$ the grocery bill...

[sledgewig]

I spend about $100 per month (single lady) but really should cut back.  I buy too many convenience foods.

[dwggs]

I spend approx $125 a week or more.

I am feeding two people and 6 animals.
A large part of my food order is the dog and cat food (Can and dry)

I usually do my large order once a week starting with Walmart and then other grocery stores depending
what is on sale where.

Also I do trips to Wawa for milk and such during the week

[mgint]

spend 150/week but don't eat out over 2 times a month.

[koolcraftlady]

There are only 2 of us.  I use a lot of coupons and shop when the sales are right.  Usually spend around $150.00 per month and go twice a month to store

[franlee46]

I don't spend that much at all. Probably $25-$30 a week for two people.

I try to budget and use coupons do not buy processed or canned or packaged goods only the real food but sometimes that takes me over budget always when I have to buy fish or chicken that is when I hope there is a sale if not I just skip it and eat eggs or tuna fish or soup Every thing is waaaaay to much when on a fixed income.

[tigerlilly01]

$$$$$ way way too much!!!!  Everything has raised!  I am trying to eat healthier and loose weight but it seems it cost more to weight less!!!!!  I estimate we spend around $250 - $300 for the two of us!!!  How crazy is that! 

[pirewolf]

I have a family of 4, a small dog, and a roomate. We end up paying anywhere from 600-900 a month. My dad always said to plan to spend one hundred per week plus 50 per week for everyone else in your house. And until your kids are out of diapers and stop using formula that is close even though it seems it would be high.

[seventh1]

how much do you spend on groceries each month?
do you get it done in one big shopping trip, or do
you shop weekly?

we spend about $175 (there's only 2 of us)
and do one big shopping trip, plus one small trip
for bread/milk/other essentials.

I spend about $200 each month on groceries I need my junk food added on to what's healthy all in one shopping trip.

[briannajeanxo]

we go shopping 2 times a week..spend about 900 monthly..theres 3 adults and 3 kids.

[cloudsoup]

wow! seems like the grocery bills are across
the board.

i cannot fathom $500 or more 
i know only feeding two mouths is quite a bit
different than an entire family, though. i haven't
mastered the couponing thing yet, but i'll get there
someday!

[webe4angels]

I do not have an amount every month.

When I shop... I shop only with sales and coupons.  So it always depends on what is on sale etc..

This really saves me a lot of money.. But also a LOT of time and space..

Totally worth it though   

[pirewolf]

I'm not good at the coupon thing. I am sure that would help bring down the amount some, but it is also high because I tend to by at Sam's Club in bulk. Plus my hubby and our roommate can eat more than twice what I eat. Plus our roomate eats mostly junk food! Which cost more!

[velvet53]

We have three in the household now so I am not really sure what the bill will be now. Before with just two of us we spent about $150 a month. I am not home a lot so that helps save on this bill. i do use a lot of coupons which helps a bunch.

[lvstephanie]

After watching Extreme Couponing, I started looking around for ways to use coupons effectively. I finally found a site that offers a 8-week course in beginning to coupon: http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2011/04/06/extreme-couponing-101/ has a free e-book, but the site itself also has different guides and videos helping people get started. One of the first things that I learned from that course is to change your mindset as to how you use coupons. Instead of making a shopping list of items you want to buy this week and then searching for coupons that match those items, the extreme couponer should rather look at all of the sales going on at stores in your area, matching coupons to that item, and if the savings are great (60% or higher), to purchase as many of that item that you can. With the extra stuff you buy, you then just stock pile it until you need to use it. She (the site author) was saying that even if you tend to buy just fresh produce and meats, or are vegan / vegitarian where there aren't a whole lot of coupons, you can still save tons of money by being an extreme couponer for your household cleaners, health and beauty items, paper products, etc. Even being just a moderate extreme couponer (ie only working at it for a limited number of items) can still be very effective in reducing your overall shopping bills.

Currently I am spending about $50-$150 a week (I'm single, so I don't need to spend too much), but I was always taught to try planning my meals for the week and making purchases for that week. But after reading through that course, I think I may start to change my thinking. It'd be nice to get my bills to $50-$150 per month while still doing most of my cooking using fresh ingredients and meats that don't offer coupons. I'm starting by focusing mostly on drug-store deals for all those misc. items that usually push my spending over budget.

[nancy661]

how much do you spend on groceries each month?
do you get it done in one big shopping trip, or do
you shop weekly?

we spend about $175 (there's only 2 of us)
and do one big shopping trip, plus one small trip
for bread/milk/other essentials.

I normally spend 100.00 for groceries just for my boyfriend and i