A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a closer look at our weekly grocery shopping. I was interested in finding out how much money, in terms of percentage of the total, we were spending each week on different food groups. For this particular week, here is how the various food groups ended up in our shopping cart:
The top 4 food groups were dairy, meats, fruits and vegetables, which together accounted for about 83% of the total. I was pleased to see that about 38% of our overall grocery dollars went into fruits and veggies. Dairy and meats together were at 43%. Clearly, we are buying a lot of protein and vitamins, but a higher portion of them is coming from animal sources. Not a huge concern right now since both of these groups seem to be in balance for us.
The other consideration is fresh vs. processed foods. Here is how this split turned out for us:
More processed food, but overall split is about even. Here, I considered frozen vegetables as processed foods.
So what is in your grocery cart?
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding off.
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