Do you budget for your food monthly or weekly?

In our house , my mother use to budget the money weekly but i have to budget my money monthly to avoid unnecessary expenses.

I don't have a car, go walking so, for me, it is on a weekly base.

I usually buy twice in the month.

Weekly, we go out grocery shopping every week, we eat very little, but I want fresh products.

My relatives budget our food on a monthly basis.

No, never. But I think this is a good idea.

I don't have a budget for my food since it won't be much if we don't go out to have a meal. But I have an app and I will mark down each my expenditure as it will help me to make sure the bank won't make a mistake for my credit card.

Weekly or bi-weekly is when we used to shop. Since George's stroke, I'm lucky to get him out of the house a couple times a month. I order groceries at least once a week, longer if I need.

I order groceries once a month and keep to a tight budget, It helps if I earn some extra doing surveys or if I get some gift cards,

Initially i set up budget for monthly food cost,but later i found hard to foresee unexpected cost,then i give up budget.

I treat my pantry items sort of like a business, I guess. If I am running low, those items go on the list as they are noticed. I make one really large trip a month for everything that is a pantry item, canned goods, bulk things like flours, baking needs, etc. I get the meat needed for the freezer, and any freezer items. The rest of the month, I go once a week for fresh produce and sometimes milk. I've been doing it this way for a long time, it works for us. Of course, if the occasional store has a super good sale on an item we use a lot of that isn't going to spoil, yes, I might stop by and get that item, but of course more and more, items are not really on sale anymore.

For me it has to be monthly but in the end I end up spending more than the budget in most cases.