest I would go. Anything below that and we're starting to get into beans and rice for every meal territory.

So realistically, we're talking a $10/week reduction. That's $520 per year. That's peanuts. You can cut that elsewhere with much less discomfort I'm sure.

[msmerymac]

I voted $61-$80, because we are usually right around $75-$80, but I budget $100/week. That said, if we didn't buy beer or other alcohol or go out or order in, we'd probably almost always be under $75. This includes toilet paper and paper towels, sometimes a few other toiletry items. We have a separate budget for pets.

Going to the farmer's market also drives it up over $80.

[zelda25]

May 23, 2012 22:16:40 GMT -5 JLN said:

May 23, 2012 22:14:50 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

$80 a week is high??

Shit, $80 a week didn't feed me and a 6 month old ten years ago.

Please tell me this doesn't include non food shit you buy at the grocery store like laundry detergent and toothbrushes.

No. It's strictly food.

Has he wandered around a grocery store lately? The prices have really gone up a lot in the past year or so; if he hasn't done any shopping lately, I can see why he might be kind of disconnected from reality.

I checked the 80-100 option, but lately, it's been on the high end of that. I could keep it closer to $80 if I only shopped at Winco, but their selection is iffy I think their produce sucks ass, so I'm willing to pay more for better food.

[bluelikejazz]

We spend about $50/week + one trip a month to Costco around $75-$100.

[basilosaurus]

Do you have a Costco membership? Just having the Costco amex more than pays for my membership.

I rarely buy meat, so I'm sure that helps my budget, but that's probably balanced out by insanity of Hawaii prices. I had to buy a little bit of milk the other day, and it was $4 for a quart. OMFG. So, I won't answer your poll b/c it would skew higher than reasonable, but I think 80 is on the low end of a reasonable budget.