S/O Finances $1000 a month for food?

amother

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Yesterday at 11:28 am

amother Cherry wrote:

If you aren't checking your own lettuce you can save a ton there in a salad family.
When I buy bagged I spend $50 a week on (romaine) lettuce vs avg $8 on heads. So im highly motivated!!

Bonus, youre not constantly needing to run out for freash lettuce, forcing yourself to eat or throwing out wilted lettuce. And it tastes SO SO SO much better and fresher. My kids have become lettuce snobs and really dont like the package.

We check once a week and it stays crisp all week!

I would never try to check Romaine lettuce myself, it's way too hard (both labor intensive and worried I won't find all the bugs), so I'm crossing that off my list.

amother

Nectarine

Yesterday at 12:07 pm

Family of 5, kids are very young. We probably spend between 300-400 per week. I make most things from scratch but we have tons of allergies so I spend a lot on chicken (the only form of protein one child can have) different varieties of flour and other substitutes for non allergy foods that cost a lot. We also eat tons of fruit and veggies which are expensive. I don't have an Aldi near me. I do also spend a lot on frozen cauliflower and broccoli since my kids love them and because of the severely limited diet, I have to get whatever nutrients I can into them.
If I wouldn't be making these things from scratch my bill would be at least $100 more I think.

amother

Magenta

Yesterday at 12:22 pm

Family of 12.
From teens to babies.
$1200 monthly? Maybe little more.
Only family size foods. No baking goods besides bread and some crackers. I will bake a cake for Shabbas and some cookies. And challos. I would buy some chocolate and ice cream for Shabbasparty. Milk, cereal, eggs, fruits and vegetables only on sale or cheap. Every day we eat salad, check lettuce myself. Everyone has dinner at home, usually chicken on the bone, meat balls , schnitzel ….rice and beans once a week , once a week is dairy and it’s either pankage, baked ziti , tuna latkes…..pretzel and crackers for recess …. They eat breakfast and lunch at school.
If everyone helps and behave, I will make a steak dinner.
No take out. Motzei shbbas is frozen pizza with mushrooms, peppers etc.

amother

DarkGreen

Yesterday at 12:55 pm

amother Nectarine wrote:

Family of 5 bh and similar. We don’t have allergies but we eat a lot of protein and fruit/ frozen veg.

I also count my takeout lunch (twice a weekish) separately because it’s a treat not food really lol. It’s in a different part of the budget.

Never paid attention to yogurts and snacks and not sure how to do that without stressing my 5 year old about money.

amother

Honey

Yesterday at 11:16 pm

Family of 6 (4 kids). We spend about $800 monthly on food in groceries, but I'm not counting Costco stuff. We buy water, cheese, fruits and veggies in Costco. So probably about $1k total.
Main thing I save on is that I don't buy any premade food. No frozen pizza, knishes, etc. And also no cake or nosh. Just snack bags for the kids for school. And salmon is only for Shabbos. And no steak ever. Only YT.

amother

Pear

Yesterday at 11:27 pm

5 kids ages 2-17, living OOT
Probably spend $500-600 a week on just food
All 5 kids in school and none get any meals, so everything is coming from home. DH also eats lunch at home.

No Aldi where I live and chicken cutlets are 8.99lb, chopped meat is 9.99lb, and never go on sale