Groceries: Infant
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How to save on Grocery Bill
Asked by R.N. from Cincinnati
on October 12, 2008
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Can anyone give me some advice on how to save on our monthly grocery bill? I have a hard time keeping it under $500-600 a month and that's just for a family of three!...
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- Find another mom or two to share items w/ that you can get from wholesale clubs like Sams or Costco. You CAN get good deals on bulk. Get together and prepare mea...
- Hi there. I understand your concern. I cut coupons and only shop at Giant Eagle as they give fuel perks for each $50 you spend. (Also, I know the store layout and it's...
- R....I have never ever spent that much in a month on groceries. Do you buy prepackaged meals? Do you buy a lot of pop and beer? I can buy a chicken and cook it in t...
What Is Your Family's Weekly Grocery Bill?
Asked by R.M. from Austin
on September 25, 2011
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Our weekly grocery bill keeps creeping u? We are a family of 5. I am just curious what everyone spends per week on groceries.
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- I usually spend 250-300 per week. Me, husband, 3 1/2 to and 16 month old. And our dog. That is for everything: some organic foods, cleaning/laundry supplies, dog food,...
- Family of four, on average 100.
- Right now, entirely too much. With summer the bill got way too high and I have to do some serious cutting back. We literally got as high as 400 every week and a half...
Grocery Bill
Asked by J.L. from Minneapolis
on November 10, 2009
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For those of you with a family of four or more, how much do you spend monthly in groceries? I am especially interested in homes with teenagers. We have a teenager and ...
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- $700 a month for groceries for a household with a teenager isn't so out of line now days. My last child left home in 2006 and my grocery bills during the time they we...
- We have 14 yr old boy, 11 yr old boy, 7 yr old girl and a 2 yr old and one on the way. If we aren't careful we can easily spend over $1000. a month in groceries. I'm...
- After skimming through some of the responses, I chuckled and decided to add my two cents worth. We are now empty nesters but when we had two teenagers at home, a boy ...
Grocery Bill
Asked by A.P. from Chicago
on June 17, 2011
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I looked for past posts, but all I find is from a few years ago. So presently, about how much do you all spend on groceries/bathroom essentials/cleaning supplies? Basi...
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- We are a family of five, and I have averaged about $250/week. This includes diapers for two babies, toddler formula, paper products, and health and beauty items. ...
- For our family of 4- $2k/month in winter, less in summer because we grow our own food, but we put the extra money into soil/seeds/garden supplies (even though we get m...
- We average around $900-1100/month. But it's hard to say exactly, b/c I do buy beer and wine sometimes, and things like dog food and prescriptions also come out of the...
Grocery Bill and Coupon Clipping Tips?
Asked by D.M. from Chicago
on March 18, 2011
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I am trying to get an idea how much a family of 3 should spend on groceries per month...Also I would like to know if anyone has any great sites or tips on coupon clipp...
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- I'm more like Christy J, who spends between $100-$200 per week. I'm also trying to reduce, but I think part of the reason I'm spending more now is that I'm in the tra...
- I learned a lot from howtoshopforfree.net and cut my groceries bills almost in half. She teaches you how to line up coupons with sales, and even gives sample shopping...
- Also try The Grocery Game - I have a friend who uses it. You can try it free for 30 days, then it's really cheap AND you can get some credits for referring others to ...
Monthly Grocery Bill for Family of 5
Asked by N.G. from New York
on April 7, 2010
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Hello all! We recently expanded our family to 5 now: Myself, husband, 4 yr old, 2 yr old & 5 month old baby. I am curious to see what a monthly grocery bill is like ...
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- Wow, I have a family of 3, and we can spend that much ourselves. We also don't have diapers or pullups on our list (we use cloth). I think that is because we like to...
- This doesn't directly answer your question but helped our family: For about 6 months we kept every receipt from every grocery purchase (or household staple like laund...
- The figure sounds right for a family that grocery shops in the conventional way. If you want to cut bills down significantly (it is possible, but it may take a small ...
Weekly Grocery Bill
Asked by L.L. from Hartford
on January 10, 2010
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I just read the Coupon Post and some of the answers and it got me thinking. What are your average grocery bills and how many people are in your family? Now matter how ...
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- Wow, that does sound like alot. I have a family of 5, this includes my husband and three small children 3, 4 and 7. The children are home all day with my mom and the 7...
- My husband travels during the week and is home on the weekends, but when he is home during the week I spend about $75 on my Sunday grocery run, but another $20-30 midw...
- we live in a very expensive part of mass, I go over the bridge and every item is $0.50 - $2.00 less! we spend $160.00 for a family of six, and that includes all paper...
Families or 4 Out There, What's Your Average Grocery Bill per Week?
Asked by S.M. from New York
on August 25, 2011
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I'm curious were I am in the grocery spending range. I use coupons here and there and I have Stop&Shop cards etc. But I probably could do a lot better in budgeting. I ...
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- Well, having a baby (or babies) in diapers makes a HUGE difference. I don't remember our budget from back then, but I am quite certain it was insane. We were barely ...
- About $150-$200 a week for a family of 5, one in diapers - we also buy organic somewhat regularly. But, we also have our own chickens, eggs, and laundry detergent - s...
- We spend about $25 per week per person and that includes such non grocery items like toilet paper, dog food, cleaning supplies, and detergents. I have a DIL that sp...
How to save at the Grocery Store???!!!
Asked by J.L. from Pittsburgh
on July 21, 2010
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I would like to hear from moms that save a lot of money at the grocery store ... how do you do it? I do buy store brand for some things, but there are other things tha...
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- We plan our meals out too. What I do is sit down with my kids and we pick 10 meals for 14 days. And I write down the meal, plus all of the ingredients that I need. Th...
- what i do i sor my meat (chicken,hamburger,pork chops etc.)i go the meat market and buy big quanities and i break the meat down into smaller portions and pu tthem in t...
- You might want to visit this post--very very similar and lots of good suggestions: http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/8357218673882103809 I also recommend visiti...
What Do You Do to save Money?
Asked by L.D. from Modesto
on October 12, 2011
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With salary cuts, skyrocketing health insurance costs and inflation, our one salary household is getting squeezed pretty hard. Looking for ideas to save more money. We...
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- I guess I'm just of a different mind set. I just grew weary of cutting, cutting cutting and couldn't cut any more. So my response to prices getting higher is to figure...
- If you really want to save a good amount of money, you have to evaluate what you can live without. You can get rid of cable completely. You can order Netflix for $8.00...
- clothing swaps, do own sewing repairs + alterations, cut kids paid activities. I know some might flip out on me about cutting the kids activities. However, when mo...
