Great discussion on food budgts

[disneysteve]

There is a great thread that started a couple of days ago over at DISboards.com regarding how much people spend on meals. I know this is a topic that we often discuss here so I thought I'd share the link. Besides, quite a few SavingAdvice regulars are also DIS regulars.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3231789

[EarlyRetirementJoy]

It's worth noting that the home cooks in the thread report the lowest per meal costs overall. No big surprise there.

[disneysteve]

It's worth noting that the home cooks in the thread report the lowest per meal costs overall. No big surprise there.

Of course not. I just think the thread really reinforces the point that food does not need to be expensive. Lots of people post their budgets here and often get jumped on for their grocery spending and dining out amounts or they say they couldn't possibly eat for what some of us claim to spend. This thread has many posts showing that eating inexpensively isn't hard at all.

[corn18]

Good info. Thanks for the link.

[hamchan]

It totally depends on what we are having. The chili I made last night was under a dollar a serving. The apple I just had for a snack was probably at least a dollar fifty. Depending on what we find at the Grocery Outlet, that can make a big difference too. Sometimes we find things we use there for ridiculously cheap, and other times have less luck. I've never really priced out individual meals before. Could be interesting.

[dawnwes]

I commented on that thread.

Last night we had salad with grilled chicken.

I estimate the total cost was around $7. We ate about $5 worth of chicken, and another $2 for lettuce, dressing, other veggie toppings and bread.

Dawn

[OldAndInTheWay]

Our Food Budget 2013

I'm new here. This is part of a post I did on my blog about our 2013 food budget. By way of an intro, my wife and I have 13 kids, 1 is married, the other 12 still live at home. the rest are age 2-22.

This is for a family of 14. At any given time 1 or 2 kids could be out of the house but we also have friends, acquaintances and those we can hardly tolerate over for meals a lot.

Food and Drink Expenditures for 2013 (includes eating out).
Year - $15,120 ($1,080 per person per year)
Monthly - $1,260 ($90 per person per month)
Daily - $41.54

Average cost per meal per person = $1.15. I used 12 family members since sometimes kids are out of the house. But really it's more like 99 cents per person per meal.

We used to spend $1,600 per month a few years ago. But when Aldis opened our monthly bill dropped dramatically.

Granted some of the kids are young. But 7 of them are age 12 and older. Plus my wife eats like she is going to the chair.

[corn18]

What's up with all the spammers today? This would be the least productive group to spam. Unless you were giving away money.

[cardtrick]

I'm new year. This is part of a post I did on my blog about our 2013 food budget. By way of an intro, my wife and I have 13 kids, 1 is married, the other 12 still live at home. the rest are age 2-22.

This is for a family of 14. At any given time 1 or 2 kids could be out of the house but we also have friends, acquaintances and those we can hardly tolerate over for meals a lot.

Food and Drink Expenditures for 2013 (includes eating out).
Year - $15,120 ($1,080 per person per year)
Monthly - $1,260 ($90 per person per month)
Daily - $41.54

Average cost per meal per person = $1.15. I used 12 family members since sometimes kids are out of the house. But really it's more like 99 cents per person per meal.

We used to spend $1,600 per month a few years ago. But when Aldis opened our monthly bill dropped dramatically.

Granted some of the kids are young. But 7 of them are age 12 and older. Plus my wife eats like she is going to the chair.

LOL. : )