I spend about $150-200 on groceries, and $50 on toiletries, paper products, ans cleaning products. So, I guess we spend about $65 max for 3 us weekly on groceries and all other items.
I don't coupon for food. We don't buy anything in packages. (Aside from spaghetti sauce, pasta, and occasional pretzels or tortilla chips. All of which I find coupons for.) I My goal is to spend less then $5.00 a dinner, and eat leftovers 4 times a week. So, I am only spending $80 a month on dinners. We don't make meat every night, we have that around 3-4 times a week. The other nights we have meatless dinners, or leftovers. We use eggs and beans frequently. My parents have chickens and we get eggs free. One meal we have, is oven fried chicken breast. We get the breasts for $1.99 a pound. About 4 breasts come in a pound. We each eat a breast. I make the bread crumbs out of bread. We have veggies and a piece of fruit. Less then $5. I then use the remaining breast and shred it, add it to some beans and rice, and have tacos the next night. The key, is to have the veggie portion always be larger then the meat portion. You stretch meat that way. You can get multiple meals out of one package of meat.
Frequent dinners in our house are tortilla soup, tacos (with and without meat), veggie pizzas, pot pies, huevos rancheros, quiche, veggie pastas, mac and cheese with veggies, hamburgers, chili, potato soup, breaded chicken, pork chops, casseroles, etc. For breakfasts we eat oatmeal (super cheap!), hard boiled eggs, apples, and toast. For snacks we typically have fruits and veggies or cheese. My son has to snack more, so I always raisins and applesauce on hand. In addition to that, I make cheese crackers, granola bars, fruit leathers, and snack mix. It's super cheap handmade, and I control what goes in it. Those things can have a lot of sugar and unhealthy ingredients, bought from the store. I ALWAYS use coupons on razors, shampoo, shaving cream, paper products, toothbrushes, cleaners, etc. I spend very little money on those things, The laundry detergent we use is an eco friendly kind, that costs $15 a box and last 5-6 months.
The real way I keep costs down, is keeping the cost of dinners down, and stretching the ingredients. With dinner costs being so low, it leaves me so much flexibility in the rest of the food budget. We get most of our fresh fruits and veggies from a co-op ( www.bountifulbaskets.org ) and also get frozen veggies. We eats well, with fruits or vegetables at every meal. We never go hungry!! It just takes learning how to make several hearty meals out of one.