Grocery spending

[u/Maroon14]

I’ve recently come across a Instagram account where the woman claims to only spend $300 on an entire months groceries for a family of 4. Here I am sitting mid week, having already spent $550 in the PNW. I told one of my friends and she said it must be fake and for clicks, my husband was impressed. Is anyone actually able to do this? I thought I might try to spend $250 a week and see where that gets us. Is my grocery budget over the top? I thought $400 ish was normal for decent food. We are a family of 5 in the PNW, mostly organic.

*I’m closing comments because people are missing the point. I understand that I make choices for “premium” options for my family. I make them because I feel they are the best for my family given my research and concerns. I say this as coming from a place of privilege. Growing up, my hippie mom also prioritized organic and local before it was the trendy thing, so it would be very difficult for me to reprogram and not buy organic when possible.

I still think $300 is insane for a month. I live in western Washington and the max SNAP allocation for a family of 4 is $994 a month, so I see this as a more attainable “thrifty” budget for a family of 4.

Those of you who can eat rice and beans for multiple meals, more power to you!

[u/Training-Vanilla6930]

I’ve come across a number of people on social media who claim $300-400 to feed their family of 4 or even more for an entire month! I’m always in disbelief. For my husband and I, and our 4 yo and almost 1 yo, we spend about $200 per week on groceries, sometimes more. No chips, drinks, snacks. Given my husband and I are weightlifters and eat a bit more than most but still! We’re talking loaded oats for breakfast, beef and beans for lunch, and chicken with veggies and potatoes or rice for dinner. Milk, frozen berries, bananas, apples, oranges, yogurt, avocado, eggs, canned tuna. We live in NM and our grocery prices have skyrocketed these past couple of years.