Food: Hungry Mouths and Such
So, on a couple forums that I belong to, there has been some recent talk about what people eat in general, where they shop and how much it costs them. One person linked to a photo gallery of families around the world and what they eat for one week as well as what it costs them. Here is that link:
I do most, if not all of our grocery shopping every month. I usually have one really large shopping day (Trader Joe’s and East End Food Co-op) about mid month with maybe one or two little trips (Trader Joe’s, usually) in between. Keep in mind that we eat vegan, so there is no meat for us to buy; I cook every meal (usually from scratch); Almost everything is organic; We like to drink and we smoke — we can’t be perfect, you know!
For an entire month we usually spend:
$300 on edible/drinkable goods (generous amount)
$152 on produce (once a week organic goods delivered to our door)
$10 on non-edible goods (Toilet paper, cleaning stuff, tobacco [roll my own], etc.)
$10 on cat litter
$38 approx. on ground rabbit for our two cats’ food (we buy in bulk about every three months).
$60 on two cases of beer/cider!
$150 eating out twice (we have expensive taste, or rather like to drink when we eat out!)
Grand Total: $720 (pretty much eats up one of William’s paychecks)
So, what about you and your family’s grocery habits?
