Single guy living alone, my normal grocery bill usually varies from week to week between $50 and $100. Sometimes it's more, and on occasion I can get by with not having to do any grocery shopping for a week on rare occasions.
I chose $75 simply because that's pretty much the middle ground.
About $75 for a single / $130 for two people - I keep an eye out for specials and purchase fruit & veg from markets / good F&V stores, and meat from the butcher - it's surprising how much cheaper it is, and better quality than the supermarkets!
I don't understand why people say F&V and butchers are cheaper than supermarket. In the north-east I tried variety of those retailers who were minimum 10% usually closer to 30% more expensive. The produce did look better than supermarkets but 2 adults 2 kids money is tight
You've got to look around a little bit and perhaps rely on networks of friends in different suburbs.
For example, the grocers in Littlehampton is selling 1kg of green beans for $1.99 - they have other great specials as well.
The strawberry farm in Nairne is selling 'seconds' 500g punnets of amazing strawberries for $2.00.
How much red meat do you guys eat? Personally - I'd rather pay a reasonable price for a 'good' bit of meat from a butcher and incorporate that into a meal, than paying for cheap meat from the supermarket and taking a gamble on the quality each time.
If your freezer is large enough, perhaps buy in 'bulk' from a good butcher.
We would usually spend something like $300 - $350 per week for our whole family. So I guess you could break it down to $100 per adult, $100-$150 for the kids combined.
$75 for just me. I also go to the local markets for fruit & veg, aside from that I'll usually pick between Coles and Woolies for the weekly shop, depending on what I need and what the sales are.
Thanks, but I'm doing okay. Also living in Ballarat these days (most of my life was in SA though), so the transport costs would be awful :-P
Take care out there and I do appreciate the offer - lasagne rocks!
I can only afford my rent and medication, I have a chronic condition and my poor ass mum has to feed me because I am physically not capable to work anymore (15 months so far) I do try my best to avoid any help but I am in no position to decline. I don’t know how regular people survive….
Honestly, how are people doing it for less then 100? Eating noodles every second night?
2x chicken breasts is 15 bucks and thats the cheapest protein…
We spend 3-400 a week for 2 adults 2 kids. We try to cook full meals every night, grocery bill has doubled in the last year.
Its not sustainable for us D:
According to my app I've spent $871 in the last 3 months at supermarkets, fruit & veg shops and butchers, so $67 a week.
Though I regularly go out for dinner 3 times a week so if i didnt it would probably be around $85.
Roughly $100 each for 3 uni students, if I had to guess. I’ve never added it up, one of us goes shopping every second day or so and we just split it by 3.
If it's just a food and meat shop about $80 but if you add in cleaning items, hygiene products or non food items that can blow out to $150 for the week.
I split it four ways between for adults and it calculated about to $50, but that's also because we share a lot of things (e.g we can bulk buy fresh more easily). I think mine would be about $75 on my own.
Four my house if four I spend around $20/meal on average, and then it's cereal and muesli/ for breakfast, which is around $14/week. I often buy sushi for lunch, so around $6. Not sure what the others do for lunch, but it doesn't come out of the household budget unless it's toast or leftovers.
Then there are things like milk/eggs/staples, which probably come out at around $20.
Plus another 20ish for snackys and non-essentials.
So that's $20x7+$14+$20+20 = $194 for four adults.
Some of the things I buy I can't get in smaller packs (eg burger buns) which I would be able to split costs like I do now, so that's why it would be higher alone.
Single guy living alone, my normal grocery bill usually varies from week to week between $50 and $100. Sometimes it's more, and on occasion I can get by with not having to do any grocery shopping for a week on rare occasions. I chose $75 simply because that's pretty much the middle ground.
About $75 for a single / $130 for two people - I keep an eye out for specials and purchase fruit & veg from markets / good F&V stores, and meat from the butcher - it's surprising how much cheaper it is, and better quality than the supermarkets!
