How much do you spend per month on food?

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amother

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:09 pm

Around how much do you spend on food per month? If you are comfortable, please include what city you live in and your family size.

amother

Oxfordblue

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:10 pm

Lakewood
Family of five
Lately it’s been about $14-1600 a month. Prices went up like crazy

amother

Yolk

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:11 pm

Family of 8. About 2500 a month. Lakewood.

amother

Oldlace

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:12 pm

2800

amother

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:12 pm

We are out of town and spending around 1200-1700 per month. We are a family of 5 (parents and 3 kids). I'm wondering if that's crazy? Prices did go up a ton.

amother

Pink

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:13 pm

probably about $2,000
brooklyn
family of 9

amother

Dimgray

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:15 pm

Abt 3000, fam of 7, kids 16-3.5, Lakewood

amother

Oxfordblue

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:16 pm

amother OP wrote:

We are out of town and spending around 1200-1700 per month. We are a family of 5 (parents and 3 kids). I'm wondering if that's crazy? Prices did go up a ton.

I don’t think it’s crazy
It’s hard to face reality sometimes but it’s not crazy

amother

Ivory

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:18 pm

amother OP wrote:

We are out of town and spending around 1200-1700 per month. We are a family of 5 (parents and 3 kids). I'm wondering if that's crazy? Prices did go up a ton.

That's pretty much what we spend for a family of 6 in Baltimore (kids range from preschool age to early teen). I agree it's too much. But we gotta eat.

amother

Coral

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:42 pm

amother Oxfordblue wrote:

Lakewood
Family of five
Lately it’s been about $14-1600 a month. Prices went up like crazy

Sounds about right. Family of 6. Including baby. All little kids

At least 200-300 a week.

amother

Magnolia

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 9:43 pm

no kids yet. brooklyn average $800/month

TwinsMommy

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:30 pm

family of 4, cleveland, about $1100 a month

amother

Foxglove

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:32 pm

2,400 in Brooklyn
Family of 5 big eaters and company for shobbos often

amother

Kiwi

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:36 pm

About 2000 per month. Family of 7. Kids 9-20. Lakewood

amother

Lightgray

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:38 pm

2k family of 7 Brooklyn

amother

Taupe

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:40 pm

Family of 6. 2500 on average, without meat. Fruits and vegetables cost a lot.

amother

NeonBlue

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:44 pm

Around $2500-3000 family of 12
out of town but travel to NY a lot and shop there

amother

Smokey

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:45 pm

Family of 5
Jackson
About 2k in a normal month
(This is not a normal month lol)

amother

Orange

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 10:57 pm

Way too much TMI

Wish there were a way to cut back, but I find groceries to be one of the hardest areas to trim. Other areas I can cut out completely, like takeout, dry cleaners etc, but we can't just not buy food. And of course the kids love the most expensive snack bags ($.75 a bag per child [kah there are many of them] per school day), and that's already $30 on my weekly grocery bill. My little ones need to bring yogurt to morah and to be able to feed themselves and the squeezees are $1.19 on a good day. Chicken cutlets can be 8.99/lb, not thinned or trimmed, which is almost $30 per supper.

And don't get me started on plastics...And no, I don't own a dishwasher. So yeh, OP, we spend waaaay too much on food.

amother

Tomato

Sat, Sep 23 2023, 11:00 pm

Family of 9, about $3000

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