i spend ~30-40$ (cdn) a week including extras like eating out every once in awhile or drinking

it may sound frugal but i'm a student and also have not much more money to spend than that

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It's $60 a week for two of us in Western MA., not including the dog and cat. (Feeding them, not eating them.)

We spend an additional $20-30 on alcohol. Some weeks less, but about two bottles of wine or a bottle of wine and a six pack of something.

We spend about $10-15 on meat protein sources, like a bunch of chicken breasts or steak on sale and some convenience type meat like chicken patties or veggie burgers.

The bulk of that is on prepared food like cereal, bagels, crackers. We eat a TON of pasta. Pasta for breakfast, pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner. Incidentally, for what it's worth to anyone reading, I lost a lot of weight in the last year (I'm a 5'4 female and lost about 40 lbs) and eating 'complicated food' like whole wheat pasta and whole wheat breads and vegetables and grains like quinoa and wheat berries really helped me. My experience is that your body takes longer to break these down and distribute the nutrients, so a 300 or 400 calorie lunch takes you much farther and you don't get the dip in blood sugar that makes you want to eat anything within reach two hours later. This is 100% anecdotal evidence and not to be confused with research, just my two cents.

Absolutely no clue. I probably hit the Grocery store on the next block 4 or 5 times a week.

I eat oatmeal for breakfast but I buy my morning and afternoon snacks and lunch at work so that works out to be quite expensive.

Looking at my bank account, I believe I spent about $112 last week.

I live alone. My weekly grocery list would be:

Oatmeal
About 3 gallons of 1% milk.
Apples, bananas, oranges.
Tons of spinach.
Broccoli, scallions, peppers, tomatoes.
A dozen large eggs.
Fresh meat or fish.
Canned tuna.
Canned tomatoes.
Nuts.
Brown rice.
Whole-grain pasta.
Whole-grain bread.
Peanut butter.
Coffee.
Gatorade.

2 adults, 3 kids (7, 4, 2). We spend about $100/week on groceries. We eat mainly meatless meals (beans, lentils, little to no fake meat products), lots of fruit and veggies bought from a produce store, whole wheat/grain bread from a bread outlet, lots of oatmeal and cereal, I make most of our cookies/cakes/etc, stock up on sale items, and spend way too much of our grocery $ on milk, cheese and yogurt. I'm sure we could actually spend less if iwe absolutely had to, but I like my salads with a bit of feta cheese and black olives. The kids like their Cheerios rather than oatmeal in the morning. Dh has an expensive chocolate addiction and we enjoy a bottle of wine once in a while. That doesn't include eating out, which probably averages another $100-$150/month.

$50-$60/week for food
Similar to you I am single with no kids to feed, but I don't live in an urban environment like you so food costs are probably lower for me.

My wife and I spend about $80 per week on groceries, then about $45 on dining out. We bring our lunches with us. We were spending about $60 a week until we decided to boycott Wal-Mart. Meat seems to be the big cost item. 2lbs of chicken, 1lb lean ground beef, and 1lb seafood per week + what we need to try a new recipe on the weekend.

i'm a twenty-something woman living with two other women my age... the three of us spend about 150-160 a week. i probably spend $15-20 outside the house on coffee, booze, lunch when i forget leftovers, etc. we save a lot of money by having a costco account and using it to buy meat, eggs, milk (we make our own yoghurt), flour (we make bread), and JUICE, and applesauce. sometimes we spend a bit more to get nicer meat, more veggies, or wine/beer.

oh, and we live in boston. which is not known for it's cheap cost of living... to say the least.