<prompt> Human: I checked the other thread, and went through most of the comments but no one really posted an actual spend and list, so I just got back from vacation and everything in the fridge was cleaned out that I needed to do this exercise anyway.Id love to see other redditors actual spend on groceries and those who can do 50week, see if they had to cheat and do a mid week run to the marketI live in a suburb of New York 45 minutes from NYC. Going through my weekly circular at my local Stop and Shop. 50week is pretty impossible for me to feed my family of 4 unless i do some serious dieting, but im going to stick with the the following assumption. Each person per day should eat roughly 4 lbs of food per day, or roughly 16 lbs of food per day per family of 4. My breakdown of the 16lbsday would be roughly 4 lbs of meat, 5 lbs of grainsricepasta, 4 lbs of veggies, 2 lbs of beansoy protein per day, 1 lb of dairy. If i was cooking for 6 days and eat out one day Id need roughly 96 lbs of food for the week or 24lbs of meat, 30 lbs of grainsricepasta, 24 lbs of veggies, 12lbs of beansoyfish protein, 6lbs of dairy.---Here in the suburbs of NY, my weekly circular at Stop and Shop says I can get.1. 3 boxes of cereal 3 lbs of grains -92. Chicken Quarters Drum sticks or thighs for 99 centslb. 14 lbs -143. 85 ground beef 2.88lb 3 lbs - 104. 10 boxes of dried pasta 10 lbs, but 20 lbs cooked - 105. Bag of rice 20 lb but 40 lbs cooked- 146. Cabbage .69lb 3 lbs- 27. Corn 4 ears for 2 4 lbs -48. Squash 1.69lb 3 lbs - 59. Fresh Tomatoes 1.99lb 2 lbs - 410. 2 bags of dried beans 2 lb- 211. 2 packages of tofu 2 lbs- 312. 2 dozen eggs are 1.69 per dozen 2lbs - 3.413. Gallon of milk 8.5lbs- 4---Actual spend 86.53. The chicken and veggie weight werent exact so they were a little over. I ended up with about 107 lbs of food assuming water weight on the rice and the pasta. This was what I found to be my bare minimum.---I started another bill for the spicessaucesoil because they last longer than a week.1. 64 oz kikkoman soy suace - 82. 128 oz wessen vegetable oil - 83. 3 lb diamond kosher salt - 54. 34 oz Colavita EVOO - 175. 1 Lb onion powder - 5 because it lasts longer than fresh onions6. 1 lb garlic powder - 3 same reason as onions7. 1 lb of all purpose flour - 2.498. 1 lb of butter store brand - 2.49This bill was 55.68 tax included but I feel like will last me a month so divide it by 4weeks would be roughly another 14week.---Total bill for a family of four puts me pretty much at 100week in groceries for a family of 4Heres an idea of the dishes Im planning for this week.1. Ziti and meatballs beefeggtomatoes, flour, pasta2. - chickeneggcabbagericesoy sauce3. fried tofu with chicken with rice- tofuflourchicken4. grill chicken thighs with buttered corn and stir fried cabbage over rice.5. pasta primavera - spaghetti, squash, tomatoes, chicken6. roasted or fried chicken with rice and beans7. breakfast are simple with occasional fried scrambled eggs or cereal8. lunch would be packed left overs from the dinner night before.---There is no way for me to get it down to 50week without serious cutting out of most protein and literally being left with riceeggsbeanscabbage. The veggies usually rotate at my local stop and shop that I could keep it to 100week budget with a pretty good variety.  <response>: 50 a week is solid for a single adult and frugal for 2 adults. For a family of 4, it takes serious sacrifice and is not really necessary or prudent. 