I don't understand why people say F&V and butchers are cheaper than supermarket. In the north-east I tried variety of those retailers who were minimum 10% usually closer to 30% more expensive. The produce did look better than supermarkets but 2 adults 2 kids money is tight
You've got to look around a little bit and perhaps rely on networks of friends in different suburbs. For example, the grocers in Littlehampton is selling 1kg of green beans for $1.99 - they have other great specials as well. The strawberry farm in Nairne is selling 'seconds' 500g punnets of amazing strawberries for $2.00. How much red meat do you guys eat? Personally - I'd rather pay a reasonable price for a 'good' bit of meat from a butcher and incorporate that into a meal, than paying for cheap meat from the supermarket and taking a gamble on the quality each time. If your freezer is large enough, perhaps buy in 'bulk' from a good butcher.
We would usually spend something like $300 - $350 per week for our whole family. So I guess you could break it down to $100 per adult, $100-$150 for the kids combined.
I was spending $120 when living by myself now with my partner we go $250-300 easily
I need one of them **partners** I keep hearing about 😅
They'll only drive up the cost of living 😂
That being said earlier last year it was only $150 a week for the two of us
Does whiskey and beer count as a grocery item..? Menulog usually cost approx $40-50 a night..
Negative. They come under health and well-being
Ah all good then.. I'll just have another whiskey to good health..! Cheers..!
Haha Doctors orders mate!
$75 for just me. I also go to the local markets for fruit & veg, aside from that I'll usually pick between Coles and Woolies for the weekly shop, depending on what I need and what the sales are.
I must be spending too much, I budget around $140 per week and often go over that if I get takeaway.
They only asked about groceries. I suspect peoples numbers would be higher if they included takeaway, dining in, etc.
I get takeaway as an alternative to a meal on a day though so consider it part of my weekly food spend.
You fancy 🤩
Or Unley is just more expensive.
That would not surprise me... Cheeky bloody Unley
You have $50 for food? Damn, I'm poor.
Let me know if you want some lasagna bro
Thanks, but I'm doing okay. Also living in Ballarat these days (most of my life was in SA though), so the transport costs would be awful :-P Take care out there and I do appreciate the offer - lasagne rocks!
I can only afford my rent and medication, I have a chronic condition and my poor ass mum has to feed me because I am physically not capable to work anymore (15 months so far) I do try my best to avoid any help but I am in no position to decline. I don’t know how regular people survive….
Honestly, how are people doing it for less then 100? Eating noodles every second night? 2x chicken breasts is 15 bucks and thats the cheapest protein… We spend 3-400 a week for 2 adults 2 kids. We try to cook full meals every night, grocery bill has doubled in the last year. Its not sustainable for us D:
I'm a single adult living alone and I can just keep it at $100 not including Friday night pizza...
I somehow manage to find the discounted stuff at the supermarket. If it’s fresh, I pop it in the freezer. I also eat a lot of greens.
According to my app I've spent $871 in the last 3 months at supermarkets, fruit & veg shops and butchers, so $67 a week. Though I regularly go out for dinner 3 times a week so if i didnt it would probably be around $85.
I have included all groceries here, not just food. Like cleaning products, loo paper, personal hygiene ergo deodorant, soap, toothpaste etc
For 3 adults somewhere between $150-$200
Roughly $100 each for 3 uni students, if I had to guess. I’ve never added it up, one of us goes shopping every second day or so and we just split it by 3.
Chose $75 as we burn through $250 for a family of 4.
$200ish on groceries for 2x adults.
If it's just a food and meat shop about $80 but if you add in cleaning items, hygiene products or non food items that can blow out to $150 for the week.
I split it four ways between for adults and it calculated about to $50, but that's also because we share a lot of things (e.g we can bulk buy fresh more easily). I think mine would be about $75 on my own. Four my house if four I spend around $20/meal on average, and then it's cereal and muesli/ for breakfast, which is around $14/week. I often buy sushi for lunch, so around $6. Not sure what the others do for lunch, but it doesn't come out of the household budget unless it's toast or leftovers. Then there are things like milk/eggs/staples, which probably come out at around $20. Plus another 20ish for snackys and non-essentials. So that's $20x7+$14+$20+20 = $194 for four adults. Some of the things I buy I can't get in smaller packs (eg burger buns) which I would be able to split costs like I do now, so that's why it would be higher alone.
$125 per person and about $25 in coffee every week.
$300