This has been one of the most interesting things I’ve read in ages. I’m so nosy! I love this!!! Thank you for putting this together.
I’m wondering, this food/grocery budget … that has to be weekly right? My grocery budget boggles my mind every month. I love to cook so it’s sorta an expense that’s half necessity and half hobby. Still. It sometimes feels like the monthly budget of a small restaurant.
This has been one of the most interesting things I’ve read in ages. I’m so nosy! I love this!!! Thank you for putting this together.
I’m wondering, this food/grocery budget … that has to be weekly right? My grocery budget boggles my mind every month. I love to cook so it’s sorta an expense that’s half necessity and half hobby. Still. It sometimes feels like the monthly budget of a small restaurant.
I thought the same thing about groceries! We swing about $800/ month in suburban Pennsylvania for a family of 4 (up from $600 just two years ago 😭)-- we eat mostly organic, but meat-lite and with constant meal-planning/ price shopping. Even with a higher take-out budget, the poster has a really low grocery spend.
I think the thing that isn't clear right away is that this budget is just for the responder, not the entirety of what she and her husband spend.
And yes, groceries are nuts. We are on Oahu, and it's eye-watering. Way worse than even mid-2023. I think our monthly budget is $1,500, but that is helped by Costco, and we're military.
I could not BELIEVE the price of groceries in Hawaii! We are so lucky in Texas to get great produce from our neighbors to the south and have wonderful stores like HEB that keep our prices at a fraction of yours. (You Do get to live in Hawaii though ;))
I live in California and we have a second home in Austin. I love HEB. Great quality, selection, and food is almost half the price of California. Half the stuff is grown in California and it's cheaper at HEB in Texas. Even California wines are substantially cheaper in Texas than either at the wineries in Napa or the Costco's in the Bay Area.
Commenting again because I just totaled my own groceries for the month (we cook dinner every night and eat every meal at home, with the exception of pizza delivery every Friday night, and this is for a family of 4 (one child age 5 and one age 2) - we spent $1200 between Costco and Amazon groceries 😱
Food prices are so ridiculous right now! I think even though other categories pricing is easing from inflation groceries are still up by something like 30% - but don't quote me on that figure. All this to say, you are probably doing great and it's not you!
This has been one of the most interesting things I’ve read in ages. I’m so nosy! I love this!!! Thank you for putting this together.
I’m wondering, this food/grocery budget … that has to be weekly right? My grocery budget boggles my mind every month. I love to cook so it’s sorta an expense that’s half necessity and half hobby. Still. It sometimes feels like the monthly budget of a small restaurant.
I thought the same thing about groceries! We swing about $800/ month in suburban Pennsylvania for a family of 4 (up from $600 just two years ago 😭)-- we eat mostly organic, but meat-lite and with constant meal-planning/ price shopping. Even with a higher take-out budget, the poster has a really low grocery spend.
I think the thing that isn't clear right away is that this budget is just for the responder, not the entirety of what she and her husband spend.
And yes, groceries are nuts. We are on Oahu, and it's eye-watering. Way worse than even mid-2023. I think our monthly budget is $1,500, but that is helped by Costco, and we're military.
I could not BELIEVE the price of groceries in Hawaii! We are so lucky in Texas to get great produce from our neighbors to the south and have wonderful stores like HEB that keep our prices at a fraction of yours. (You Do get to live in Hawaii though ;))
I live in California and we have a second home in Austin. I love HEB. Great quality, selection, and food is almost half the price of California. Half the stuff is grown in California and it's cheaper at HEB in Texas. Even California wines are substantially cheaper in Texas than either at the wineries in Napa or the Costco's in the Bay Area.
Groceries are so expensive right now. 😩
I'm wondering the same thing! That must be weekly - even then, I spend way more on the west coast per week.
Commenting again because I just totaled my own groceries for the month (we cook dinner every night and eat every meal at home, with the exception of pizza delivery every Friday night, and this is for a family of 4 (one child age 5 and one age 2) - we spent $1200 between Costco and Amazon groceries 😱
Yes, I’m a thrifty cook and I questioned their groceries. I doubt they’re living on dried beans bought in bulk.
I thought the same!
Food prices are so ridiculous right now! I think even though other categories pricing is easing from inflation groceries are still up by something like 30% - but don't quote me on that figure. All this to say, you are probably doing great and it's not you!