We have been very loose with our grocery budgeting since moving to Ohio but we tightened it up last year and started saving money easily. Now, we spend $360 a month to feed our family of 4 (no babies or toddlers - teenager and a hearty 6yr old snacker). That is $90 a week and we eat good. However, I heard that a lot of families, even families of 6 - are making it on $250 a month! I'm wanting to see if this is possible for us.
Since I started not being able to eat tomato products a few years ago, it became very difficult to cut our grocery budget. Up until my health problem with tomatoes, we were easily making it on $150-$200 a month groceries because tomato-based meals (spaghetti, etc.) are very cheap to make. Most of the frugal meal plans across the internet that I came across always had tomato-based meals most days of the week. So, it has been a process to find cheap meals minus most tomato products! I do still make meals with some tomato products in them, if they are very minimal but most of the time, I don't eat them but my family does.
Having gave that caveat - let's find out in this month of May, if it is truly possible to for a family of 4 like us (with food/health issues) to eat on $250 a month!
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