How much should it cost to feed your family?

[luna-mia]

http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/FoodPlans/U.../fooddec03.pdf



How much should it cost to feed
your family??

This is a neato link by the FDA

[Tree0164]

I am below it... we spend about $300-$350. Family of 5- 3 boys under 6.

[sdc2027]

Family of two adults- Thrifty program(290$)- we beat that easily by $100

[nate]

Originally Posted by Tree0164

I am below it... we spend about $300-$350. Family of 5- 3 boys under 6.

That's amazing! Congrats.

[terry1156]

Great link! Thanks for sharing.

[pschale]

We are below that . I usually spend about $300-350 for food, cleaning, toilteries and paper products for a family of 4.

[Lori63]

I spend less than the thrifty plan, with three growing boys (16,13 and 9). My cost includes non food items also.

[mom-from-missouri]

I spend around $40 a week for groceries 3 children 8, 6 and 6 yrs and myself. I do most of my shopping at our local aldi store. about 2 times a year, I got to a nearby town to the amish store, and get my flour and sugar in 50 lb bags. it is so much cheaper, and i put into airtight containers in the freezer, and it keeps fresh and bug free. i usually get my meat when it is marked down(go early in the day). i also have a garden. i visit the day old bread store. This $40 a week also includes my childrens school lunches, which i pack. but, we do order pizza one night a week-at a whopping $20. Latley the girls have wanted to make their own pizza, so I am trying to enforce that idea buy giving them the money we saved for their bank account.

[Tree0164]

I posted my $300-$350 almost 6 months ago. Food has gone up since then and my 6 yrs old is eating alot more. The last two months my food bill has been averaging $375 this includes some other stuff you buy at the grocery store as well.

[pschale]

Food has gone up but I have still managed to keep the food bill down to $300-$350 including things like toiletries, paper products, laundry, etc. I do this by making my own cleaning products and using cloth napkins, rags to clean with. I use paper towels to drain food only and most of the time I can use a colander instead.

[gypzye]

Fascinating.

For my family of 2 (me and FH) the thrifty plan is $290. I'd say, generously, we spend $50 a week at the store. Probably every third week we have a bill more like $75 and every once in a grand, grand while we hit $100--that's usually when I've run out of all the staples like canned veggies and pasta or we're buying specialty spices for a new dish--but that's really rare. So without poring over our bank statements, I'd say we're keeping it at about $250 for the two of us.

Which is funny, because I was easily spending $300/month on just ME before he came along.

[aukxsona]

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[LuxLiving]

United States Department of Agriculture - Home

search 'thrifty plan' and look for the 2007 one.