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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

$2,000+ a semester lol

[mi40]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

$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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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

[devonin]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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

[Ohaider]

Re: how much do you spend on food

prolly 25-30 a week

[Afrobean]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

ramen only costs like 20 cents a pack around here

That would be about 15 packs of ramen per day.

hard laughs.

[V-Ormix]

Re: how much do you spend on food

bout 50 bucks a week

[Litodude]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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]

Re: how much do you spend on food

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