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Post by Saint Ambrosef on May 8, 2021 16:34:04 GMT -5
i'm just curious! do you have a budget? a ballpark range? do you not pay attention to food costs at all and can only hazard a guess?
while we're at it, actually, to what extent do y'all keep track of how much you spend? i'm a 22yro in college, and most of my friends think it's weird that i have strict weekly budgets for spending money.
i spend about $20/week or so on food.
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Post by xєяσ єємαι zσηтαησѕ ♬ on May 8, 2021 17:16:12 GMT -5
It varies a lot, currently I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 - $60 counting groceries and eating out/takeout. Before the pandemic I went every week/every other week to a major grocery store (either Hannaford or Trader Joe's) but they're too far to walk, and with Covid I don't want to take the bus so I've been doing all my shopping at the local coop (which is more expensive) unless my parents are visiting and can drive me.
In terms of groceries I tend to buy relatively inexpensive things like ramen, pasta, etc. I honestly should probably keep track of my spending better than I should. Typically I'll get takeout one night a week and that usually gives me leftovers for at least one other meal.
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Post by Northstar3213 on May 9, 2021 15:50:30 GMT -5
Too much honestly
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Post by Rανєη'ѕ ƑƖιgнт on May 9, 2021 20:56:32 GMT -5
Um, I honestly don’t know for sure, but it is too much. I need to go back to only eating out on Sundays and one other day.
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Post by ash on May 9, 2021 21:42:47 GMT -5
like $15 i eat like one meal a day and its usually like... rice
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Post by ✨ ιηνєяѕєяєαℓιту on May 9, 2021 23:12:03 GMT -5
i spend around $100 weekly for 3 adults (all meals/snacks for 2 and just dinner for the third). i could spend less theoretically but my life at the moment necessitates trading cost for time more often than i'd like. like, i usually only have time to go to the grocery store that's 60 seconds down the road from my house, but that store is the second most expensive in the area (out of 5 choices), and meal planning with the first quick meals i think of/find rather than a more strategic meal planning method, and getting half prepared ingredients sometimes.
i don't keep a budget (at least as far as like, writing it down or actively thinking "i have x amount max to spend in x category), i think mostly because: 1) i have a lot more control than average over how much money i earn each week/month, and 2) i don't really care about buying things besides food/necessities and a handful of subscriptions. personal finance comes sort of naturally to me so i don't really have to put a lot of thought into paying attention to my spending, and my rent/bills are really low for my area so i'm not living paycheck to paycheck anyway. my main credit card keeps a pretty decent spending category breakdown as well so i glance at that every now and then just to sure.
i decided to take a look at my spending for this post and it looks like i spend about 50% of our average monthly household income on bills (rent, elec, gas, internet, phones, and vehicle fuel) and about 5% on my own recreational spending (mostly subscriptions), leaving 45% for food, personal and household necessities, savings, my SOs recreational spending, whatever else. pros: i'm extremely fortunate to not be have to be incredibly stressed about money...cons: i'm mortally exhausted because that comes at the cost of nearly 100% of my non-sleeping, non-cooking time and somehow i stress about money anyway lmao
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Post by Numquam on May 10, 2021 19:31:53 GMT -5
For 6 adults - three of them eating as if they were 3 people each - my parents and I pay about 500$ monthly. Also factor in that my city is a bit on the expensive side compared to small / rural towns.
I'm very mindful of how much money I spend. I really would like to move out and live out on my own, so I'm trying to save up as much as I can (while occasionally helping with food/bills). I also save most of my money in cases of emergency, as everything in this city is pricey.
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Post by Ness on May 11, 2021 0:11:04 GMT -5
Too flipping much. I have a very physical job and tend to come home starving, so if there isn't something easily accessible I end up up eating out. Then my roommate keeps changing what diet they are on so we haven't gotten to eat dinner together which has messed up my eating schedule.
I've also been super stressed lately and have found myself to be stress/comfort eating which has led to over spending.
I really want to spend less on food but carb heavy food makes me feel gross so using rice, legumes, pasta, potatoes, or bread for most meals isn't something I can do. Then I've got hypoglycemia which makes things weird from time to time.
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Post by aether on May 11, 2021 1:59:38 GMT -5
My partner and I spend between $100-$120 a week, so $50-$60 each (AUD) and that covers all meals for the week.
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Post by BҽɾɾყႦʅσσɱ on May 11, 2021 6:56:17 GMT -5
I still live with my parents and don't have a real job right now because the ongoing pandemic made it impossible for me to start anywhere when I got my license as a Copywriter so I'm currently studying for another job as an Animal Psychologist and work two days a week at a horse ranch without getting paid as money is very much a problem in these troubling times.
I'm extremely thankful to my parents for letting me stay with them and continue eating their meals. My mother goes grocery shopping at least two times a week, usually on Wednesdays and Fridays and I always help her carry home the two to three bags of food which mostly cost about 50 euros per shopping haul, so that's around 60 dollars each time we visit the supermarket.
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Post by Turin not Torino on May 12, 2021 5:36:55 GMT -5
We spend about $60 a week at the grocery store for the 2 of us - if you take out the non food items such as paper goods, toiletries, and cat food/litter, it's less. That covers lunches we both take to work, and dinner every night, which are what I would call normal dinners (meat, starch, veggie, bread of some type). We eat out once a week, so tack another $10 on the food bill.
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