One Month of Groceries & Healthy Meals For Our Family of 4
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We spend around $500 to 700 a month on groceries as a family of 3 😭 Mind you, we only do cereal for breakfast (we're not breakfast people) and my husband has sandwiches for lunch, I just do a protein bar. So this is essentially only dinner costs plus snacks. 3yrs ago we could go to Costco and buy a bunch of "extras" like clothes, fun home items, etc and the "higher" bill would be $250-300. Now, I just buy essentials, no extras, and the bill is $300-350 😢
I'm in New Zealand, and our groceries at the beginning of the year was $200 but now it's gone up to $300NZD and that's only getting the necessities and we run out 1-2 days before shopping day. Doesn't include dog food. The weeks we need to get nappies and formula I have to take out other items to keep it at 300. Keep in mind this is only about 3-5 bags, and our cupboards and fridge still look relatively empty! I cook every night (other than the odd takeaway). 2 adults, and 3 kids aged 7, 2 and 3 months old.
I’m in the US and struggle to spend less than $200 a week. We started setting the budget to $160 but I’ve noticed we usually go over that, and if we don’t we end up having to get takeout once or twice, which isn’t cost effective at all but it’s a nice break from dishes and cooking. We used to spend $300 a month…
This was a great video! I loved how you structured it, very easy to follow. We're in Canada (Ottawa) and prices here are even crazier. I"ve found using Walmart delivery for weekly essentials and then buying all our meat protein from Costco has been a good arrangement. I'm a little jealous of all your out of the house family meals haha that must save you quite a bit!
Thanks for this video! You definitely inspired me to pay attention to how much I'm spending on groceries and I'm going to try out meal planning and budgeting finally 😁
This is so helpful and realistic! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing! So helpful and practical!
Thanks for doing the currency conversion! We also purchase a portion of a cow --- it saves so much money and I feel better feeding it to my family!
I'm inspired to try out a similar plan for our family. We've definitely been feeling the impacts of inflation in our grocery budget. Would love to see any tips/tricks you have for reducing food waste for your 2 littles!
Inspiring me to implement something similar. Seems like the best way to utilize Costco.
We are family of 4 my boys are same age as yours and our grocery spending a month is about the similar. I feel like we’re not spending money on things we don’t need or don’t really use and throw away but I also feel like we started spending more on “snacks” even if it’s fruits or yogurts. Do also personally feel that people who cook at home more are able budget better when it comes to groceries. And often think that because we cook what society considers healthy balanced meals we probably sometimes spend more on fresh produce or things like that what are not over processed.
Great video! Would you be willing to share a link to the meal planning/shopping list template? Thanks!
$800 a month for a family of four is phenomenal! We're in Ottawa and spend $1500 a month on groceries not including household items. My kids are 6 months and 2 years old. We were trying to keep it to $1000 a month but consistently went over so now we just budget for it.
For take out are you doing fast food or things more like Chinese, sushi etc? We do take out every other week instead of once a week but then it's more expensive take out like Chipotle, sushi, that kind of thing vs subway/burgers n fries/etc
I'm so jealous that you only have to make 3 meals a week😭
Super random but could you do a video on where you get your clothes from? They’re so cute!!
Planning meal also made us save quite a lot on groceries! It is getting soooo expensive!
Looks like Canadian prices are similar to Australian.
I am in Burnaby and not going to lie, the No Frills bill and the amount you got made me depressed 🤣 I remember being able to get so much more for that cost there before RIP
Somehow my family of 4 (husband, myself, 2.5 and 8 month old girls) go through like 12-14 bananas a week. I dont even know how. None are ever wasted lol