If you're not spending at least $150-$200 a month on groceries, you are doing it wrong

If you're not spending at least $150-$200 a month on groceries, you are doing it wrong.

Doesn't matter what you buy, If you're veg and you buy product and produce, fine. If you're a meatman and buy 10 lbs of steak and bacon? Fine. If you're the average shopper with a balanced diet who buys in bulk, fine. If you're a poor college student who lives on ramen and frozen dinners? Kill yourself, but fine.

If you spend anything less per-month you are not eating enough food. Plain and simple.

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i've bought 30 bucks of groceries in the last month and a half and i still have most of it left
rice and beans
still fat

Not everyone is content living on the same two things for a month, and good god man get some greens.

>month
What? I spend that in a week. Food is very cheap where you live or you are living off beans rice and ramen yourself. This includes beer and eating out but thats only about 40 or 50 a week. Maybe you arent eating enough

>I spend that in a week
Then you have poor spending habits. Plain and simple. That, or you buy a lot more than you actually need to plan and cook your week's worth of meals. A week should only be 21 meals, and I highly doubt your breakfasts are that varied to warrant extra ingredients.

My oldest brother pretty much told the rest of us to all pitch in $40 for food so we can all eat, I did all the shopping and spent 240$
When I went to collect from the brothers they didn't want to pay even after they agreed on it.
I returned everything less than an hour after returning and then got shit on further by brothers for being greedy.
Lesson learned: fuck stoners, even family stoners.

>another user tells others what to do because he thinks hes right thread

It's common logic.

I'm in super broke mode. Way under $200 for the month. Aside from alcohol. Priorities.

Oh look it's another thread where la creatura just got it's first job thinks literally the entire world has exactly the same economics, prices, wages, and benefits
Yay let the shitstorm begin!

Where who got wha? I've been employed for 17 years. I'm just stating an obvious fact most kids (presumably) your age don't seem to get. They think they need to spend $400+ a month just to get decent meals, or they think they can live on ramen noodles for $30 a month. It's not healthy.

Have less than ten dollars to spend a month and aside from the intestinal cramps I'm making it.

classic sleazy drug addicts.
>Ya lets do it! except i'm not pitching in any money, need more money for dem drugs.
>Oh man i'm so hungry better go eat $20 in junk food.
>OH MAN BRROOOO OUR BROTHER LIKE RETURNED ALL OUR PROCESSED INSTANT FOOD AND WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO EAT.
>Broooo yaaa cheeaaa hes a bunk jew brooo yaaaa.

Ya basement stoners are worthless as far as friendships go.

In canada i can get by on $120 a month and still eat very well. though i'm on keto and calorie counting so now i just do all my cooking at home.

user please take my advice and leave your country at least a few times, you might learn a thing or two
if you're too scared to leave your country at least go to a different area than the one you live in
you can't possibly be this dumb to think that literally everyone everywhere should spend the same sum of money on food
I refuse to believe someone who's been employed for so long is still at this level
so what is you job anyway user?

>im an idiot
So you can determine all of that based off one post stating a person spends 150-200 dollars per week on groceries without knowing where they live, the cost of food where they live, the quality of the food they eat, how they actually define "groceries", their degree of discretionary spending, how many people they are buying for, and you even conclude people should only eat 3 times per day.
You are basing everything you think you know about this subject based on a very narrow view of the world.
You are either an idiot who has never actually shopped or you are very poor.

Why on earth do you assume I'm talking on a general scale? This is an american/english site, I am speaking to american/english men. If you have another culurue or country, you are not considered in this discussion. I appreciate you learning our language to communicate with us, but if I wanted to tell the asians and the mediteranians how to eat and spend money, I'd learn their language and do so on a site that caters to them. Get over yourself. Jesus.

Kek, spotted the college student who thinks he's responsible for hurting the world. Do you honestly think people are going to fel guilty because you didn't include someone who was never even considered in the first place? You're exactly the kind of person who throws inconsequential bullshit into an argument just to make people feel bad.

