FIRST GROCERY HAUL OF 2025 + TOTAL BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR LAST YEAR!

[@FAMOFSIX]

First haul yay ! Diced tomatoes are so versatile 😊

[@elizabethteeter6284]

Hope you have a blessed day today I'm sitting here doing my chemo treatment for today praying don't get sick or loose my beautiful long hair please pray for me too ❤

[@mamatofive1]

Oh Elizabeth, I’ll pray for you right now! I’m sorry you have to go through this 😔

[@donnanorman340]

Sending hugs 🫂 and blessings. 🙌🇨🇦

[@mariakoufalis1487]

Oh sweet Elizabeth. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.Stay positive, you will get through everything that comes your way.🧡🧡🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@aileenbn8409]

Sending prayers and hugs to you Elizabeth ❤

[@melissaflores5466]

Lifted a prayer for you Elizabeth ❤

[@helenmorgan4003]

Just found you, love your presentation, thankyou, I'm from Australia. It's interesting comparing prices.

[@lindseyberrum]

Budgets !!! Great video ideas.

[@meganross]

Well done!!!! Your grocery videos are my favorite😊

[@mamatofive1]

Aww thank you! 😊

[@thissimplelife653]

I have used the cookie sheet pan over the dish when I was out of foil method before. And It did work well. ☺️

[@kaitlinproudfoot2483]

Great job with your grocery budget! Love seeing your hauls. We are a couple and we spent $5210 on groceries for the year 2024. We also live in Ontario

[@LizWatts-o1o]

It is startling to see the number all together at the end of the year! You did really well and you always make such good homemade meals🙂

[@mamatofive1]

The homemade meals help a lot!

[@whitney5581]

Yes! Our Walmart here in Saskatchewan no longer supplies whole grain pasta either and has also cut back a lot of their organic grocery options. Disappointing! We spend similar amounts on groceries per month as well, but this year I plan to keep better track!! Crazy that food expenses now exceeds many mortgage monthly payments! 🤯

[@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703]

I think you did great. We spent$804 a month as a family of four in the USA.

[@carlabrodhagen5437]

ive never tried the superstore. i think i will. In Ontario too....large family homeschooling family!

[@mamatofive1]

Oh good! If you have one close to you, yes try it out! The prices on average are just slightly more than Walmart…like ten cents or less. But when they have the points offers and freebies, it still works out to savings for us. So we go back and forth on Walmart and superstore depending what the sales are 😊

[@blessedhomeschoolmommy1453]

Seeing that number is WILD! Probably what I spend too, but $15,000 that is outrageous!

[@Amberdavis08]

I am so impressed! My budget always goes haywire because of Costco. My goal this year is to be more intentional and use a calculator when I shop there.

[@mamatofive1]

Things can get out of hand at Costco 🤦🏼‍♀️ We only go every couple of months, so we do a large haul there, but I do my best to stick to my list, and then the other grocery trips that month are quite small, so it balances out.

[@brandierhoades4696]

I don’t budget household and groceries seperate as I get them at the same time. Family of 4 plus 3 pets. Located in southern Indiana. And I try to keep to a $1000 a month budget for groceries and household.

[@kimceriko]

I always buy the same sale items as you haha! Pork tenderloin is a fave here too, I brush with bbq sauce and then bake. For our family of 6 I spent $11,551.15. My budget was $1000 a month. We’re in BC.

[@mamatofive1]

I love it 😂 that’s a great number!

[@livinwiththeedges8283]

I feel you on the "stock up" on tomato products. 😂😂😂. We easily go through 10-15 cans a month. 😂

[@mamatofive1]

Right? 😂

[@taniayoungson5614]

In 2024, my grocery budget was $650/mth for a family of 3. I was overspent by approx $750 for the entire year. I'm in Canada as well, in MB. I shop at Superstore most of the time. I will buy sale items from Sobey's and Co-op on occasion and Costco maybe every 2 months. For 2025, I've increased the budget to $700/mth. Household items, toiletries, pet supplies and vitamins have always been separate categories for us. I bought the whole wheat pasta, too. But my stock up was an actual stock up... 24 spaghetti, 16 rotini, and 8 penne. I'll be good for quite a while. 😂 Pork tenderloin is next!

[@mamatofive1]

That IS a stock up! 😂👏🏻

[@lindsay2721]

wow you did good im in Ontario and shop at walmart and no frills and for a family of 5 its over $200 -$300 a week for us and i buy no name and walmart brand sales etc haha

[@lindsay2721]

mind you our paper products and cleaning things are in that number as well toilet Kleenex paper towels plus etc because i do groccery pick up from walmart

[@mamatofive1]

It’s expensive!!

[@rachelday9585]

I spend about $450/month US for everything including nonfood for my family of 5. I know prices are higher in Canada.

[@mamatofive1]

That’s amazing! 👏🏻

[@kaylal5929]

We live in Idaho. Family of 4 and I spend $700 a month. With that said I have 3 of us still at home and my daughter is in college. Her sorority has a chef 5 days a week so I buy her groceries for the weekends and snacks which is included in my $700. My budget doesn’t include any beef, lamb, or pork as we raise beef and lamb/pork we support a 4H/FFA kiddo and buy their project from the county fair auction.

[@mamatofive1]

That sounds like such a neat option, with the county fair auction!

[@kaylal5929]

@@mamatofive1it is!! My kids show beef and sell at the auction. Amazing learning opportunities and responsibility!!

[@ts3421]

Do u do a large grocery order like this once a month or twice?

[@mamatofive1]

I shop weekly…this haul was a little bigger than some, but it just depends on what I need each week, what is on sale, etc!

[@meloi661]

Great haul! I think you call the store and complain to get a refund of the bananas. Life happens. The guy could be nicer. We are a family of 5 in CA and spend about 1500 a month.

[@mamatofive1]

If it was unusable produce, I absolutely would…we can still use all these in smoothies, so I just let it go!

[@meloi661]

Great haul! I think you call the store and complain to get a refund of the bananas. Life happens. The guy could be nicer.