Does this number make sense?

amother

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:22 pm

$1000 per month for food/ groceries/ household (incl diapers, etc)

Family of 7 in Brooklyn. 2 in diapers

It sounds like a lot but I'm having trouble keeping it.

Any imput?

(We're super tight. If I can get it even lower that would be great)

amother

Olive

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:35 pm

I couldn’t imagine you could be under $1500 total. Do some brainstorming to see if there is somewhere else you can make up the difference. Look at your fixed bills too. Cloth diapers could be an option.

amother

Orchid

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:36 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

$1000 a month is quite little for a family of 7.
We're a family if 5 and our groceries are more then $1000 a month.

cozyblanket

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:41 pm

For food, toiletries and diapers, that sounds right. I also wish we could lower that budget line. But that's what it costs (or more).

amother

Seagreen

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:49 pm

Maybe you can shop the "deals" to try to get more for the same $ amount.

amother

Pearl

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:53 pm

Sounds very frugal to me. I'm a bit above that with family of 6 and I consider myself frugal.

Sebastian

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 10:55 pm

That's very low op. I doubt you can go lower? Is toilet training 1 kid an option?

amother

Cobalt

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 11:01 pm

We are a family of 8. 1 in diapers. Approx 1200-1500 per month. We could get it less but it would be hard.

Divide it by week.

amother

Gray

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 11:06 pm

That sounds very little. We don’t have kids yet so just us 2 and groceries about 700 and household miscellaneous expenses another 2-300

zaftigmom

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 11:07 pm

I think that's very low. We're only a family of four and my budget is 800 for just food and paper goods. We eat a lot of produce but I only shop sales and don't buy any convenience foods.

mamma llama

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 11:13 pm

Maybe buy in bulk. Costco sells bigger quantities for better prices so you spend more at once, but save money in the long run.

Also, if you change the temps on your a/c and heater by a few degrees, you'll be surprised what a difference it will make monetarily, and it's not enough of a change to make anybody uncomfortable.

amother

Papaya

Tue, Feb 18 2020, 11:34 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

250/week sounds great.
Do you shop at KRM?
Can you buy generic brands (target/walmart online) for diapers, wipes, toiletries?

dankbar

Wed, Feb 19 2020, 12:42 am

That's very little. Family of 7 here My groceries are more, plus monthly trip to BJ's in bulk for paper supply/detergents etc.

I shop sales and create my menus around it.

I try that I shouldn't go above $300 weekly

baby12x

Wed, Feb 19 2020, 2:09 am

I think thats very low.
Please share hows you do it!

amother

Taupe

Wed, Feb 19 2020, 2:15 am

that sounds so low to me. We are a family of 7, but essentially 6 adults and one in diapers.
My teens eat A LOT and do not allow me to make my menus based on sales.
I spend double that. Kudos to you!