I eat 2 meals a day in work for free.
5 days a week all i need from home is breakfast and a snack when I get back

Keep going user. We believe in you

I used to get by on $50 biweekly for groceries, but since Ontario upped its minimum wage to the retarded level of $15 an hour I can afford so much shit

If you believe this is an American/English site simply because it is in english then you are a bigger fool than I thought.
A thread died for this. Admittedly it probably wasnt very good but then neither is this one

Poole was english. He created the site to be a western equivalent to futaba channel. If you think this site ISNT for the western audience, you sir are the only unknowledgeable one here.

But so what job have you had for 17 years user? Being your mommy's boy doesn't count as a job y'know

I work in bioengineering with Kaiser labs as lead MD specialist.. The fact you're so hung up on this just shows how much of a kid you are. I'm not going to start petty banter with a young upstart over job ethics on Veeky Forums, Go make a thread on Veeky Forums if you want to drag this off topic. I'll gladly see you there.

Problem is that people don't have that much tp spend on food. It all goes to rent and utilities. So they have to not see a weekend off in six years in order to keep a positive number in their bank account

>I'm not gonna start petty banter
>makes an entire thread for petty banter

when i was in vietnam i spent 70usd a month on food and ate like a king

Not exactly sure what you're trying to say.
Perhaps you're drunk?
What you're not understanding is that in larger more affluent cities, it is not difficult to spend 100+ dollars per week on food and that has nothing to do with poor planning or financial irresponsibility. Many people, myself included, simply experience a greater quality of life than people like you and with that quality of life comes a higher price tag. If I say my mortgage is twice as high as your rent will you again accuse me of being irresponsible because I can afford to live beyond your means?

>Beverly hill kid thinks he's got it better then the rest of his shitty country

Classic.

I spend close to $120 a month. Lots of rice, beans, potatoes, onions, cabbage, apples, oranges, bananas, eggs, flour(bread/pizza), canned tomatoes, mozzarella, anchovies, sardines, kippers...

Lol, you remind me of this guy Steve I know

Classic Steve

>my life revolves around a dollar value
neetla did nothing wrong

Lets see....

>$50 meat budget
>$30 vegetable budget
>$15 fruit budget
>$20 grains budget
>$10 drink budget
>$15 Condiment/spice budget
>$10 snack budget

Yeah there abouts I guess.

>$50 meat budget

What the actual fuck?

It's not much at all honestly.
>6 cut chicken breasts
>A 10 in steak cut broken into 6ths
>Sausage
>Bacon
>Filleted cod
>Shrimp
>Salmon
>Some form of cut meats for sandwiches, usually roast beef or pastrami

Shit adds up, but it lasts the month.

What the fuck is wrong with you poorfags?
"Meat" isnt just hotdogs and chicken nuggets. Decent steak is 12-16 dollars per pound. Fresh seafood is 9-13 dollars pound. Throw in some pork and chicken and its easy to hit 50 bucks over 30 days.

>Poor

Ha, Sorry but no. I make 6 figures a year. but i'm not an idiot who eats disease causing "meat" when vegetables and nuts exist, and will let me live longer than your fatass

I haven't been shopping for about 6 months. Next week I'll spend about $50ish for some things I'm running out. Then again I grow/raise most of my food. I personally think your post is humorous, kid.

medicalnewstoday.com/articles/142427.php

>UK researchers found that vegetarians had a lower overall cancer rate than meat eaters, but contrary to suggestions from other studies, they found a higher rate of colorectal cancer among the vegetarians than among the meat eaters.

>my pants are on fire.

And? If theres a tumor in my ass I'll shit it out. Still beats heart attacks and lung failure WHICH CAN ACTUALLY KILL YOU

Colostomy bags at 25yo are sexy I hear.

>Decent steak is 12-16 dollars per pound.

