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unless youre in a high cost of living area/city, if you're buying a preparing most food(not buying frozen meals too much) you're probably looking at $150 a week. If youre real thrifty maybe you could get close to $100. Helps if youre not a picky eater. Make large batches of food you can eat over multiple days. im not good at cooking so im a bad source, but there are subreddits like EatCheapAndHealthy that could be good idea sources.
COL is huge, I'm not being particularly thrifty and I feed my family of 3 on 150 or less every week. I could easily feed myself on 60.
Groceries are cheaper when you buy in bulk.
Certainly true, however in my case we don't have a store nearby that does bulk really, we go to a little market and get things in the one size they sell, which is what I bought when I was single. So it's not JUST bulk.