<p>Ours in $2,135 a semester and is also unlimited.</p>
<p>@jkaufman</p>
<p>Jamba Juice is healthy? Jamba Juice is healthy if injecting corn syrup into your bloodstream is healthy.</p>
<p>^Jamba juice has all fruit smoothies and the smoothies that has juice from concentrate can be removed by request.</p>
<p>$200 a week for groceries is pretty pricey. Do you only buy all organic groceries?</p>
<p>I don’t think my own family spends $800 a month on groceries.</p>
<p>^^ Same. My dad says he spends about $500 a month and we’re (for the most part) 6 people.</p>
<p>I spend about $1000 a month on food if you consider going out to sit down restaurants as part of it.</p>
<p>By sit down restaurants, I’m assuming you mean Michelin three star restaurants.</p>
<p>Mine is $4400 a year. 14 meals a week plus $250 on our cards to use at places like jamba juice…etc. $2000 to feed yourself is NOT a bad plan when considering the convenience. I however am very angry about my ridiculous dining plan rate. They are around $12 a meal. Seriously - I could eat out every day at restaurants… Plus I never use all my meals.</p>
<p>“^^ Same. My dad says he spends about $500 a month and we’re (for the most part) 6 people.”</p>
<p>$500/month for 6 people? Maybe if you’re living off of a diet of Ramen. I’d be interested in finding out how he spends that money.</p>
<p>" I spend about $1000 a month on food if you consider going out to sit down restaurants as part of it. "</p>
<p>you’re gonna need to be a “futurehedgemgr” if you wanna keep that up</p>
<p>^^ I know. Then again, he said he EASILY spends $500 a month so it’s probably more than that. It averages out to about $125 a week.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine $500/month being anything better than a gross underestimation, unless you really do eat only ramen. </p>
<p>Personally, I’d have trouble eating well for under $300/month. I could manage with less, but I’d be having a number of really lame meals.</p>
<p>I spend about $250/mo including meals out and eat like a nobleman. Two words: farmers’ market.</p>
<p>My meal plan is about $1770 a semester and its unlimited. Its not that bad; one of the dining hall is right there by my dorm building. I also get $150 to be used anywhere you want on campus so I probably have it better than most of you guys.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t think he spends any more than $600 or $700. And we eat well, thank you very much. :D</p>
<p>i’ll be living in an apartment this yr, and im estimating 250/month on groceries, probably 300 total cuz i’ll eat out sometimes. With the 250 bucks, I can eat some really good stuff, not the fatty crap in dining halls :)</p>
<p>^ exactly. I miss being able to go out and get my own groceries for a cheaper price and making something decent. It seems like no matter how small of portions I eat at my dining hall I always feel sick afterwards!</p>
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<p>I remember your post from a similar thread. Do you live in an area that has unusually expensive groceries? I found that shopping at Publix in Atlanta was not expensive at all; I never spent more than $240 a month ($60 a week), and I ate very well: fresh vegetables, meats, and fruits; eggs and dairy; and whole grains. What’s more, if I had a car and was able to drive to Chinatown, my vegetables would be even less expensive. (I eat a lot of vegetables, but of course it’s possible that the increased gas expense would offset the decreased vegetable expense.)</p>
<p>I’m now a grad student at another school in another state, but groceries are about the same here as they were in Atlanta. Like I said, unless you live in an area that has unusually expensive groceries, you either have a taste for premium products (nothing wrong with that) or you don’t check the in-store advertisements to see what’s on sale.</p>
<p>Congratulations on getting out of Atlanta in one piece. :D</p>
<p>But seriously; what these guys are being charged is highway robbery. I guess it is part of the mystical ‘college experience’ the marketing departments plug.</p>