Sunday, March 29, 2009

Planning to Eat




By David Norton

Family Finance: Grocery Spending a Moving Target

NEW YORK (AP) - When Carla Chery sat down to plan her household budget, she simply calculated the average she typically spent to feed her family of four.

The Manhattan stay-at-home mom never considered what percentage of the overall budget that $500 a month took up, or whether there is a "correct" amount to spend on food. "ours is just based on what we can afford," she said.


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