a week of groceries from around the world
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What friend and about what? Potatoes are bad, but all the industrial farm beef/chicken/pork and low fat shit loaded with High-Fructose Corn Syrup is good?
Is there anyone here that spends $341 a week on groceries?
The China family is a complete farce--
There are very few places in China you can buy packaged products--95% of population buy their food fresh daily from street markets. The $155 is more than 1/2 the polulation make a month
1 person could eat out at restaurant every meal for a month for less than $150
The China family is a complete farce--
There are very few places in China you can buy packaged products--95% of population buy their food fresh daily from street markets. The $155 is more than 1/2 the polulation make a month
1 person could eat out at restaurant every meal for a month for less than $150
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Family of four (plus breastfeeding infant) and including diapers for two and all other fun stuff that comes with those, we spend about $120-140 per week not including alcohol.
Costco
Costco
My wife and I spend at least that too. She likes that faggoty ass Whole Foods grocery store too, so she can shop there I don't. I like their Salad dressings, but they're overpriced with about everything else you buy there.
I like Costco. We have Costco and BJ's memberships (BJ's is across the street, or I wouldn't get it). Costco is cool because I can go in there spend a lot at once and be done with groceries for a month - buying in bulk is way to go. Also, they have a lot of other fads that make the stores cool (return policy, etc.).
kneifl
Costco
My wife and I spend at least that too. She likes that faggoty ass Whole Foods grocery store too, so she can shop there I don't. I like their Salad dressings, but they're overpriced with about everything else you buy there.
I like Costco. We have Costco and BJ's memberships (BJ's is across the street, or I wouldn't get it). Costco is cool because I can go in there spend a lot at once and be done with groceries for a month - buying in bulk is way to go. Also, they have a lot of other fads that make the stores cool (return policy, etc.).
kneifl
Excluding alcohol, we spend around $100 a week. But that includes household items as well. We rarely eat out or order pizza, and that needs to be added to the equation.
We spend about $75 a week--and Li cooks a lot.
Eat out bout 3 times a month.
I would consider the whole foods-no meat etc except--
Grandparents both sides were farmers as was parents--all eating lots of pork/beef potatoe eggs bread- all thay "unhealthy" stuff.
Grandparents lived to --3 @95 or above the other grandfather died in 80s in farming accident.
Parents both 86 and 0 prescriptions drugs.
All were very active late in life-
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IMO doesn't make a lot of diff what you eat--
genetics/lifestyle plays biggest part in your future.
Eat out bout 3 times a month.
I would consider the whole foods-no meat etc except--
Grandparents both sides were farmers as was parents--all eating lots of pork/beef potatoe eggs bread- all thay "unhealthy" stuff.
Grandparents lived to --3 @95 or above the other grandfather died in 80s in farming accident.
Parents both 86 and 0 prescriptions drugs.
All were very active late in life-
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IMO doesn't make a lot of diff what you eat--
genetics/lifestyle plays biggest part in your future.
Wayne: The problem is that you are comparing the meat the grandparents eat and the other foods they ate with what we have today. The whole foods movement (not the store) is to get back to eating like our ancestors. The meat raised on farms back in the day was much healthier than the meat today, which is raised in horrific conditions, fed corn (which their stomachs can't digest), and injected with drugs (to help them digest the corn and fight off the disease that comes with the living conditions). Even the foods that we recognize from our youth is loaded with preservatives and high fructose corn syrup to add to the shelf life and lower the sugar content.
Look at a loaf of bread next time you get a chance. Your grandparents would expect to see about 5 ingredients....the package you look at with probably have 45. I think we can both agree, all those ingredients are making us healthier. Yogurt is another example. It is tough to opt out of this food system, but one of the easiest ways is to go pescatarian (veggies and wild caught fish).
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Agent - you spend over $300 per WEEK? Holy shit!!
I would love to see a picture of yours and Hippo's weekly intake. I have considered going vegetarian several times, but I would more than likely just go to eating meat 1-3 times per week. I currently eat meat 14-18 times per week counting both lunch and dinner every day plus 1-4 times for breakfast.
This is just way too much.
If you wouldn't mind sharing a normal week/month worth of stuff that you guys go through, it would help me get a clearer picture.
I don't care about the money angle. I am just curious to see what you guys intake as a family that is of similar makeup to mine.
I would love to see a picture of yours and Hippo's weekly intake. I have considered going vegetarian several times, but I would more than likely just go to eating meat 1-3 times per week. I currently eat meat 14-18 times per week counting both lunch and dinner every day plus 1-4 times for breakfast.
This is just way too much.
If you wouldn't mind sharing a normal week/month worth of stuff that you guys go through, it would help me get a clearer picture.
I don't care about the money angle. I am just curious to see what you guys intake as a family that is of similar makeup to mine.
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Dawg - I will answer your question, because I don?t think Agent knows exactly what I make and buy, he just enjoys the end result! I don?t think we spend quite that much. Probably around $250/week, including all miscellaneous cosmetic items that I get at the same store. If you take off miscellaneous items, probably more like $200/week purely on food. Then of course, we probably go out to eat once a week. After our mortgage, it is definitely line item #2 in the budget as far as how much money we spend.
