how much do you spend on food

[Afrobean]

Weird question, I'll admit. Maybe you could help me though.

How much do you spend on food on average? Per day, per week, per month, whatever. I'm talking all meals and snacks and whatever else. And how much do you think is a reasonable amount to spend on food, particularly someone who must be frugal and is on a budget?

[Arkuski]

$2,000+ a semester lol

[mi40]

i spend roughly $275 a month on food (just below $9/day) since i either grab something small for lunch & dinner (sandwich+water) or have one meal (something ~$8,9 for dinner)

[mi40]

having classes from 9am~4pm no breaks in between forced me to eat less, just once a day or twice during weekends, frugal unintentionally

actually i do spend like $1 or 2 a day on drinks so that'd make it $300 a month

[devonin]

My weekly grocery bill averages about 40-50 dollars a week. Call it 200/month.

On top of that, I'll typically spend about 20-30 dollars a week on snacks, deciding I don't want to cook and going out for dinner, including a beer here and there with a meal etc. But weeks where I decide to eat out a lot generally mean cheaper groceries the next week, as I still have uncooked food from the week before.

Generously lets say I spend about 40/week on proper food and another 25 on food and drink I should probably do without.

[top]

$0 currently mooching off of mother. soon as i'm outta here though it'll prolly still be $0 because lol homeless and lol pizza hut food errday

[dore]

Originally Posted by devonin

My weekly grocery bill averages about 40-50 dollars a week. Call it 200/month.

On top of that, I'll typically spend about 20-30 dollars a week on snacks, deciding I don't want to cook and going out for dinner, including a beer here and there with a meal etc. But weeks where I decide to eat out a lot generally mean cheaper groceries the next week, as I still have uncooked food from the week before.

Generously lets say I spend about 40/week on proper food and another 25 on food and drink I should probably do without.

Pretty much the same as me, though I eat out a little more and almost never buy incidental snacks

[Wayward Vagabond]

40 a week. You could ramen it out for $3 a day

[devonin]

You can eat so much better than ramen every day for 21 dollars a week.

[Ohaider]

prolly 25-30 a week

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Wayward Vagabond

40 a week. You could ramen it out for $3 a day

ramen only costs like 20 cents a pack around here

That would be about 15 packs of ramen per day.

ps dev, your response is pretty much what I thought would be reasonable/expected.

[FoJaR]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

ramen only costs like 20 cents a pack around here

That would be about 15 packs of ramen per day.

hard laughs.

[V-Ormix]

bout 50 bucks a week

[Litodude]

hmmm

maybe about 50 a week or so. i cook for myself so the cost is drastically reduced, but a grocery bill is typically around $40, and that'll last me the entire week, assuming i cook everything. but then i'll want a snack or something hot to eat before class, so maybe a starbucks or a costco chicken bake once a week bumps it to 50

[korny]

100-400+ a week. It just depends. Food is lyfe.

[MracY]

20 euros a week for plenty of healthy foods. All I drink is tap water and tea.

You needn't spend more than that. Make sure to plan your meals well, and have some food with you at all times. You don't need to pre-make anything, if you think that's a drag. I myself always have half a bread with me, along with things like cheese, peanut butter or tuna.

I also tend to take a portable water heater with me so I can make tea while working somewhere. This way I don't lose money on buying overpriced coffee at a coffee machine.

You can also try to plan meals around what happens to be on sale. If you can then also make sure to not waste money on useless snacks, then you will have a lot of money left over for relatively more important things.

[Izzy]

Maybe 30 dollars a week.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by korny

100-400+ a week. It just depends. Food is lyfe.

how in the hell could you spend 400 plus in a week on only food

Do you realize that that'd be like 60 bucks a day? I couldn't eat that much of food if I tried. The only way I could see it as being possible is eating at a high-end restaurant for multiple meals every day of the week. Do you do that?

My mind is just boggling at this.

[korny]

I do that depending on finances at any given point in time. Usually I am spending easily 250 a week on food. Food is lyfe

[mi40]

maybe korny just eats a shitton of food