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amother
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 Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:29 am
Include:
- the dollar amount of food
- number of people in your household
- state/area you reside in
I’ve been curious about this and thought it would be interesting to ask, gotta love inflation!
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:34 am
I’ll start:
2 people, $750 - $1000, DMV
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amother
Clear
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:36 am
Roughly 2-3k. NY area, 5 people.
This includes everything from paper towels to eating out.
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:38 am
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$700/750 monthly 3 people (one of whom is a toddler), Lakewood. I do lots of shopping at Aldi and target. I only buy milk and meat products at Jewish stores.
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:41 am
| amother Burntblack wrote: | | $700/750 monthly 3 people (one of whom is a toddler), Lakewood. I do lots of shopping at Aldi and target. I only buy milk and meat products at Jewish stores. |
Please teach me your ways. I have the same family size in Lakewood and spend much more.
Are you buying very little produce? Do you go away for Shabbos a lot?
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:42 am
| amother OP wrote: | I’ll start:
2 people, $750 - $1000, DMV |
Scratching head: where is DMV?
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amother
Grape
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:44 am
Ny
2 adults 2 kids approx 2500
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:50 am
| amother Brunette wrote: | Please teach me your ways. I have the same family size in Lakewood and spend much more.
Are you buying very little produce? Do you go away for Shabbos a lot? |
I mainly buy produce at Aldi - it’s dirt cheap! Have you been?
I go away one or two Shabbosim a month. When I’m home, we have salmon, challah, homemade dips, and chicken soup for the night meal. Day meal - salmon, challah, homemade dips and cholent. It doesn’t come out expensive at all. You can buy salmon at Aldi for cheap - many (all?) rabbanim consider it kosher.
Dinner each night is 1 pound of chicken or ground beef with cheap sides like rice, pasta, roasted veggies.
We get target brand water bottles, I consider Poland spring to be designer water lol.
My toddler lives on bananas, blueberries, and fruit packets from Aldi. They’re all really cheap.
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notshanarishona
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:52 am
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4 people , approximately $600 a month when it’s not yamim tovim
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:53 am
| amother Burntblack wrote: | I mainly buy produce at Aldi - it’s dirt cheap! Have you been?
I go away one or two Shabbosim a month. When I’m home, we have salmon, challah, homemade dips, and chicken soup for the night meal. Day meal - salmon, challah, homemade dips and cholent. It doesn’t come out expensive at all. You can buy salmon at Aldi for cheap - many (all?) rabbanim consider it kosher.
Dinner each night is 1 pound of chicken or ground beef with cheap sides like rice, pasta, roasted veggies.
We get target brand water bottles, I consider Poland spring to be designer water lol.
My toddler lives on bananas, blueberries, and fruit packets from Aldi. They’re all really cheap. |
TY
At one point I did buy produce at Aldi but didn't like the quality of some of the fruits and veggies.
Maybe I should try again.
How much is salmon at Aldi?
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simcha12plus
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:53 am
for food ONLY
10-14 people (depending on the season) hosting for shabbos and YT- 2-4 guests per Shabbos
$2500
kids do NOT get lunch in school
east coast, but buy most meat/chicken food items in Brooklyn
shop in many discount stores including aldi and produce stores
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amother
Cappuccino
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 10:54 am
Around $2000 family of 5, NY.
Including meat, fish, paper goods, household essentials.
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mha3484
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:02 am
Food only family of 7 Midwest around 400 a week. I budget separately for paper products.
Caveats: due to some health issues I get some help with Shabbos food from bikkur cholim and have a few friends who like to give me leftovers so could be an extra 100 a week if I took no help.
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:07 am
| notshanarishona wrote: | | 4 people , approximately $600 a month when it’s not yamim tovim | how! Where are you located? Where do you shop?
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amother
Olive
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:08 am
2 adults 2 toddlers
Around 1200 a month
Is this alot?
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amother
Chartreuse
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:15 am
| amother Burntblack wrote: | I mainly buy produce at Aldi - it’s dirt cheap! Have you been?
I go away one or two Shabbosim a month. When I’m home, we have salmon, challah, homemade dips, and chicken soup for the night meal. Day meal - salmon, challah, homemade dips and cholent. It doesn’t come out expensive at all. You can buy salmon at Aldi for cheap - many (all?) rabbanim consider it kosher.
Dinner each night is 1 pound of chicken or ground beef with cheap sides like rice, pasta, roasted veggies.
We get target brand water bottles, I consider Poland spring to be designer water lol.
My toddler lives on bananas, blueberries, and fruit packets from Aldi. They’re all really cheap. |
The fact that you go away an average of 1/3 of Shabbasim a month is probably a big reason why your bill is so low.
Including eating out an average of once a month in a high end place, six kids including one infant that just started eating and two adults in the Lakewood area- $4.5- 5000.00. This also includes the month of yt, this is an average of over the year.
We also host about once a month, usually a family.
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unexpected
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:18 am
11 ppl living at home
Some in school for lunch and/or supper
Living in Brooklyn
Spend between 2000 and 2500 monthly on groceries
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:19 am
5 people
About $800-$1000/ month
Also in the DMV:)
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amother
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:21 am
Look it up. Its the area in and around washington DC.
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amother
Carnation
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Wed, Aug 28 2024, 11:27 am
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Family of 6, $1200-$1800/month on groceries, $75-$300month on eating out (pizza, ice creams, treats). During the chagim grocery bill is easily $2k+
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