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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on March 02, 2013, 06:28:08 PM
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Oh my.
ZRT2209 (147 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:03 PM
How much do you spend on groceries per month?
I have been closely tracking our expenses, and it ends up being between $2.50 and $3.30 per person per meal on average for a month. This includes groceries, fast food and eating out.
Since when is "fast food" not eating out?
Since when is "eating out" considered "groceries"?
RebelOne (26,165 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:33 PM
1. I do not eat out or eat fast food, but I spend on average at least $200 a month for just me and my dog. Every time I go grocery shopping, the prices on items I usually buy have gone up.
Sekhmets Daughter (4,794 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:34 PM
2. Have you backed out all the ther things you buy at the grocery store?
Toilet tissue, laundry detergent etc?
Uh-huh.
Since when are non-food items "groceries"?
ZRT2209 (147 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:58 PM
4. oops! no - I just put the entire bill from the grocery store in the "groceries" category and it is still including shampoo, pet food, household cleaners, tinfoil, etc.
hmmmmm
In_The_Wind (35,782 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:52 PM
3. About $350,00 per month. including food for:
two adults
one adult chocolate lab
one blue and gold macaw
one lesser sulfur crested cockatoo
fourteen diamond doves
dixiegrrrrl (29,180 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:01 PM
6. 7 years ago I budgeted 50.00 a week for food for the 2 of us.
Just groceries, no TP, no pet food, etc.
No eating out, no fast food, just basic ingredients to cook with.
The budget worked fine for 4 years.
3 years ago the price of rice doubled.
so did the price of coffee.
And milk and....well, you get the picture.
We buy the same basics every 2 weeks.
But spend twice as much now.
there is very little budget room left.
MissB (10,357 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:07 PM
9. I have two teenaged boys.
So yeah, I probably spend a bit more in groceries than I would if it were just dh and I.
Dh and I work full time, so meal prep has to be pretty easy. We rarely go out to eat. We don't do fast food but once in a blue moon. We cook at home. Dh and I take leftovers for lunches, or soup.
I generally cook two whole chickens or a package of pork tenderloin on Sunday or Monday. Leftover meat is used in one or two dinners during the week - like enchiladas, tacos, curry, Chinese food, etc. I also make soup (split pea, chili, roasted pepper/carrot, vegetable) on Sunday.
If I make a lasagna during the week, I make two because it is just as easy. I cook one and freeze the other. The more that I cook, the more I find ways to save money on ingredients. Obvious examples include dried beans instead of canned or homemade vegetable stock instead boxed. Prep time is always a pain to deal with, but nice you get the hang of it, it isn't that big of deal.
<<<just checked; groceries only, single male, no special diet required, not a connoisseur, non-food items from grocery stores not included, average $50-60 a week.
<<<has no idea if that's good or bad.
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RebelOne (26,165 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:33 PM
1. I do not eat out or eat fast food, but I spend on average at least $200 a month for just me and my dog. Every time I go grocery shopping, the prices on items I usually buy have gone up.
Own it.
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9. I have two teenaged boys.
So yeah, I probably spend a bit more in groceries than I would if it were just dh and I.
Well, Duh!!!! Of course it costs more to feed four people than it does three. Idiot!
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dixiegrrrrl (29,180 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:01 PM
6. 7 years ago I budgeted 50.00 a week for food for the 2 of us.
Just groceries, no TP, no pet food, etc.
No eating out, no fast food, just basic ingredients to cook with.
The budget worked fine for 4 years.
3 years ago the price of rice doubled.
so did the price of coffee.
And milk and....well, you get the picture.
We buy the same basics every 2 weeks.
But spend twice as much now.
there is very little budget room left.
So since your democrat overlords have been in control the prices have doubled? They sure are helping you aren't they?
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Well, Duh!!!! Of course it costs more to feed four people than it does three. Idiot!
Wait a second, does it still cost more when you run the figures through potato math?
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The budget worked fine for 4 years.
3 years ago the price of rice doubled.
so did the price of coffee.
And milk and....well, you get the picture.
Gee...what do you suppose happened 3 years ago to make that happen? :popcorn:
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Wait a second, does it still cost more when you run the figures through potato math?
It's kind of easy to compute it in this red state, where groceries aren't subject to the sales tax.
One just looks at the grocery store receipt, where the non-taxable items are listed separately from the taxable items, and that's it.
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<<<just checked; groceries only, single male, no special diet required, not a connoisseur, non-food items from grocery stores not included, average $50-60 a week.
<<<has no idea if that's good or bad.
For one person, that's about right. I can scrimp and get by on $40-$45 sometimes, but $50-$60 is the norm. With the GF, I budget $270/mo. absolute max, or I sequester her disposable income. :-)
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It's kind of easy to compute it in this red state, where groceries aren't subject to the sales tax.
One just looks at the grocery store receipt, where the non-taxable items are listed separately from the taxable items, and that's it.
