I buy bulk on sale so I can't say what I spend on food each month. I tried to keep track of it, but it was too much work.
There were four of us here until the bum left. It seemed like an endless and worthless debate trying to get my daughter and her bum to please understand that if I am paying all the bills I shouldn't also feed you for free and so the debate was that they consume only three hundred dollars of food each month. Which was OK but they didn't always contribute. I asked around and most people didn't really know how much their food costs them each month. My sister, though, knew what food, drink, and regular household items cost her each month because she puts everything on her credit card. $1000.00 or more for two.
But, what motivated me to post this thread was an internet article about the cost of living in retirement in the most expensive U.S. cities and it is saying that in some cities the cost of a month of groceries is $4000.00. So, I did the Math to see if maybe it meant each year, but that didn't work. I suspect it is a faulty report because I also did the math to compare $4000 a month with the total monthly expenses and that didn't work either.
But, (though it can't be right!) I suppose it means for two people.
Do you know how much eating, drinking, (and cleaning) costs
you each month?
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