Large Family Grocery Food Expenses – January 2016 -What Did We Spend?

Hi Everyone!

For the past several years, I have tracked our grocery food shopping expenditures because YOU guys have wanted to know HOW MUCH A LARGE FAMILY of eight SPENDS ON GROCERIES in a week, month and year. This year, I have decided that I want to do a monthly video AND blog post detailing our expenditures on food for our family of eight.

Total grocery expenditures for January 2016  –  $224.93

Weekly Total – $56.23

Daily Total – $7.25 (less than $1 a day)

I’ve broken that down into a few smaller categories to reflect our “shopping habits”

Aldi’s – $94.73

Price Chopper – $58.61

Bulk/Restaurant Food Suppliers – $58.76

Misc expenses – $12.63

A couple of things to remember when looking at these numbers. First, this does not include the $800+ we paid when we purchased our beef. Secondly, our expenses are almost always higher in the winter than in the summer since we do not have any fresh produce coming out of the garden.

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-Janelle