How long can you eat for 50$ in your country

$50 is in USD, I'm assuming... I can get 2 weeks of groceries with change(Food only).. I could buy ... 3 whole chickens for $10 1 kg beef $6 5kg of potatoes $3 packet of 1kg pasta $2 1 kg of rice $2 3 packets of chips $2 2 loaves of bread $1 2 liters of milk $3 1 kg cheese $5 30 eggs $3 That's $37 lol... Interesting topic, but I usually shop within my budget of $50 a fortnight just for groceries..

I think all of us working people have a food budget based upon our earnings. Here in New York City, 50 dollars will feed me good if i cook myself for about 10 days. If i eat out, it will probably not last more than three days. Food is a necessity and as a result very important that we do budget ourselves so that we can get the most value for our money. While 50 dollars may seem like a lot in some countries, it really is not considering the cost of living here. If a household makes minimum wage here and say a spouse and a child are included, 50 dollars is not much at all. The formula i believe here is that if one spends 1/3 of their salary on food one is considered to be in poverty. Eating out for many is a luxury and truth to tell, you can probably find a lot more productive things to do with the money you save by not eating fast food.

U are very fortunate to be able to buy all that for $50. fifty would not go far here for groceries. Things are awfully expensive at the grocery & i shop at the one that has the cheapest prices.

$ 50 in my country means IDR 445 000. With that much money, if only to eat possibility I can use for 12 days. But for now, the price of basic necessities are very expensive, probably I can only use for 10 days.

I can eat very well for a week with $50. Many people eat with a lot less but I like some gourmet items in my diet. I buy the best oil and use sunflower oil and olive oil. I don´t buy waffles or biscuits but I buy more butter and flour to make it. In my country veggies are not very expensive if you buy them fresh and on season. I freeze some and process others (like pesto to last the whole year). I invite a lot with that money.

I don't eat as healthy as I should. I buy tv dinners and other kinds of foods which helps me eat for two weeks off of fifty dollars. It's hard to buy anything good for such as small amount of money, but at least I don't starve.

Here in India $50 is equal to Rs.2300. Here we take rice and vegetables.Here the cost of the rice per 1 kg is Rs. 35. Here in India we can stay in good hostel per 1 month with food and accomodation.

Ok here is your list of food: 1 chicken, 2 of pork, I white beans, I rice, 3-4 potatoes, onions, 1 of cheese,buter and around 20 eggs, begetable oil, milk, macaroni, waffles. I am trying to see where the 3 meals a days comes in, unless you eat the following day leftovers from night before. Fifty dollars here where I live in Ohio would if you done it right buy a weeks grocery, lets see Wal-Mart has 10# bag of chicken, legs and thighs for around $4.50, for me and my hubby tht would make 4 meals. One section of a leg and thigh each, Ok lets call that chicken Monday meal. For Tuesday we have red beans and rice, the beans being about $1.69 a pkg. and the rice you can buy at dollar store here for 10# for $4.00, Wed meaal pork chops, if you buy ends cut, maybe 6 pieces to a pack for like $7.00, that would give me 2 meals, cause he likes 2 at a time. Thursday meal is speghetti, ok speghetti is around a buck, and a pack of hamburger around $2.00 for a pack. Friday meal would be Hot dogs and chips, so hot dogs at Aldia's is like 20 to a pack for $3.99, buns around a buck, and a can of chili sauce 50 cents, chips $1.69 Saturday we will have meat loaf, that would cost around $3.00 for the hamburger, bread crumbs like a buck, tomato sauce, 50 cents, Sunday, we have chicken again, baked, so no expense for that cause I got the left over chicken from Monday, Then i have to buy milk, lets say $2.00, pottoes 20# at Aldias is like $1.69, sugar for tea, sugar is like $2.49, and tea at Wal-Marrt $2.00, Cooking oil, $2.00, eggs, 3 dozen, @78 cents $2.34 bread is like 89 cents a loaf, 2 loafs, box of cereal, $2.00, coffee $5.00 for 3 #'s few cans of vegetables say $1.50 ok I'm up to $54.68, so you can do it on near $50.00 here and reason I done this is we get food stamps because both of us are disabled, and I buy all my groceries at one time on the first of the month for the whole month, I shop from store to store and fill the freezer, and still have to spend some of the money from our check, because hubby has to have jalopina peppers, he likes potato salad, but wants olives and parsley in it, he cajun, so they need extra spices, but I wanted to see if I could buy a weeks worth of groceries for the $50. and I guess it could be done, or close to it, Don't leave anything to buy like snacks or drinks with, bottled water is almost $4. a case, then there is maraconi and but and dang I'm tired and I haven't left yet, Aldia's is a great store because it sells like hot dogs 18 or 20 to a pack, for $3.00 so that is 4 meals that you can make out of that. Eggs are cheap, people ask me why I don't just buy for a week at a time and I said it can't be done like that but I guess it could be. i buy the bulk packages of meat and divide it into bags and freeze it, So if a person just eat the basic, then I guess they could make it on just $50. Meat is very expesive here other than port chops and chicken, so that is what we eat, but I do have to say that it gets to a point that I would rather just do with out and eat a bowl of cereal than eat another piece of chicken, or pork chops. Then I hear that Mrs Obama wants to cut the food stamps into, so there won't be fat kids, and she actually believes that will take care of the problem, it isn't the food that is the problem, it is the fact kids dont' get out and do any exercise now, they stay in front of the video games on Tv or on the computer, instead of playing basketball or baseball or just out side riding a bike, so cutting out the amount of food a person gets is not the way to slove the problem, getting them up and out of the house is a more reasonable way. But I'm sure while she is cutting the amount of food to the children, now that is a joke, cutting off their food supply, what is it they give up, breakfast, lunch, no dinner, because once you cut the food stamps in 2, how do you still make a weeks meals for that $50. It won't make the kids skinnier, but will sure hurt the disabled and low income people, but then she is rich so she could care less about the poor here. Sorry to get off on another subject, but really pizzes me off that someome would think about cutting the only way we have to get food now when they can sit in the White house and gobble it down as much as they want. Once again, sorry

