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That's very low for a family feeding five adults. We spend that much feeding two adults and two teenage boys (one living at home full-time, the other a college student who eats less than half his meals at home).
seems high to me. Is everyone home all the time making lunch and eating big breakfasts? I don't think I could drop $250 at the supermarket 4 consecutive weeks...and I buy a lot of fish, meat, beer, etc.
I think its fine, considering that there has been substantial press over the inadequacy of SNAP benefits for feeding a family. SNAP benefit is about $4 per person per day - so that's a baseline of $600 per month for a 5 person family.
I am NOT trying to argue the sufficiency of this amount or get into the politics around it. I know many people can stretch a dollar and say they are doing it on less using their own money. My own mom was truly excellent at home economics and home cooked meals daily to feed a family of 8 on my Dad's middle class salary.
This seems reasonable. We are a family of 5 and spend about this much, however, we do eat a lot of meat, and we buy meat from butcher. We also buy lots of fresh fruit, veggies and berries. We don't buy snacks either, however, we spend money on deli items such as lox, cold cuts, pate, these little niceties do add up. I think we can probably cut it by about 30% if we were just to stick to the basics, but I am a foodie.
If you're not just spending it all on food it's not bad. Your 20 somethings are contributing to the HH expenses, I hope.
On LI? LOL. Doubtful. My motto? Chip in, or move out!
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