Out of curiousity, what does a gallon of milk run up there? It's $3.98 here.
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Gee...what do you suppose happened 3 years ago to make that happen? :popcorn:
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Out of curiousity, what does a gallon of milk run up there? It's $3.98 here.
Right about the same here in Redstate (Downstate) Illinois. Oddly, we run across occasional killer sales on half gallons that come to about $2.00/gal.
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Out of curiousity, what does a gallon of milk run up there? It's $3.98 here.
I just checked a receipt from Thursday.
$3.49 for the real stuff, whole.
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Right about the same here in Redstate (Downstate) Illinois. Oddly, we run across occasional killer sales on half gallons that come to about $2.00/gal.
If you're in downstate IL, we might be getting ours from the same cow. (SW MO) :-)
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If you're in downstate IL, we might be getting ours from the same cow. (SW MO) :-)
:cheersmate: Probably!
South of Marion/Lake of Egypt.
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:cheersmate: Probably!
South of Marion/Lake of Egypt.
The closest I've been to your neck of the woods has been Cairo. That is always an... experience. I don't think anybody there can afford to pay for any of their groceries with their own money. :p
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I just checked a receipt from Thursday.
$3.49 for the real stuff, whole.
I've been drinking 2%-1% for so long, Whole tastes like Buttermilk, to me. Can't handle it and I LOVE milk. A couple years ago, the GF found Whole Milk in sale for something ridiculously cheap. One swig and I made the sour face. Same with her. We used it to cook with, that's it.
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The closest I've been to your neck of the woods has been Cairo. That is always an... experience. I don't think anybody there can afford to pay for any of their groceries with their own money. :p
:rotf: Cairo ...... :rotf:!! Yeah, it's.......a trip. I used to drill down there with the Guard (early-mid 80's) as our 4.2" Mortar Platoon was down there (whose MTOE gear was in E. St. Louis :rofl:) . Saturday nights, we used to hit the bars. 100% black and we never, ever had a problem. In fact, we had a friggin' blast. We were still in Woodland BDU's, not sure if that had anything to do with it. Then again, as a Scout Platoon, we looked pretty hard corps compared to the rest. We were purging the post-Carter non-hackers at that time. They formed us out of former Marines, Vietnam time ex-LRRPs, Combat Engineers and the like to, specifically un- f**k the country clubbers and square it away.
Had a bar in the Armory, too! :-) The First Sergeant ran across the Mississip for Coors, which was not available on our side, then. The shit we used to get away with is not to be believed.
Ahhh...good times. Very good times.
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In_The_Wind (35,782 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:52 PM
3. About $350,00 per month. including food for:
two adults
one adult chocolate lab
one blue and gold macaw
one lesser sulfur crested cockatoo
fourteen diamond doves
You put the comma in the wrong place, it should read $35,000 a month. And damn that is a lot of groceries.
:-)
I know I know the comma was supposed to be a period. :-)
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You put the comma in the wrong place, it should read $35,000 a month. And damn that is a lot of groceries.
:-)
I know I know the comma was supposed to be a period. :-)
Yes, a comma instead of a decimal point. What a very europeeeeaaan thing to do. ::)
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Out of curiousity, what does a gallon of milk run up there? It's $3.98 here.
$2.99 here. Depending on which brand you buy. I've seen it as high as $3.29 for a gallon of milk a couple of weeks ago.
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Milk here in the oh is around 2.59 a gal but they've been running good sales lately and you can get it for 1.99 a gal
I think we might run cheaper because ours does not have as far to go to get to market. Always seems to run cheaper then many other places in the country. Cheese too. Lately eggs have been ridiculous so I get the 3 doz pack at SAMs club and that's been 1.39 for a dozen versus 1.69 and higher at the regular grocery store.
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$2.99 here. Depending on which brand you buy. I've seen it as high as $3.29 for a gallon of milk a couple of weeks ago.
I found some on sale this week for 2.69/gal all proofs included. :-) It was one of the brand names.
Prices go up. The DUmmies EBT benefits go up. My taxes go up. Conservatives pay a price for working so the DUmmies can sit on their lazy ass and bitch they have to suffer. Kiss my hard working ass DU.
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If you have an Aldi within a reasonable driving distance, it is worth it. I don't care for some of the off-brand cereals and snacks, but the staples cannot be beat. I figure I save enough there to at least buy a tank of gas.
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If you have an Aldi within a reasonable driving distance, it is worth it. I don't care for some of the off-brand cereals and snacks, but the staples cannot be beat. I figure I save enough there to at least buy a tank of gas.
On my last visit to Illinois Aldi was closing stores and making grocery super stores.
A couple small communities lost their Aldi stores.
I know a church group that compared canned goods from Aldi to other brands. They simply found more water and less product in the cans.
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In 1968, me and the wife got by on $20 every 2 weeks.....me and current wife can eat that up on one trip to a greasy spoon......and one of us will leave hungry.