$50 would be ok here for 2 people. Now I have 3 kids and it's summer break they inhale food all day long! OMG! I do what I can to keep it under $100 a week. This week I don't have a choice it will be 1/3rd of my normal budget. So I bought things that will be filling and cheap like rice, mac'n cheese, ramen noodle, and potato's along with one main meat for each dinner. I buy alot of things when they have a deal on them so when money is tight like this week that I can work my magic. Plus the items that are ready to be harvested in my garden.

We are a family of 5. I usually spend anywhere from $75.00 to $100.00 a week at the grocery store. That also includes any sundries I need to purchase as well, like shampoo, soap, laundry soap, etc. I usually average about 85.00 per week. I could probably do better if I would clip coupons. I keep saying I am going to get back to doing that, but I never do.

Prices here are high enough that $50.00 does not go very far, even if you are just stocking up on a few things. Breads can cost over $3.00 apiece. We all are needing to be conservative in what we spend and allow for fewer splurge purchases. Even $100.00 a week does not allow for many extravagant meals.

$50 is my budget for 2 weeks. with $50, I can already buy fish, chicken, pork, hotdogs, rice, vegetables, hotdogs, bread, milk, fruits and other things like soap, toilet paper, etc. I divide that budget two times. My husband and I spend at least $25 a week and we dont go to fast food anymore cause they are really expensive and it destroys our budget.

Hello there! Im from the Philippines and $50 dollars for a family of three like us could extend its worth for about a week to 10 days the most for our food only. Im good in handling our budget and even if we're earning small, i see to it that i could still save some for our savings. My usual food stuffs will include, rice, milk, sugar, eggs, coffee, coffee creamer, oil, bread, bread spreads, veggies, fruits, meat and fish. Hotdogs, sweets, canned goods, softdrinks, cakes, ice cream, chocolates, pastries, chips and the likes belongs to my secondary food choices and i only buy them when im having extra budget for food or we crave for them. I believe that we could survive just by eating the basic food stuffs and others only add up to our likes and cravings and thus adds up to my budget as well. Im not like this all the time however, we also indulge once in a while and dine out in restaurants. For me, life is all about balance. Its right to be thrifty and frugal but we must also enjoy life and taste the fruits of our hardships. Good night!

For that much of money, I can only eat for less than a week. Yes, the standard of livings here are rising day by day.

It seems you can buy a lot for $50 in Bulgaria though I must say that even if this is your normal grocery expenditure, then yes, its expensive. $50 in India would come to about Rs 2500 which is quite a tidy sum…for this amount, an average middle class family of 4 can buy groceries for two weeks at least if they don’t go for branded products from fancy supermarkets. If we buy the meat, fish and veggies from the local vendors, then we get it more fresh … also if we buy the grocery from the local shop then its cheaper than the supermarket prices.

it depends on where you live and what you buy. i am in canada and shop on sales and stockpile what i can. we have 2 kids and hubby and i (we also have a border at the moment) and we generally spend slightly less than $200 every two weeks. so i would say about $75 per week.

Thank you for sharing. You really are a thrifty spender. As for me, if I were to spend $50 alone for food alone in my country. If I'd be very thrifty about it, $50 could last for 2 weeks or about 15 days approximately. It is not that expensive here in my country if you won't mind how delicious your food is, then you'd survive that long with that much money in your pocket.

Well 50$ is like 40 € and that gives about one week of groceries for 5 people. We get the cheaper products and food. And sometimes they have very good sales were you can get more if you pay a little extra and usually it is worth it. Sometimes we buy a whole pig already cut and in bags and it costs aroud 200§ i guess but it lasts for a couple of months, then all we need to do is buy those small things to eat with it.

Let me tell you we can buy alot more if we were all conservative. But unlike most of us we are not that way. We don't appreciate things until their gone. I know i did!

well here in my country i will use $50 to feed for five days,each day that how it works around here,but if am to spend the money with my family that a day,because am from the family of seven