fragnetllc
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If you are single and plan your grocery trips and meals very well, use coupons, shop sales, you can probably do less than $150 a month. Find recipes that are inexpensive and be sure not to waste any food. Save leftover dinners for lunches. I fed a family of 6 on a budget of $400 a month for an entire year (including TP, toothpaste and misc). If you eat out, plan those too. Limit yourself to once a week because that is the biggest waste of money. |
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Altstadtweib
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Well, we are a family of 3 and every week I spend easily a good $150.- in the grocery store....
I would suggest you keep your receipts each time you go to the store and add them up after a month and then you will know much much you need and might want to budget for you (and your family) |
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mel
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I would budget $300 a month for one person- that should be plenty. Cook your own meals, and dont eat out all the time and you should be fine |
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boy330
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200.00 and under |
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Kim W
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make up dinner menus for a week. Enclude one night out if that is your usual. Then make lunch menu for a week. Figure in milk juice, I have a 75$ non food agenda monthly. Add. take times 4. We do 300/ twice a month. so 675. But I really cook, and produce is high |
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sirerv1
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I budget $125.00 a month for groceries and household items. This covers just about everything and shopping at Wal-Mart is the best place to stretch your food dollars. You won't eat like a king or queen but you can eat good. Look for the specials and if you like meat like I do find out what day they drop the prices on unsold meats. Even beef is still good if you get it either in the freezer or a marinade right after you get it home. Good Luck |
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Pepe LaPue
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As for a reasonable food budget, I like an idea I read about in Money magazine. Since then I budget $200 per adult and $150 per child as a reasonable baseline amount to earmark for food per month.
BUTT ~ for a better number, keep track of your grocery spending for 3 months and then use that number! |
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jewelsthomas
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About $40 to $45 a week for a single. Soap and toothpaste last longer then a month. |
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bdancer222
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It depends on where you live and where you shop.
My budget is $150 to $200 per month. This includes non food items like laundry products, paper goods, etc. I also include pharmacy items. |
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Mel
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Just for you or others as well?
What city, state? |
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venusenvy71
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If you are single, then figure on $250.00 if you want to buy name brands and good quality things. $175-200 if you will buy other. |
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freeriderss
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I had a grocery budget of $50 /week as a single young adult living with a room mate. This was adequate for food and household supplies. I also had a budget of $25 a week for entertainment. If I didn't use my entire budget on groceries, I would use what was left for partying. |
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seizod
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It really depends. How I budget groceries is I figure out how much I have to spend and then buy accordingly. There are a lot of factors. If you eat ramen and hotdogs all the time, maybe around $40 a week. Do you use expensive items like vitamins and tooth whitener- add another $20 or so. My weakness- energy drinks, bumps it up. Cigarettes, alcohol? Just easier to figure out what you have to spend, first. |
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oleg
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I think that 200 $ per month on one adult, it is enough |
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epoulin
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This answer varies from person to person. The best way to budget is to look at your historical spending, judge if you can remove anything from your usual spending and then use that amount. You want to use a realistic number otherwise, you'll just break your budget right away.
CalendarBudget is a good tool to help you track your expenses. I use it all the time and I can go back and see how much I've spent in any category on any month.
Good luck! |
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Seraphity
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The general rule of thumb is to track your habits. If you do generic labels or what I call the "good stuff." $60 should cover your groceries, eat outs (salads mckie d's) and if you buy smart covers the toiletries. But you have to be wise on this. Also a helpful hint that I use, buy your toiletries once a month. You get more bang for your buck and you don't spend money and time in a store so often. Make a list, STICK TO IT. Treat yourself once a week with something you enjoy. Maybe a coffee break with a friend. Lunches are cheaper always than dinners at restaurants. If you want more tips email me. It'll help to know what state you are in, when to buy produce etc. OH a good hint..stay on the parameter the outside walls of the store (meat, produce,dairy) and away from the middle (junk food, chips) but you can get these things cheap if you know how to shop, I'll help email me. |
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igot2muchattitude
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well for one adult, i would think around 170 would be about right |
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laila
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i live in a family of 5 and my parents spend about 80$ on food every sunday. u do the math. for a family of four i would think about 60-70$ |
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girly GuRl
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150$$$$$per month |
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Michael K
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It depends on where you shop and what you shop for. I would on average per adult between $300 to $400 per month. I suggest you make of list of things you will need per week, go to the store where you wish to shop and write down the prices for these things. Calculate the total and this will give you a much accurate answer. |
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Christie C
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I would say $300.00 monthly. An average of $75.00 weekly. |
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SCH
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As a single woman with no dependents or pets I would budget $50/week which would be about $200/month. This should be sufficinet...just remember if you have a little extra one week you should save it for the next week incase you need a little more! |
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Iloveshane
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my husband and myself we spend about 60 week on groceries and maybe 20 on non food items...sometimes less..i would suggest bbuying in bulk if it saves money. |
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Mrs. Incredible
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My fiancee and I spend about $200 a month on groceries and household items.
That may seem a little steep, but we buy organic items and we buy produce every week so we spend a little more.
When I lived alone I spent a little bit less than $100 a month.
Good luck ! |
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June ASKI
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I budget $200.00 dollars every month for groceries and household items. Sometimes I have a little left over like maybe $20 dollars which I save as an emergency household fund in case I run out of milk or something. I do my grociery shopping at Wal Mart too and this always gets me threw the month and in Texas where I live there is an 8% sales tax. |
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amandafofanda66
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$100 a week. |
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Evan D.
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If it is just you, probabll $50-$80 dollars should do it. For every person you might live with, add another $30 or so. |
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