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amother
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 Yesterday at 3:37 pm
Just filed our taxes for 2024 and ran a report of groceries, including meat, fish, paper goods, detergents.
30 k for family of 4 kids 2 adults. Is this normal?? Could've had a down-payment with this money
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amother
Ivory
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Yesterday at 3:38 pm
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Not normal. Same amount of kids and adults here and our bill is about $15,000.
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amother
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Yesterday at 3:44 pm
That sounds a bit high, op. That would average out to $575 per week.
We also have 4 kids and 2 adults, some are teenagers. We make all Yomim Tovim and all my kids' lunches come from home. But our yearly bill was probably around 20k or a little less. I don't have exact numbers right now.
Edited to add: one of my kids eats like a bird, so probably my kids only count for 3.5 eaters. I also shop a lot at Aldi's and stock up on meat sales at the frum grocery.
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amother
Pumpkin
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Yesterday at 3:46 pm
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Sounds about right to me. It's crazy, but what can we do?
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amother
Nasturtium
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Yesterday at 3:49 pm
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I pay less for 8 kids 2 adults..
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amother
DarkCyan
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Yesterday at 3:50 pm
| amother OP wrote: | Just filed our taxes for 2024 and ran a report of groceries, including meat, fish, paper goods, detergents.
30 k for family of 4 kids 2 adults. Is this normal?? Could've had a down-payment with this money |
4 teens (eaters) and 2 adults and ours is probably somewhere there. Makes sense.
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amother
Lotus
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Yesterday at 3:52 pm
We are in monsey NY, and we run around 15-20k per year. 2 adults 3 kids BH
(We buy lots of things in costco and walmart, sometimes aldi if we are in the area. )
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amother
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Yesterday at 3:53 pm
Really? Are you on any govt assistance? Have mostly young kids? Not make Pesach?
I agree op's bill is a little high, but not THAT high.
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joker
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Yesterday at 3:59 pm
Absolutely op
I have four kids two adults and we spend 3k a month on average. This includes all yt and paper goods etc.
I highly suspect people saying no are not calculating everything in. Tissues, toilet paper , paper towels etc and / or get government assistance/ live in town where I actually think food is cheaper.
Unless you really limit- no chicken/meat during the week, no meat on shabbos etc I don't see it
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amother
Yolk
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Yesterday at 4:25 pm
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Sounds about right! Inflation has been really hard on all of us!
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amother
Wisteria
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Yesterday at 4:44 pm
 I ran the weekly amounts and I thought it was actually low since OP was including all household items and I suspect this also would include items like shampoo or toothpaste and miscellaneous items picked up at the drugstore or grocery store.
Detergent isn't cheap and most people have multiple loads every week. Cleaning supplies - it all adds up.
If you figure actual food us probably only $525 per week (deducting paper, toiletries, cleaners and equivalent) then the cost per person is $12.50 per day
Of course one can economize on food by serving beans and pasta but food like chicken, fish, produce is a priority for me so I spend at least this amount per day per person if not more.
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amother
Violet
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Yesterday at 6:55 pm
This really depends. Do you eat a lot of meat? Only CY and PY? Very strict hechsherim? Make Pesach (and how- only heimish on everything/limited or anything with an OUP?)
Also where you live matters.
You can cut down by limiting processed foods, ready to eat items, pre-made or partially pre-made (frozen foods), buying store brand, buying in season/sale rather than based off menus.
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