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^ agreed. It’s a lot of money but it’s also what you love to do (cook and enjoy high quality food). OP sounds fiscally responsible so sure you could lower expenses but it doesn’t sound detrimental to your current life.
In my household in Manhattan, groceries are about $400/mo per person ($800/month total). Eating out is another $800/month. Delivery about $200/month. So my total is $1,800/month.
Are you shopping at Whole Foods and only buying organic? Switch to regular (non-organic), stop buying prepackaged snacks, and stop buying gourmet everything.
Also, are you two overweight? The best way to lose weight is to eat less, and it’ll have the bonus effect of cutting down your grocery bill.
I personally separate groceries from my socializing/entertainment budget. I consider going out as a form of entertainment. If you think a restaurant is simply for sustenance, it’s better to stay home and cook your own dinner.
I budget $1,600/month for all entertainment combined, which means comedy clubs, restaurants, movies, concerts, theatre and cocktails. I often pay for my S.O. or my friends.
My grocery budget, for myself, is $400/month, and my takeout/delivery is around $100/month.
If you’re high income, who cares? I spent like $2-3k on food just for myself as a single 20-something. But I have decent income and a 7-digit net worth.
What’s your HHI?
I don’t even know how this is possible. What are y’all eating??? Lol.
Yeah if you’re paying for others I can see the number now, is this an expectation?
Yeah, it’s high, but buying quality food is also a long term investment in your health.
I think you’re scared by this big number, but not factoring in the entertainment aspect of it. Be more granular in 2023 about what is truly what you and your husband eat vs. entertaining friends at home and eating out. If the food entertainment budget has gotten out of hand, having a baby is a great excuse to cut back on that for awhile.
If you both work from home your transportation/gas budget is probably way lower than other people’s here for example. So consider where you’re saving money via lifestyle as well.
If you have the space for it growing your own veggies is a good way to cut down on food costs. Lots of stuff grows well in pots, raised beds, or even apartment terraces.
Sounds expensive to me.
Just 2 of us: $600/month in groceries, $200 in eating out.. SO prefers home cooked food so we only do take out once in a while. We usually don’t eat much in restaurants. We buy mostly organic veggies/fruits…
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Groceries have become so expensive they costs as much as ordering from a cheap restaurant.
I agree with this. 5 years ago, my grocery bill for 2 was about $400/month. I’m shopping at the same places now but it’s now around $700/mo.
Family of 4 and we do most of our grocery shopping at Costco and cannot go under $1100 a month. We’ve tried so hard and only allow ourselves to order out 2x a month. I don’t know how others do it.
And we eat everything we buy
$100/mo on groceries, $150/mo on eating out. Cost of living is pretty high where I live.
I’m single and have a savings of $200k. I just think $100/mo is totally sufficient for me.
I’m pretty surprised how people spend so much on just groceries. Groceries, especially really healthy ones, cost very little.
I love cooking and enjoy spending weekends actively. Eating outside is not super attractive to me as what I can cook might taste better.
Dang! Please share the grocery list / your staples
That’s a lot, I’m about $300-400 for myself. Mostly groceries.
That is expensive… Eat out less often (once a week maybe) or eliminate eating out altogether since you love to cook.
$800/month - Family of 4 in California.
Costco.
My gf and I have a budget of $1400 a month, which we typically use up. We each deposit $700 into our joint checking account and we use that account to pay for food. That forces us to stay on budget.
For context, we’re late 20s and live in LA with HHI of $380k
@PS1 - Yep, we opened a joint checking and savings account with Ally. We each deposit $700 for food into checking and $300 for vacation into savings (we’re saving up to take a trip in a few months).
That’s a lot. We challenged ourselves to spend $150/wk (we have 2 kids too) on groceries and have gotten really good at planning ahead and spend between $80-150/week now (high end if we stock up on meats etc…). I’m a pretty good cook and cook daily, we eat very well and it’s made us rarely eat out because we prefer just making dinner at home
It seemed impossible at first now we can’t figure out how people spend crazy amounts (guy I work with was complaining his wife spends $500/week on groceries).
Between my SO and I we spend probably around $500 on groceries and we don’t eat out/order take out much, probably twice a month on average. We just love to cook and like the fact that we control what goes in our food. I usually buy in season vegetables and fruit and I stock up when there’s a sale on items we like. I think in terms of grocery shopping (if you care about spending) reverse meal planning is a good approach-checking what you already have at home and what meals you can make out of it vs looking at recipes and buying all ingredients necessary. It also prevents food waste which I’m trying to be conscious of. Disclaimer: I don’t live in Ohio but a HCOL area.
Just sharing bc I have spent the last 5 years doing a lot in this area to cook more, reduce food waste, and have a budget that works for me. Just in case this helps anyone! (I do work from home but I’ve practiced these things when at school and working in person full time)
- you could separate your budget into cooking/eating out for yourselves vs socializing so at least you have a clearer breakdown. I’ve been using monarch to just track my spending
- I HATE meal prepping and doesn’t work for me. I love to cook but I also need to psych myself up: I have cookbooks with recipes Im excited to try and make note of 3-4 meals I want to cook for a week and buy those ingredients. Early on when I was training myself to cook more, I found that recipes online were like a black hole so using a hard copy book helped me stay focused. Then I’m using up everything in my fridge and excited to make new recipes.
- sometimes if Ive eaten out too much in a week, the following week I will challenge myself to only cook at home M-F and to use up everything in my kitchen without going to the grocery store. It helps me come up with imaginative recipes and practice subbing out ingredients for what I have on hand. Note, I cook a lot so I have a stock of sauces, spices, and “basics”
- I try to eat out at places that excite me so it feels more worth it. I live in LA so I am always trying to find new cuisines or new restaurants and I focus on good food vs just trendy. I limit fast food and I hardly buy processed snacks whether they’re organic or not (snacks are a money pit).
- It’s just me and my bf, but I love going to costco 1 per month and freezing meat or getting other basics like a big bag of quinoa etc
- we eat flexitarian so we’re more conscious about meat consumption. I love meat but it’s so damn expensive rn
- I love food and I’m ok spending more money in this area than others! Every budget is different
Personally, I think if food is your love language and you both work and get too tired to cook, it’s not the worst thing. But I guess I’m also on the same not where I’m spending about a grand a month on dining out and groceries for me and my partner.
I mean it’s a lot but 30k for a dink couple is doable. Ppl easily spend this on daycare.
$1,400/month for me and my spouse in LA area
Life is short. It's food. You aren't bankrupt. Enjoy it.
In 2022 we spent $26k on food, including eating out and Starbucks. About $3k was just Starbucks. We live in Seattle. Two adults, one baby, one teen here about half the time. I’m horrified by the amount we spend on food. It’s not hard at all to spend that much. Not sure if it’s partly cost of living compared to other states. We’re trying to cut out eating out for the most part, but we still spend a ton on groceries.
I’m from Seattle as well— I think that’s about accurate.
For just me and my husband it was around 20k last year— although that includes the food we spent on during trips and food we bought for social gatherings.