There's no single right number — grocery spending depends on where you live, how many you feed, and what you eat. But you can land on a realistic target with a few rules of thumb.
Start with your household
More people means more food, but the per-person cost usually drops as you scale, thanks to shared staples and batch cooking. A single person and a family of four won't spend the same per head.
What pushes the number up
- Lots of meat and pre-packaged foods
- Organic or specialty diets
- Frequent small trips (more impulse buys)
- Food waste from shopping without a plan
What brings it down
- Planning meals around cheap proteins and staples
- Cooking in batches
- One planned shop instead of several
- Reusing ingredients across the week
Pick a number and plan to it
Whatever you choose, the key is planning meals to fit it. Set your weekly number in Grovio and it builds a week priced to land inside it.