Depends. With my husband and teenage son maybe 150-200, when my other two are home from university, 200-300 sometimes more.
I feel better now lol. I don't buy junk food anymore either. I've been eating healthier since October, so there's no way any of that is in the house - I've lost my taste for it anyway. We eat similar to you - poultry, veggie meals, fish. Very little red meat - gosh I think it might be as little as once or twice a month if that. I think what costs the most is all those "extras" that aren't food related - the toilet paper, paper towels, various foils & wraps, cleaning products, etc.I'm in Northern NJ in a commuter town. We spend comparably. It's not just you. It's just two old-farts who eat mostly vegetables and some poultry and we can easily spend $95 at the supermarket. We did tonight. The only nonfood items we bought were for two rolls of paper towel and some black garbage bags. We don't even buy junk food or organic.
The "all gone for me" syndrome - I know that one well!I don't even want to know what I spend on groceries. I tend to buy more expensive items. Veggies, I will buy the leaner, better trimmed boneless chicken, lower fat meats, scallops, shrimp, etc.
My husband is going to be working from home more and the other day he was complaining that there were no snacks in the house. He will often snack for lunch. His idea of snacks is cashews, pistachios, mixed nuts, jerky, etc. You really don't want to know what the recent "stock up on snacks" grocery visit cost me. Agree with sivyaleah about the seltzer, etc. We could buy a 2 liter, but he prefers the more expensive small bottles. I buy this stuff and a few days later I will go for a bottle or a few pistachios and they are all gone. He likes granola for breakfast and that is also not cheap. I haven't made any in a while, which I should probably do.
Smart planning. Make a general meal plan for a week, then shop your kitchen first. Whatever you don't have (meat, produce, perishables, etc) gets put on the grocery list to buy. I tend to cook one big meal of something and repurpose the leftovers in various ways.I'm not sure how everyone here spends so little!
That's true I don't take time to plan. And also I just really enjoy good food. Sometimes things like cod, mackerel or fresh dungeness crab is not ever going to be that cheap. Especially in Texas where we're lucky to get those things at all. Tons of other foods and snacks to enjoy as well. To me food is life. Yum! I don't buy designer clothes or anything but I don't mind spending on food.Smart planning. Shop your kitchen first
There is a large Asian population on the West Coast, I remember that was true when I was stationed at Ft. Lewis Washington. That is probably why there was a large selection of reasonably priced Asian food in Southern California.Asian products are 50% more expensive compared to asian stores in socal. And I simply cannot live without asian stuff.