Wrong. Decent steak can be had for as little as $4 per pound, but it's usually more like $8 per pound. If you buy boneless chuck roast (regularly $4-5 per pound for a 2.5-4 lbs roast), you can cut a Denver steak big enough for at least 2 people. That's a tender, well-maarbled cut that isn't typically offered by most butchers, and you can use the leftover meat for grinding. If that's too much work for babby, my grocery store usually has semi-boneless strip steaks for $7-9 per pound. And there are a bunch of options for under $7 per pound if you go for bone-in thick cut pork chops.

>Fresh seafood is 9-13 dollars pound
This is closer to true, but frozen seafood is usually unnoticeably different in quality if you're careful about sourcing. All commercially available seafood gets frozen at some point anyway, so why be so pretentious? Quit being such a snob.

>not buying fresh and cheap from local farmers
>not buying wholesale from restaurants
the absolute state of people who think they know what the fuck they're talking about. We spend

>Breaded fish sticks are the same as a full marline steak or tuna filet

Stop talking.

I went to Costco because 4 brothers pitching 40$ made sense shopping there.

When did I ever equate fish sticks to whole fish steaks? You should re-read my post and think about what you've done here.

My point still stands: buying frozen fish can afford you the same quality as buying fresh fish as long as you are selective in sourcing. I don't buy fish from places like China, India, Vietnam, or Indonesia, but I will buy fish from the USA, Costa Rica, Chile, and Canada. My criteria are mainly proximity, sustainability, and known industrial practices.

>ive never had a good steak and buy my fish in a box.

Poole is american.
As if that money hungry whore wasnt willing to welcome the entire english speaking world from the start

bumping cancer thread

>work at taco Bell
>Get free food
>Tfw I don't remember what food tastes like that isn't taco Bell

I was living in manhattan and spend about 175$ a month for two. Its not hard.

I spend a grand or more easily on shopping alone. I should probably reel it in a little.

Plenty of people can afford to spend more than they need to. Not everyone is a poorfag NEET like you.

>they sell boxed mac&cheese and ramen in Manhattan.
Youre missing the point entirely.
Its about quality of life. I spend more because I choose to spend more not because I must.

>my criteria
Bullshit.
You choose based on price and the amount of room in your freezer because you are poor.

Mac and cheese isnt that cheap. I both did not live on cheap processed food or live on rice and beans.
I just kept an eye out for sales and ate seasonally.

>spend less than me, you're not eating enough. More than me, you have poor habits. Whether you like it or not, this is what peak performance looks like

I don't have $150 a month

Are you sure you don't just have shitty family members? It sounds like you're shitty people, and birds of a feather, you know.

>macaroni and cheese is expensive
>i survived by dumpster diving and shoplifting

> (OP)
>rice and beans

Brazilian at heart

Milk, butter, the box itself. Not a good deal for what you get.

Who's moot?

>milk and butter are considered luxury items within my social class.

i spend about 30$ a week. most of it on expensive seafood
I still eat cereal for breakfast

That depends you retard. $150 of groceries feeds my family of 4

Everyone on Veeky Forums is 25+ and 90% of us are married. A family of 2 or 3 is not unheard of here.

>everyone on Veeky Forums is 25+
>90% of """us""" are married
wheredoyouthinkweare.jpg

On the most mature board on Veeky Forums, where silly traditions and made up memes don't apply to us? Why yes, yes we are. point being?

Oh it was sarcasm, ok
Carry on

>American/english site
Alexa.com tells me 38.7% of the users are American and 4.4% of the users are Canadian. England comes farther down the list. Astrualia accounts for 5.3% of t users though.

That gives you about 50% of the users being native english speakers, probably less because of the beaner count in America.

Theyre poorfags, they cant imagine a budget with money for good food AND steam sales or whatever they do for fun. Shit I make lamb once a week and that gets to be $50/month for a family of three (four in a few years when he can handle a knife) on its own, let alone the sides or the other two meals for the day

Are we counting "African-Americans" as "English-speaking"? AAE is somehow recognized as an African language.

I don't really care and I suppose I should rephrase it as I am, to nobody's surprise, ESL. Roughly 50% of the Veeky Forums user base are located in countries where english is the dominant language.