I think it will considering the huge bag of rice on the right. Much of the other stuff is flavorings and nutrition.

 

I doubt the 'average' American family goes through 8 2-liter bottles of juice per week.

 

$100 a month for 2 people!?! You're saying you feed yourselves on $1.66 each per day? Even if you bought in bulk (which is hard with only two people, we try), that's still not reasonable. Even your high end estimate only gives you each $2.83 per day.

My wife and I can go out one night for dinner and drinks and it'll cost $100!

We cook at home most of the time, averaging 4 times a week, sometimes more in the summer when I grill. Still, when I totaled my 2009 budget for lunch, groceries, dining out, etc it topped $150/wk for food.

- NCSU

 

me and my wife only spend about $200 a month on food we cook at home but we probably spend around $500 going out..

 

Let us extrapolate the American family food expenditures out to a month. $1367.92/month <- HOLY CRAP!!!!!

That amount encompasses ALL of my monthly expenditures. That is to say that everything I have going out each month does not equal what the average American family spends just on food.

Am I fricken POOR or something??? This year I cleared > $45K

I'll consider this another great reason not to get hitched and start a family.

 

I don't want to be racist, but where is the chicken in the American's pile?

 

Whether you are being racist or not, it is front and center on the table in the black plastic divided tray.

 

Well, I'll be... Next question: where are my glasses

 

FWIW The family from China seem to be fans of the fried chicken also. Check out the the KFC's on the table to the right front. The Colonel's image is clearly visible on multiple packages and cups.

 

My mortgage is more than that.

 

You forgot the average welfare claiming British family

 

@ Adam!!

I shop for myself, my husband, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 4 chickens and a spider...our 'grocery' bill averages around $400 a month but this includes everything from steaks to laundry soap. The actual food part is much less.

I tend to agree with SouthernSkrew, the average American family has forgotten the art of cooking from scratch. They open a can, box or bag and call it cooking. I readily admit to eating fast food on occasion but it's not an everyday thing, probably more like a once every other month thing! I seriously can't remember the last time I bought a frozen dinner or went to MacDonalds!

 

China looks like it has 2 dads.

 

No wonder Americans are so fat. Look at all that crap.
If I ate like that every week I wouldn't fit in my Ford!

 

My math might have been off some what. We do alot of our shopping at Foodtown which has extremly cheap meats, fresh veggies and other can/dry goods. I try to buy things such as pork loins on sale and then I take and cut them into pork chops, small chuncks for say carnitas and leave a larger slice or two for roasting/BBQ. One Pork loin goes a far way if you cut it up. We also buy chicken on the bone, much cheaper than bonless skinless, and we will buy a whole chicken as well, which is good for a couple days. I can either cook the whole chicken or quarter it, we buy bigger bags of rice and flavor it ourselfs, no rice-a-roni, buy a bag of potatoes...those go far. We go to Kroger to buy the buy frozen veggies as well, those 10 for 10 ordeals, which are still a buck by thierself.

We usually have left overs when we cook and thats what I take for lunch. For instance I brought a Brisket on sale for $10, I've been eating that for dinner and lunch since the Sunday before last. I've done sliced, chopped sandwichs, brisket tacos with bell pepers, onions, potatoes and mexican seasiong, made chili with it and have brisket and egg tacos. I still have about another two meals of brisket left.

I think it really boils down to most people chose not to eat leftovers and throw alot of perfectly good food away. I have friends that will cook more than they need than throw it away. I also think people need to be creative with there food, like I've listed above. People also usually eat more of a portion than is needed. My stepdad for instance will go back for 3rds....3RDS. He dosnt need to, but he feels the need. Oh hell, I've blabbered on enough.