How much do you spend a day on food?

$1,200/mo :eek:mg1: for two people...filet mignon, caviar, prepared by a private chef?

I spend about $6/day, $180/mo for one, and I eat very well.
Of course I'm excluding non-edibles and eating out from that figure.
 
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Probably about $30 for the two of us. We don't eat out unless traveling to see my daughter, I cook from scratch, we have a meatless meal and a soup night. I'm big on casseroles. Steaks are a treat for birthdays or a holiday.
 
I really have no idea. I think I spend $500 or so at the grocery store each month for the 2 of us, and we eat out about twice a week. I do waste a lot of food, though. I buy bananas every week on the off-chance we will eat one, only to watch them turn brown and throw them away. :rolleyes:
 
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I have no idea either.

Most weeks, I pay-$40 to $50 something dollars per week, sometimes that includes, paper towels, napkins or maybe soap. Sometimes $100 if I want a few special things for company and or/detergent and cleaning supply at the same time.

Some times, nothing for a week, if I have cooked and frozen wisely.

I never could figure out daily.
 
I rarely eat out and I live in an area that has a lot of farms so during the growing season, I buy plenty of fresh organically-grown produce. I have a vacuum sealer so I can freeze some things like berries, corn, onions, etc. for the winter months. I like to cook and I prefer vegetables over meat (although I do eat chicken and shrimp occasionally) so my per meal costs are probably very reasonable. I bake my own bread and sweets. So I don't know. I never really calculated it on a daily basis. Maybe $10/day? It's just a guess.
 
My total monthly spending is close to what my SS check is every month. I seldom if ever cut in to my money except like this year I bought a new truck.
 
Seems the OP has left the table

I have $100/wk budgeted, for the two of us.

That’s eating out included.

However, since my lady is on some sorta bird regimen, we don’t spend near that.
 
Not including eating out... I am thinking probably around £60pw... on food alone, and lower still, if I shop in Aldi.... and we eat very well.

$1200 dollars sounds incredibly high, but to be fair, of all the American expats i know who live here, they are all in agreement that our food is much less expensive than the USA ... perhaps the Op is eating out every night
 
I live alone and sometimes I'll make a large initial investment on ingredients then make big pots of stew, soups, chili, casseroles etc. that I put into containers and freeze. Otherwise, I eat rather simple foods like tuna salad sandwiches, tomato stuffed with tuna salad, I do have a passion for Lucky Charms cereal. I read the local grocery store ads and buy whatever is on sale especially in the meat section. I managed to get a good sized ham for 10.00 and out of it I had sandwiches, omelettes, ham and beans, made a casserole, made some ham salad, froze some to use later. I guess I probably learned how to shop etc after I divorced and I was trying to take care of my daughter and myself on a very limited budget. Sometimes we'll still have tuna casserole just to remember the "good old days". I don't go out to eat very often.
 

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