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I have three boys and my door is revolving with constant company - I spend an insane amount of money per month on groceries. Just insane.
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In 1968, me and the wife got by on $20 every 2 weeks.....me and current wife can eat that up on one trip to a greasy spoon......and one of us will leave hungry.
In the early 70's, my mother would spend ~$25 per week on several bags of groceries. This would feed a family of 5 very well. By the end of the 70's, after the Carter Era double-digit inflation, it was closer to $100 for a family of 4 (my sister was married by that time).
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dixiegrrrrl (29,180 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:01 PM
6. 7 years ago I budgeted 50.00 a week for food for the 2 of us.
Just groceries, no TP, no pet food, etc.
No eating out, no fast food, just basic ingredients to cook with.
The budget worked fine for 4 years.
3 years ago the price of rice doubled.
so did the price of coffee.
And milk and....well, you get the picture.
We buy the same basics every 2 weeks.
But spend twice as much now.
there is very little budget room left.
Hmmmmmm, hope and change?
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So since your democrat overlords have been in control the prices have doubled? They sure are helping you aren't they?
Why do they vote against their own self interests?
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If you have an Aldi within a reasonable driving distance, it is worth it. I don't care for some of the off-brand cereals and snacks, but the staples cannot be beat. I figure I save enough there to at least buy a tank of gas.
Yep, my husband is a huge snacker and I buy most of them at Aldi's, I buy almost everything at Aldi's, a few things at the regular grocery store, a few things at Walmart and a few things at BJ's. I usually get my milk and butter at BJ's, $2.79 a gallon for milk and a 4 pack of 1 pound sticks of butter are about $7.99.
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Why do they vote against their own self interests?
That's why they are called DUmmies.
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In the early 70's, my mother would spend ~$25 per week on several bags of groceries. This would feed a family of 5 very well. By the end of the 70's, after the Carter Era double-digit inflation, it was closer to $100 for a family of 4 (my sister was married by that time).
I remember as a child listening to old men talk about filling up a 2 horse wagon with groceries for $5. I imagine at that time though the groceries consisted of salt, sugar, flour and some other staples because everything else they needed was grown/raised on the farm.
I remember flour coming in 50 and 100 pound sacks. The sacks were of a fine printed cotton material that women made shirts, blouces, dresses, pillow cases, quilts and other items from. Daddy ran a country store in the 50's and women would come in and shop for flour more by what the sack looked like than what was in them. Sometimes they would buy a sack of flour and didn't need it just because they liked the pattern on the sack. Some animal feeds came in similar sacks back then.....not so today.
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MissB (10,357 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:07 PM
9. I have two teenaged boys.
So yeah, I probably spend a bit more in groceries than I would if it were just dh and I.
Dh and I work full time, so meal prep has to be pretty easy. We rarely go out to eat. We don't do fast food but once in a blue moon. We cook at home. Dh and I take leftovers for lunches, or soup.
I generally cook two whole chickens or a package of pork tenderloin on Sunday or Monday. Leftover meat is used in one or two dinners during the week - like enchiladas, tacos, curry, Chinese food, etc. I also make soup (split pea, chili, roasted pepper/carrot, vegetable) on Sunday.
If I make a lasagna during the week, I make two because it is just as easy. I cook one and freeze the other. The more that I cook, the more I find ways to save money on ingredients. Obvious examples include dried beans instead of canned or homemade vegetable stock instead boxed. Prep time is always a pain to deal with, but nice you get the hang of it, it isn't that big of deal.
What does dh mean? Anybody?
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What does dh mean? Anybody?
Dear husband....I think......but it could be "duh honkey".
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DH=Dear Hubby.
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What does dh mean? Anybody?
DUmmie husband.
They're keeping it in the family.
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Thanks for the answers. The DUmmy needs to change her name to MrsB.
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I've been drinking 2%-1% for so long, Whole tastes like Buttermilk, to me. Can't handle it and I LOVE milk. A couple years ago, the GF found Whole Milk in sale for something ridiculously cheap. One swig and I made the sour face. Same with her. We used it to cook with, that's it.
I grew up drinking raw Guernsey milk so was just the opposite for me...one taste of pasteurized stuff would make me gag.
Now I have gotten used to it but that is one of the few things I miss from the farming days.
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I grew up drinking raw Guernsey milk so was just the opposite for me...one taste of pasteurized stuff would make me gag.
Now I have gotten used to it but that is one of the few things I miss from the farming days.
Selling raw milk is illegal here. So a few enterprising farmers started selling cow shares. A set price gives you a gallon or so of milk a week except when they are freshening the cow.
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Selling raw milk is illegal here. So a few enterprising farmers started selling cow shares. A set price gives you a gallon or so of milk a week except when they are freshening the cow.
You may have to explain that to the non-farm types. :-)
....and don't start with the birds and the bees.
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You may have to explain that to the non-farm types. :-)
....and don't start with the birds and the bees.
Duh, it means give the cow a bath. Everyone knows that. ;)