How much did you spend on pesach groceries this year?

amother

Clematis

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:15 am

so far, about $800 for matzah. didnt do any other shopping yet. fruits/veggies usually run us about $6-800 for the week. meat/chicken/fish, prob about another $600. will come back next week with exact amounts.

10 people, 2 adults, 8 children ranging in age from 1-13. home all the meals. not really any guests.

amother

Lightcoral

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:16 am

About $1,000 on groceries, not including meat/chicken, fruits & veggies, or matza or wine.

12 people per meal (no little kids - youngest are teens) plus a few others for assorted meals, for all 10 meals of Yom Tov. BH that includes grandparents and they help with the Pesach expenses since they are at our house for the entire Pesach.

amother

SandyBrown

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:34 am

So far about $100. All I bought was chocolate 🫣.

You need to have priorities

cookier

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:34 am

We budgeted just under $300 for everything except shmura matzah and wine. I’m about 2/3 done shopping and have spent $277 so far, so our actual is probably going to be closer to $400-450.

Plus about $120 in matzah, and an indeterminate amount in Wine for DH.

2 adults and a preschooler. We’re only home for three YT meals and chol hamoed, but I buy and check the romaine for the family, so for that I’m figuring a case to cover 10 adults for first days.

shabbatiscoming

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:36 am

One seder, regular shabbat, 2 days chol hamoed. Havent gone shopping yet, but probably a drip more than we usually spend weekly for food. Around 800 shekels.

amother

Jade

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:13 am

So far around $1,000, including matza. The rest is probably going to cost another $300-$400. Family of 5, all meals home.
Lekuvid yom tov, bh.

amother

Molasses

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:02 pm

It will be about $500 or 1800 nis, family of five in israel. We already spent 1400 nis and I only have fruits and veggies left. Only one first day and one last day with a Shabbat in between.

Rappel

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:09 pm

We're still on our way. We've already kashered our kitchen, so I'm also counting this week's groceries, since we're eating like pesach already.

All numbers are in shekels.
530 for meat/chicken
750 for vegetables/fruits/wine etc. (There will probably be another smaller order before the chag)
400 for dry goods/chad paami/cleaning supplies etc.
150 for matzah
Not buying new clothes, as we recently had a family wedding. I am hoping to treat myself to some new perfume and creams from a friend of mine - about 100 shekels.

Someone else can do the math, I'm too tired 😴

2 adults, 3 kids, hopefully guests

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amother

Dahlia

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:11 pm

Not including Matzo or wine, I've spent over 1500 so far! We will be over 20 people though and I live in an expensive neighborhood.

amother

Ballota

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:51 pm

Probably close to like 800 already and I didn't do my produce shopping yet. (We did already by matza and wine )However, I do like to bake and bought a lot of baking things. We are home with our four kids and no guests. We are making all meals. (For sure for the first days and chil hamoed, We are not sure yet about the last days)

ETA:
matza: 8 pounds. $150
Wine: we bought a few cases for Purim so using that.
Bought myself one new pot, a few cheap bechers, a couple haggadahs, etc.

amother

Babypink

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:04 pm

$97 some paper goods, oil, coffee (at bingo) This did not include aluminum pans

$140 4 lbs matzo

Did not shop fish, meat, grape juice, veggies yet

2 adults, 2 kids

amother

Anemone

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:08 pm

It feels like I’ve spent 2 million dollars. Family of 2 adults - 5 kids prob around $5000 including matza, wine, paper goods, a few kitchen items.

amother

Lightcyan

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:20 pm

Wow some of these numbers are so high! Hundreds of dollars on wine?? I guess that's an area people could cut back on if needed. If you can afford it kol hakovod.

amother

Ginger

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:28 pm

So far about $1000.
We will be around 10 adults and 10 kids for most of Pesach.
Probably I will be spending another $2000 when I’m done shopping.

amother

NeonPurple

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 2:31 pm

1600 in grocery
400 wine
Not sure matzah, prob about 500
600 paper goods
2 adults
5 kids 15-3

amother

Lightcoral

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 2:43 pm

amother Lightcyan wrote:

Wow some of these numbers are so high! Hundreds of dollars on wine?? I guess that's an area people could cut back on if needed. If you can afford it kol hakovod.

Depending on how many people you are, it may be necessary to spend hundreds on wine even without a single expensive bottle. You need about 3/4 a bottle per seder per person. We are 12 people over Bar/Bas Mitzvah, so are getting 20 bottles just for the two sedarim, plus a few extra for Kiddush for other meals. On a regular Shabbos we only use grape juice, but Yom Tov is different. So 24 bottles at an average of $15/bottle (which is cheap!) is $360 plus tax.