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Trying to find what family of three spends on groceries per week or month...anybody?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 498527" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I wonder what you were googling. I googled "average food budget for family of 3" and came up with a ton of sites. One called the Miserly Mom said that in their eyes it should be $10 per person per week, if you wanted to be frugal but not miserly then $15 per person per week. I find that ludicrous unless you are going to food pantries and making rebates and coupons a full time job. It simply isn't realistic.</p><p></p><p>The US Stat Abstract would be what I relied on because it will be done far more scientifically and reliably. For a family of 3 it is $101 per week and for a family of 4 it is $121 per week. There is no date on the article so it is probably a few years behind.</p><p></p><p>The USDA publishes a MONTHLY cost of food at home for four levels for the country. Their 4 levels are Thrifty, Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost and Liberal.</p><p></p><p>This will give you the chart with ALL the months: <a href="http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodPlansCostofFood/reports" target="_blank">USDA Food Plans: Cost of Food Cost of Food at Home</a> . Just click on a month to see the table. in my opinion this is the most reliable set of numbers you will find and it iwill give you a good picture of the food budgets for food eaten at home in the US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 498527, member: 1233"] I wonder what you were googling. I googled "average food budget for family of 3" and came up with a ton of sites. One called the Miserly Mom said that in their eyes it should be $10 per person per week, if you wanted to be frugal but not miserly then $15 per person per week. I find that ludicrous unless you are going to food pantries and making rebates and coupons a full time job. It simply isn't realistic. The US Stat Abstract would be what I relied on because it will be done far more scientifically and reliably. For a family of 3 it is $101 per week and for a family of 4 it is $121 per week. There is no date on the article so it is probably a few years behind. The USDA publishes a MONTHLY cost of food at home for four levels for the country. Their 4 levels are Thrifty, Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost and Liberal. This will give you the chart with ALL the months: [URL='http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodPlansCostofFood/reports']USDA Food Plans: Cost of Food Cost of Food at Home[/URL] . Just click on a month to see the table. in my opinion this is the most reliable set of numbers you will find and it iwill give you a good picture of the food budgets for food eaten at home in the US. [/QUOTE]
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