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Grocery Budget? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by isame@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I'm trying to come up with a realistic budget number for groceries. I'm 33 and have a moderately physical full-time job, and I ride a mountain bike on the trails probably 5-15 miles a week, weather and depression permitting. So I'm decently active. What do you think I should expect to spend on groceries every week, if I'm being moderately thrifty?

ETA: Bonus points if you give me a rough idea of what you'd spend the money on.

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[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

In college, I could get by on $45 a week about. Now it's pretty close to $70 if I am cooking everything. I probably spend about $120-140 a week on all of my food expenses and honestly it's my biggest budget item.