How much money do you spend for food?

[gtlm2000]

How much money do you spend your money for food in one month?

I cook food myself in my house, and I also make bento.
I go to eat out twice a month. It spend about 8,000 yen for one month.

[socalheart]

We typically spend $600.00 a month on food, including eating at restaurants and fast food. We used to spend half that, but now we have a teenaged boy in the house. :-|

[Jazz]

How much money do you spend your money for food in one month?

I cook food myself in my house, and I also make bento.
I go to eat out twice a month. It spend about 8,000 yen for one month.

Damn gt, you could win that game/reality show on JP TV where they can't spend over 10,000 yen for the month. I like eatin out way too much..

[abonifi1]

I never could, I spend more than that in gas.

[DoctorP]

We spend around $800 to $900/month. But my wife never stops eating and I have 2 teenage boys that don't get full.

[Mehi River]

kids are expensive!!! or so it seems!!!

I try to get by on 30,000 per month for food.
sometimes we go over, sometimes under.

But I am amazed at how cheap some things are here compared to Tokyo

[Richard Burns]

I don't know honestly. We just shop when we want and go out to eat regularly. If I had to guess maybe 50,000Y per month.

We go through Diet Coke like it's water in my house though. That's probaly a good 25% of our grocery bill.

[Sex Wax]

Does beer count as "food"?

[abonifi1]

Does beer count as "food"?

Its soup in my house, served with every meal

[Richard Burns]

Well if counting beer and alcohol as food than...........

[Sex Wax]

OK then...About $500 a month on myself. Beer and Food included.

The Food part of that is about $63.45.

[Courtney]

WOW guys, I must need to learn to budget...
I spend about $750 a month on food. That does NOT count going out, or alcohol, or random drunk walks to familymart or HottoMotto!

[Sex Wax]

Hey, my budget includes going out, alcohol, or random drunk walks to familymart or HottoMotto!

[gibbonboy]

We spend less than $200 a month for 3, that will increase as my son is growing and already starting to eat a scary amount of food. That cost does not include what we grow and produce ourselves, which is probably between 50-75% of our food.

Beer gets its own budget category, I might spend 50 a month on that. If we lived in Okinawa full time, I'm sure our costs would be far higher, stuff is ridiculous here. Well, I had an awesome bento here today that was only 250 yen.

[GlobeTraveler00]

$50 per day * 30 days in a month = Around $1500 per month. Expense account. Anyone hungry?

[swindland]

I spend about 400 a month on food. That includes groceries and eating out. It used to be more than that but since I started cooking more at home I've saves some money. :grin1:

[Okiman]

I know that we spend about $700/month at the commissary, probally another $300/month at the local stores and as for going out (lunch and dinners) that is about $400-$600/month. Izakaya's and resturants are way to good to pass up, but I can not wait for my daughters to go out on a date and see how that dinner goes. I think I have raised that bar really high :thumbup:

[gtlm2000]

Damn gt, you could win that game/reality show on JP TV where they can't spend over 10,000 yen for the month. I like eatin out way too much..

I save my money. My mom send me food which is she cooked sometime :)

[bli182_2001]

not enough, reason why im so damn skinny, and a freaking tapeworm that loves beer