Top 10 states revealed where a family of 4 spends the most on groceries as prices continue to soar

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Grocery shopping is taking a big bite out of budgets everywhere — but a family of four can get socked significantly more in some states.

Hawaii tops the list for grocery outlay in that demographic, spending an estimated $389.66 a week at the supermarket, totaling a staggering $20,262 annually, data from the US Census Bureau has revealed.

Families of four in Alaska drop the second-most amount at $383.62 a week, or $19,948 a year, followed by those in California, who spend $347.45 weekly, or $18,067 annually, according to financial assistance experts at the nonprofit Ex Felons Support, which crunched numbers from the Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey that tracks weekly grocery spending across all 50 states.

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Top 10 US states where a family of four will spend the most on groceries
Hawaii — $389.66 a week / $20,262 a year

Alaska — $383.62 a week / $19,948 a year

California — $347.45 a week / $18,067 a year

Nevada — $343.99 a week / $17,887 a year

Mississippi — $339.18 a week / $17,637 a year

Washington — $335.71 a week / $17,457 a year

Florida — $335.24 a week / $17,432 a year

New Mexico — $334.22 a week / $17,379 a year

Texas — $333.98 a week / $17,367 a year

Louisiana — $330.20 a week / $17,170 a year

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/top-10-states-revealed-where-173051187.html

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1. give up meat save 1/3 or more

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2. Fwiw,

these numbers are roughly half of the federal poverty line numbers; i.e., you can make $1 above the poverty line, spend half your income on food, and still be expected somehow to afford rent, utilities, transportation, healthcare, education, clothing, etc. out of the remaining half.