How much do you grocery?

I do one big shopping once a month on the supermarket.
Then i do 1-2 small shopping every week,in our nearest shop.
I cook nearly all my food from scrate.
Beacuse it´s cheaper,and you know what you put in your stomach

hmmm...i don't know exactly how much i spend money for do grocery. But I do cook every day. If I am lazy for cooking like last friday, we bought pizza from supermarket:D

have a nice weekend

I go once a week. I rarely buy ready to cook or already cooked stuff. I'm not a great cook and the recipes I use are not complicated, lol, but I rather make it fresh. The boxed stuff tastes, well, like box, lol.

I go about once a week. I try to make my list before hand but I usually don't follow it or I forget it all together. I check the stores sales before I go to see what they have. I like to try a new recipe each week and bake at least once a week so I enjoy making stuff from scratch. But I also buy at least one frozen pizza or ready made meal in case I just don't feel like cooking.

I do some of everything you described. I have a set of staples that I buy every weekly shopping trip. Butter, Shredded Cheddar cheese, Angel Hair pasta(really thin spaghetti).

Then I go bulk shopping about once ever 2 months or so. I actually get most of the stuff I need here and divide it up and freeze it or store it. I get shampoo and conditioner, batteries, printer cartridges, popcorn packets, spaghetti sauce, laundry detergent, cooking oil, spices, canned goods(like soup and tomatoes), and soft drinks.

Then during the week, if I need something small, like salad stuff or milk I will get it on my way home from work. I don't really hate grocery shopping all that much, so it's not so much of a chore to go. The main concern now is gas. I need to cut down on my trips because I don't want to waste gas to get to the store and back.

We eat a lot of the same things in about a 3 week cycle, so as long as I have all the ingredients for about 15-20 dishes, we are set for the month.

All depends on your family size. It is just me so I dont' spend alot. I love to cook, but not just for me so I dont' do meals much anymore. Then again, I don't like frozen meals either. I am a "made from scratch" person.

But while those money saving gurus used to always say "make a list of what you want for meals this week and then go to the store and buy ONLY what is on that list" and this was their way of "saving money". Stupid is as stupid does I guess, cause that is just totally ridiculous. What if you aren't having anything with chicken this week, but there on sale - for 99¢ a lb is boneless skinless chicken bre*ast? What a bargain! So you pass it up cause it is not on your list. Now next week, you decide you do want chicken, and go to the store nad this week it is back to regular price of $3.97 a lb. It's on your list this week, so you buy it.

I have found to just have in your mind all the things you can make nad then go shopping and buy only what is on sale. Then go home and make your menus out of what you just bought. Common sense says that is the better way to save at the grocery store. Yes, you'll pick up things that aren't on sale, but for the bulk of what you usually get - buying only on sale is a sure fire way to spend less.

usually for meals, i buy them fresh, to make sure that what i give my family are really good for them. but with personal hygiene, and other stuff i buy them monthly.

I don’t have any fixed time to buy vegetable, meat or other groceries. My husband and I usually would go for marketing mostly during our leisure or we need to buy any stuff for our cooking urgently. We usually prefer to buy stuff and prepare our home made meals. We don’t have any difficulty for buying groceries as the market and hypermarkets are very near to our house. It takes us only four minutes or so to drive to the nearest one.

I try to go once a month and buy a big bulk of groceries so I have things to cook for the month. I buy stuff to make my own food. I don't buy food that is alread cooked except for some microwave diners once in awile. I don't buy stuff to cook anything complicated though I am faily simple.

I try to shop for the upcoming week, planning recipes ahead of time...that way I can get through the work week without having that one more thing to be worried about!