How much $$$ does a typical Frum family spend on groceries per week?

it also depends on were you live.
were i live, just me and my husband, we could spend over a hundred a week.
But after doing shabbos shopping, you could add at least another fifty.

if u include all food takeout, bakery… a family of 6 kids 500 is the lower end – and it goes up & up

Oh, also our school lunches are very expensive so we buy food for the kids to take to school. If you don’t have that expense I would assume it could make a dent and things

Syag: Yeshiva school lunches is optional?

In NY as far as all the many Yeshivos I know, they all provide lunch to all students. There’s no system or checking whether they’re enrolled in lunch. The same lunch is made available to all students regardless.

Its a NYC law now that all kids get free lunches, it was because the kids who really needed it refused to take because of stigma, so they just gave to all students as the cost wasnt that much higher

I cannot belive people spend $150 a week for a family of 4., It has to be alot higher epsecially if you shop in jewish supermarkers (as opposed to regular supermarkers like Stop and Shop or Trader Joes)

AJ: You spend $400 per week for a family of six children plus two adults?

Zdad,

We don’t have meat every day and this doesn’t include school lunch

excl: The girls will be refused lunch in school if the parents hadn’t paid?

Yerushalayim, family of 7, bli ayin hara. We spend about $650 per week on groceries

Let’s talk numbers of possibility
Family of six children
Two Dozen eggs $2
Bottle milk $2.40
Cream cheese $4
Two boxes macaroni (constantly on sale at shop rite) $1.76
Total $10.16 and you’ve fed your family amply. Times five days $50.80 for the week
You can add whatever you want to this basic.
Brick of cheese $14
Bottle ketchup $3
Three orange juice $9
2 Family packs of chicken bottoms $24
Package of hot dogs $10
Fruits and vegetables $50
Total $160.80
Without shabbos.
Why is $150 so hard to be true for a family of four children?

I left out by accident
Three -2 pound loaves of bread (more than enough for a week)
So add another $10 to my list
Making the basic cost $60
Take off a family pack of chicken and you are still at the 150-160$ a week range

@Joseph, I’m unsure if the school would actually go after far as to refuse a child lunch…I would hope not. However yes they are very strict and the kids know it. They watch and will bill you by the day if you dont sign up for school lunch. Personally we pay for school lunch, but at times the forms wernt sent in right away … the kids are aware which shouldn’t be the case

I think kluger yid forgot about shabbos

What about spices, condiments, oil, drinks other than soda (in some places tap water is barely drinkable if drinkable at all, fruits and veggies for salads, nuts and other snacks, dessert, spreads for challah, coffee, cereal, etc.

Some people calculated 1 egg per adult for breakfast but it’s not enough. We eat 2, plus 2 slices of toast, plus veggies and fruit. We make it ourselves but I’m assuming it comes out to over $5 per person per meal, which is 60 just for breakfast for the week just for the adults. And so on.

I can go on and on but we spend way more than 400 a week for a family of 4, if you’re including pantry staples. Maybe were just bigger eaters than you all.

I live in Israel so we have guests frequently for the meals and yeshiva boys can eat a lot!!

Our biggest expense is probably produce because its the only way to keep healthy without needing specialty items.

CTL, do you still serve rib steak as many times a week as when my family was at the compound?

@KLUGERYID. your expenses are not accurate. You cant buy chulent meat for $5. Soup vegetables do not cost $3 lol!. Your numbers are way off.

Reb Yosef: You were probably focused on your usual heilege endavors and missed the news several weeks ago when the Democratic controlled state legislature in Connecticut enacted new laws mandating a transition to vegetarian diets in the state by 2025 to help combat global warming (given that the red meat food cycle and bovine emissions are known to be one of the primary sources of methane). The law provided a narrow exemption for yidden for a de minimis Shabbos portion of fleishto satisfy Halacha and minhagim. CT Lawyer was one of the first to sign the pledge and commit to achieve compliance with the new statute and has banned steaks from his Connecticut estate (although he might indulge periodically visiting misphaca in Brooklyn). From now on its only tofu chulent and Impossible Burgers.

@Joseph
If it is just myself and Mrs. CTL, no. She is not very fond of beef. In the summer I order a couple of half cows and cut them down myself and re grill lots of rib and other steaks for the family and chashuva guests such as your family.
What is expensive is the fact that I introduced your daughter to lollipop lamb rib chops two summers ago.

Klugeryid: Let me try to figure out who and what you are feeding.

Let’s talk numbers of possibility
Family of six children
Two Dozen eggs $2
Bottle milk $2.40
Cream cheese $4
Two boxes macaroni (constantly on sale at shop rite) $1.76
Total $10.16 and you’ve fed your family amply. Times five days $50.80 for the week
You can add whatever you want to this basic.
Brick of cheese $14
Bottle ketchup $3
Three orange juice $9
2 Family packs of chicken bottoms $24
Package of hot dogs $10
Fruits and vegetables $50
Total $160.80
Without shabbos.
Why is $150 so hard to be true for a family of four children?
I left out by accident
Three -2 pound loaves of bread (more than enough for a week)
So add another $10 to my list
Making the basic cost $60
Take off a family pack of chicken and you are still at the 150-160$ a week range
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First are you feeding a family of eight with six children or a family of 6 with 4 children? You post says both .

“Family of six children”
“Why is $150 so hard to be true for a family of four children?”

What is the menu? Cream cheese sandwiches and scrambled eggs for breakfast?
Whats for Lunch? And not every yeshiva provides free lunch for its students.
Dinners ? 2 family packs of chicken bottoms yields 12 quarters – if it’s a family of six that’s two dinners. Last I looked there were 6 dinners in a week. Are you only serving pasta the other 4 nights with no protein (ie fish or meat?) 1 pack of hot dogs (8 pack or 16 pack?) Most people I know eat two for dinner. Family of six needs 12 so you will either need three 8 packs or 1 16 pack and 1 8 pack for two more dinners. Pasta 1 16 oz box is 8 servings 2 boxes might make 4 dinners for 6 people f they only eat the serving size.
No breakfast cereals allowed? No fats (oil, mayonnaise, butter margarine? Sugar, salt, spices?
What about non-food items – toothpaste, laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, health and beauty aids (shampoo, soap, deodorant, feminine products, tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins).

BTW., when you say children do you mean toddlers, under 10 or teens? Do you know how much teen boys eat?

As fort shabbos can of tuna (1 can for a family of 6?). %4 meat for chulent? I have to ask if your chulent is pareve as $5 worth of meat might be battul b’shishim to the rest of the ingredients.

I suggest you rethink your list.

no. american cheese in the pasta. its called mac and cheese
quite tasty really

Not in my opinion. Im not a mac n cheese fan. at least not american cheese.

(if you cant figure that out, then just cook for six and throw out the extra 2 portions)

How about being clear when you post! throw out the extra portions – ever heard of Baal tashchis.

KG:”One onion one carrot a zucchini and a parsnip cost more that $3??
My recipe calls for celery 2 to 3 carrots, 2 zucchinis and two to three onions and dill and turnip too. The children like the soup vegetables.. Oh i forgot under your budget plan the children dont get any extras of food they like. And where do you get a bag of beef bones for $2?

Who can keep track? Have six kids and spending in the range of $400 weekly at least. It’s hard to keep track what with multiple stores (moishas shop rite butcher Costco and more)