How much do you spend on food a week?

[tomleegolf]

Hi guys,

Just wondering how much money you spend on food in a week?

I would spend about $150 on food just for me. Could be cheaper but I buy about a quarter of my meals. Can't be fukked making it all the time

[Phedder]

Roughly $120, up to $150 or so if I buy more take out or want to make something a bit fancier.

[tomleegolf]

Roughly $120, up to $150 or so if I buy more take out or want to make something a bit fancier.

How many times a week would you buy takeaway in a $120 week?

[Phedder]

Roughly $120, up to $150 or so if I buy more take out or want to make something a bit fancier.

How many times a week would you buy takeaway in a $120 week?

Hardly ever. I usually cook all my meals, takeaways or eating at a restaurant would fall into the $150 week, maybe once or twice a month?

[PecChef]

$50-60

[tomleegolf]

$50-60

Do you get free meals or something? If you're purchasing everything you eat, I can't see how you can keep your food budget under $100 lol unless you're buying Budget everything

[PecChef]

$50-60

Do you get free meals or something? If you're purchasing everything you eat, I can't see how you can keep your food budget under $100 lol unless you're buying Budget everything

Haha, I live with my parents they get most of the fresh stuff. Around 30 bucks for 3kg of chicken when its on sale.. I have 500g or 400 a day which lasts me through the week. 16 bucks for 2kg of chicken mince . The rest I would spend on tuna or sauces lol.

I'm cutting right now so foods pretty cheap. Back when I was bulking my weekly budget was like 90-100 bucks cause of foods like potato,kumura

[arthuritus]

About $7-8 dollars per day (~50/week) is about the cheapest you can get your protein for unless you just chow down the nastiest protein drinks all day long.

Thats from cheap chicken like peecchef mentioned.

A mate at uni gets by on about 40 per week total, but I don't think he'll be getting a whole lot of protein or decent veggies for that. 1kg tubs of peanut butter and sacks of carrots ftw = )

[JPW]

My girlfriend and I spend roughly $250 per week. Most of the money goes to chicken breast, canned tuna and fresh vegetables. It's always a score when you get 1kg of chicken breast for $10 and x2 Sealord Tuna 185gm for $4.

We cook a week’s worth of chicken for lunches on Sunday afternoon, weigh it all, bag it and throw it in the fridge. Preparation is most definitely key. I also boil 2 dozen eggs for snacks throughout the week.

I have no idea how people live on sub $100 a week. Maybe I'm just a fussy bastard.

[Bruce L]

Sweet! So cooked chicken can last a week in the fridge?

[tomsammce]

Sweet! So cooked chicken can last a week in the fridge?

Yuck lol rather eat dry dog shit

[maccaz]

haha itd get pretty yuck after a couple days i reckon, dont see why you would leave it for a week on purpose, id rather not get food poisoning and have a bit of cooking to do more than once a week

[Bruce L]

OK, wont cook a weeks worth of chicken like jpw then. Chur.

I spend between 80 - 130 p/w

[JPW]

haha itd get pretty yuck after a couple days i reckon, dont see why you would leave it for a week on purpose, id rather not get food poisoning and have a bit of cooking to do more than once a week

You won't get food poising. That is a complete misconception. The chicken stay's moist if you cook it correctly. We cook everything else fresh every day except the chicken for lunches. Works for us and we've been doing it for ages. I find it funny when people throw around the food poisoning thing. It's actually rather difficult to get food poisoning.

[jimmybro1]

Anywhere between $120-160 / week really depends if their are specials.I would say about 70% of that cost is meat.

[AgentOrange]

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[Andre01]

haha itd get pretty yuck after a couple days i reckon, dont see why you would leave it for a week on purpose, id rather not get food poisoning and have a bit of cooking to do more than once a week

You won't get food poising. That is a complete misconception. The chicken stay's moist if you cook it correctly. We cook everything else fresh every day except the chicken for lunches. Works for us and we've been doing it for ages. I find it funny when people throw around the food poisoning thing. It's actually rather difficult to get food poisoning.

Put half the chicken in the freezer and pull it out later in the week and thaw it in the fridge. Its what I normally do. Cook one a week and then freeze.