Depends on how many people live in your household and what you eat. You can probably spend even less if you’re only cooking for one and most meals are ‘beans and rice’-level.
I’d assume that the hard part is finding an affordable place in a somewhat walkable neighborhood in the US, especially if you don’t want to live in a one-room apartment.
Either way, the $50 are really not the important part. It would still be true if you paid $200 and could save $50 by shopping at cheaper supermarkets that are further away.
Also if you are walking to the store, you are limiting the amount you can buy as you have to transport it back home. I have a nice little collapsible cart I use. Even that fills up and gets heavy once you are adding beverages.
Was a reference to the movie Idiocracy, where they only used Gaterade to water their plants, because they crave electrolytes and water is just the stuff from the toilet.
Tbh, most beverages you get at stores have way to much sugar for my taste. But the quality of tap water also varies wildly around the world. I wouldn’t drink it as much if I lived in a place where it was chlorinated.
True, you’re definitely missing out on a lot of bulk items, especially when you’re living in a smaller apartment and don’t even have the space to store 10 pound bags. And you pretty much have to go to the store multiple times a week.
Where in the world can you buy a week’s groceries for $50?
1970ish?
Yes, we were all buying $300k cars in 1970.
Depends on how many people live in your household and what you eat. You can probably spend even less if you’re only cooking for one and most meals are ‘beans and rice’-level.
I’d assume that the hard part is finding an affordable place in a somewhat walkable neighborhood in the US, especially if you don’t want to live in a one-room apartment.
Either way, the $50 are really not the important part. It would still be true if you paid $200 and could save $50 by shopping at cheaper supermarkets that are further away.
Also if you are walking to the store, you are limiting the amount you can buy as you have to transport it back home. I have a nice little collapsible cart I use. Even that fills up and gets heavy once you are adding beverages.
Adding beverages is wasting money anyway, just drink water
The stuff from the toilet??
That shit’s got electrolytes.
Yes, but I generally drink from the tap.
Was a reference to the movie Idiocracy, where they only used Gaterade to water their plants, because they crave electrolytes and water is just the stuff from the toilet.
It’s been too long since I watched that.
Just look out of the window…
REMEMBER THE ONLY WAY TO BE FRUGAL IS TO NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT BRINGS YOU PLEASURE, OR EAT ANYTHING BUT BEANS/RICE AND DRINK ONLY WATER.
This is what people who say shit like that sound to folks who know that life is not meant to just be survived, but enjoyed.
Tbh, most beverages you get at stores have way to much sugar for my taste. But the quality of tap water also varies wildly around the world. I wouldn’t drink it as much if I lived in a place where it was chlorinated.
Lol ok buddy
If you live in a place with good water it’s both healthy and tasty
True, you’re definitely missing out on a lot of bulk items, especially when you’re living in a smaller apartment and don’t even have the space to store 10 pound bags. And you pretty much have to go to the store multiple times a week.
If you are extremely frugal everywhere, even the US
Yeah, that’s just over $7/day, which is doable.
I reckon I could do it for one person, but I’d have to cut down on bacon.
But it depends on where you live.
Usually I manage $40-$67 (£30-£50) in the UK - usually it depends on if I need bonus things that aren’t weekly (cleaning supplies etc) :)
edit: this is for just two people though :)
I want to know who’s able to spend only $45 at Costco.
Get a week’s worth of rotisserie chicken. 😀
This week’s groceries for my family of 4 was only like $70. For a single person who’s not buying microwave ready meals, that’s easily doable.
Where do you live? Where I live, $70 is one week of frugal meals for a single 20-50 year old male. A family of four is $230 a week, per the USDA.
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/cnpp-costFood-tfp-july2025.pdf
Midwest
That’s a lot of corn on the cob
Yes, my neighbor is a cornfield