The "problem" with our house is that we are all on different diets. Augusta and Chad eat meat probably once a day (in the form of turkey or chicken), and I eat turkey or chicken about once a week. Augusta and Chad eat red meat maybe once or twice a week. Augusta and I rarely eat gluten. So this means that often times I am cooking three different meals at a time. For example, last night we had pasta with turkey meatballs. Well, Chad had pasta with turkey meatballs, Augusta had gluten-free pasta with turkey meatballs, and I had polenta with pasta sauce (no meatballs). This is typical! We also eat a lot of fish and will have steamed veggies and rice or salad or something like that on the side, but being pregnant/breastfeeding for the last two+ years (good lord), I can only eat fish about once a week. I also do home canning and freeze a lot of home made food (my Mennonite roots), but we very rarely eat processed food. I have a lot of food allergies, so I think our expense really comes from all the gluten free foods, eating a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, and very little processed foods. We don?t do much dairy either - Augusta and I drink only rice milk, so that can be a little more $$ too, and we buy products like earth-balance (made with olive oil) as a substitute for butter or margarine. Finally, I think Boulder is just a bit more expensive in general. People are very health oriented, and there are more natural Whole Foods type stores here than anything else, so that is just where people shop, and of course this ends up being more expensive.
A typical grocery trip will consist of probably 50% fresh foods - veg & fruit (organic), 10% meats (free range, natural or organic), 20% grains, 20% misc (dairy, coffee, tea, cosmetics, etc). In the summer we will rejoin our local CSA and also do a lot of shopping at the farmer?s market, which can be a little more pricey, but we like to support local economics, especially farmers. Also, did I mention Augusta got Chad?s metabolism and at 20 months, literally eats as much as me?! Can?t imagine having little boys to feed!
The "problem" with our house is that we are all on different diets. Augusta and Chad eat meat probably once a day (in the form of turkey or chicken), and I eat turkey or chicken about once a week. Augusta and Chad eat red meat maybe once or twice a week. Augusta and I rarely eat gluten. So this means that often times I am cooking three different meals at a time. For example, last night we had pasta with turkey meatballs. Well, Chad had pasta with turkey meatballs, Augusta had gluten-free pasta with turkey meatballs, and I had polenta with pasta sauce (no meatballs). This is typical! We also eat a lot of fish and will have steamed veggies and rice or salad or something like that on the side, but being pregnant/breastfeeding for the last two+ years (good lord), I can only eat fish about once a week. I also do home canning and freeze a lot of home made food (my Mennonite roots), but we very rarely eat processed food. I have a lot of food allergies, so I think our expense really comes from all the gluten free foods, eating a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, and very little processed foods. We don?t do much dairy either - Augusta and I drink only rice milk, so that can be a little more $$ too, and we buy products like earth-balance (made with olive oil) as a substitute for butter or margarine. Finally, I think Boulder is just a bit more expensive in general. People are very health oriented, and there are more natural Whole Foods type stores here than anything else, so that is just where people shop, and of course this ends up being more expensive.
A typical grocery trip will consist of probably 50% fresh foods - veg & fruit (organic), 10% meats (free range, natural or organic), 20% grains, 20% misc (dairy, coffee, tea, cosmetics, etc). In the summer we will rejoin our local CSA and also do a lot of shopping at the farmer?s market, which can be a little more pricey, but we like to support local economics, especially farmers. Also, did I mention Augusta got Chad?s metabolism and at 20 months, literally eats as much as me?! Can?t imagine having little boys to feed!
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Also I would like to add that I wish I didn't spend as much time or money on what I consume. Some of the happiest days of my life (as far as eating) was when I lived in Africa, purely vegetarian, and had the choice of about 6 different fruits or vegetables, and the staples of beans and rice. I have never felt better or more content in my life. A lot of times grocery stores really make me sick just to walk into - all the overprocessed nasty foods that people eat...if we all went back to a simpler diet, I think everyone would feel a lot better and our impact on the world and environment would also be a lot less...it is a continual goal of mine to grow more food and be less of a consumer.
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My wife is dairy and gluten free except for the occasional splurge on pizza or something like that.
My children only drink rice and/or soy milk, and yes they are more expensive than the regular.
I don't drink milk except for cereal, and I use whatever is in the house when I do that.
We are members of a CSA, but we got our last box two weeks ago for the year.
If I am able to go semi-vegetarian, I can see the main-stay of my diet being quinoa with sauteed vegetables or fruits.
I'm really looking to minimize my red meat in-take to once per week, but I'll have to get my wife on board before that can happen.
My boys literally do chants at the table when we have steak, so I'll have to figure that one out as well.
GO MEAT! is a common cheer (and I'm not kidding!!) :scared
My children only drink rice and/or soy milk, and yes they are more expensive than the regular.
I don't drink milk except for cereal, and I use whatever is in the house when I do that.
We are members of a CSA, but we got our last box two weeks ago for the year.
If I am able to go semi-vegetarian, I can see the main-stay of my diet being quinoa with sauteed vegetables or fruits.
I'm really looking to minimize my red meat in-take to once per week, but I'll have to get my wife on board before that can happen.
My boys literally do chants at the table when we have steak, so I'll have to figure that one out as well.
GO MEAT! is a common cheer (and I'm not kidding!!) :scared
