Grocery Bills?

last SG · 2007-01-12T09:50:13+00:00

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elindra SG

Just wondering how much do you guys spend on your grocery bills a month and how big is your family and do you guys eat often at home? This includes stuff like tissue and toliet paper etc

I think for 2 people our grocery bills are pretty Shocked when we don't really cook at home and eat out 90% of the time.

SO was complaining that he estimates the grocery bill for us in a year is about $4,000 Surprised

iLuVpOrKyPiG SG

does the 4k include meals?

elindra SG

The 4k a year includes things like toliet paper, dishwashing liquid, food groceries, tissue paper, detergent etc

But it does not include the meals we eat everyday outside.

iLuVpOrKyPiG SG

that's $10 a day.

Shocked Shocked Shocked

mhcampboy SG

Hmm... i stay alone and cook for myself. But normally when i go shopping, i seldom buy tissues or detergents. maybe once in 2 weeks. normally i buy foodstuffs. and in a month, i could spend just over 300. Razz Razz

elindra SG

That is like maybe 4k a year for 1 person
But I guess it's still better coz ours is not inclusive of the food we eat out everyday

Meia Gisborn SG

S$4000/year works out to a shade under S$77/week. Perhaps I'm missing something, but that seems quite reasonable for two people actually, even if you don't cook at home most of the time.

Perhaps you could track and further break down your weekly grocery expenditure into food and non-food items for a clearer picture of where the money's going.

(As for myself, I grocery shop mostly for myself every two weeks, and spend about US$30 each time. I'd say that I eat out about half the time.)

elindra SG

Yeah but that is like additional work Laughing
Well it's about $340 a month and I was thinking about people who survive on 1k a month for a family of 4
So that seems alot then

jetta SG

I don't really keep track. Embarassed We hit the commissary whenever we run out (about every 3 weeks?) I buy as much as I can to last as long as possible because the commissary's a 30 minute drive away. Prices are much cheaper there so, bo pian. I'm a coupon clipper so that helps drive the bill down. On the whole I'd say we spend about US$100 per visit, give or take.

laurence82 SG

my family grocery bills come up to $70 to $100 per week average

on a 52 weeks a year basis, that works out to be between $3640 and $5200 per year

for five people

basically groceries bought from Giants

i am not including times when some of us eat out or go shopping buy this buy that

jetta SG

I wish I had a 2nd freezer though. Then I can buy more and make fewer trips to the commissary.

udontknowme SG

thats why i once had three fridges in the apartment in singapoare Laughing Embarassed
cos my mom bought stuff from the wholesales
that helped us save some $$$$

but nowadays...everytime we buy stuff, we spend about $100 each time. and we go about once a week or one every two weeks. Neutral
things are EXPENSIVE

jetta SG

Yah boy, I cannot believe how expensive things are off-base. For example, I ran out of bread flour one evening and had to buy more. The base commissary was long closed at that time so I had to buy from the Albertsons down the street. A 5 lb bag of Gold Medal bread flour on base is 79cents. At Albertsons it was $2!!!! Shocked Shocked Shocked

honeymouse SG

We have a separate fridge and a separate freezer at home so we usually do a big meat shopping and store them in the freezer which can last the 2 of us for 4 - 6 weeks.

As for toilet papers, detergents, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc, they usually last for a bit so we don't need to get them very often.

So our weekly grocery shopping usually consists mostly perishables like vegies, fruits, milk, yoghurt, bread (even that we usually buy a few loaves if it's on special to freeze them in the freezer) etc. However, we tend to buy other stuffs too like chips, cookies.... whatever we are craving for at that time Embarassed . So my piece of advice - NEVER GO SHOPPING WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY!!!

Still, our weekly grocery bill can add up to at least Aus$50 or sometimes under Aus$100 depending on what we need or get on that week. It's never fixed. Wink

Yes, things are getting really expensive nowadays!! Sad Mad

shinta SG

so far.... since christmas..

each time we go shopping.. our bill's around 50 on average..

and we go every 2 or 3 days Laughing

sometimes everyday Twisted Evil

av98m SG

Shocked Exclamation

av98m SG

Quite frankly I don't dare to tally up how much I spend on groceries Razz

*in state of denial*

shinta SG

we just moved in mah

so need to buy stuff like detergent, toilet paper, rice, etc etc etc

and emergency food Very Happy

av98m SG

ooorrrhhh..no wonder Laughing

choco B SG

The expenditure comes to about $300 a month, it seldom is much more than that. We go to the supermarket for big hauls about twice a month, peppered with trips to the mamashop downstairs in-between. I don't think the expenditure is very high, the items are mostly fresh food and essentials. The only luxuries are perhaps costlier fruits like cherries & berries which I like to splurge on Laughing The SO asks me why can't I eat apples and pears like everyone else? But berries are yummy & it's not the same wad... Mr. Green