How often do college students have to go grocery shopping?

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<p>Trying to figure out how much time/how often I have to plan things like that into my schedule.</p>

<p>How often? once a week, once every 2 weeks? I'm having a meal plan, so most food will be on campus- at least for lunch and dinner. Maybe not breakfast, because I don't eat enough for breakfast for it to be worth taking 1 meal off my account (my school has a thing where it takes 1 meal off your account, and it's an all-you-can-eat deal)</p>

<p>My mom goes to a grocery store almost EVERY DAY!! And I am SO NOT doing that! She'll go to Super Target because she likes x items there, then to Byerlys because she like x item there, then somewhere else...like 4 places in a week! That is not going to be me, in college or on my own after that. One place, probably once a week, get it all, get it done. She'll also spend 1-2 hours in each place. Whenever I have to go to Target to pick up groceries for her, I'm done in SO much less time than she is! </p>

<p>Sorry that go to be kind of a rant about that...back to the question!</p>

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<p>Oh, yeah,…I know it depends how much you eat too.</p>

<p>But on average…for the typical student who has a good meal plan as I mentioned…how often?</p>

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<p>I just go to the store when I’m running low, so about once every 2-3 weeks, depending on the specific food items I have.</p>

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<p>Your mom could get it all done sooner . Like me , I stretch it out ,because I have LOTS of free time . Your mom and I do more " Recreational " shopping . ( I am empty nest mom ) For YOU ,once a week is about all you need to do .</p>

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<p>I plan on getting a meal plan.So,anytime i feel like getting snacks or drinks for the fridge in the dorm. So not often.</p>

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<p>I rarely went grocery shopping because of my meal plan. Maybe I’d hit up a grocery store every couple of weeks to get fresh fruits and other things I couldn’t get in the dining halls. A lot of colleges have convenience stores that sell grocery items too.</p>

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<p>Just go whenever you run out. No need to plan for everything (because chances are, the plan isn’t going to stay).</p>

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<p>Yeah you don’t need a plan. Just do it whenever.</p>

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<p>I just have to have an idea of if I’m going to go weekly, or more than that. Similar to my other thread about how often college students do laundry. I have to have plans. I’m not a go-with-the-flow type of person. I’ve literally written out schedules of when I’m doing homework or major projects for classes, even in high school. It works for me.</p>

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<p>I did once per semester and I’m going to continue to do that for my next 3 ears.</p>

<p>I would spend ~$160 but go all out (drinks, musclemilk, food, snacks, etc) for the fall semester and then do the same for spring. The food only lasted about a month and there’s roughly 4 months in a semester but it still does the trick. If you’re smart, you can make it last all 4 months. </p>

<p>Actually, I’m coming back a day early so I can go to the local Kmart and buy food, items for dorm, etc.</p>

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<p>I went about twice a month, and I was cooking /all/ of my meals.</p>

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<p>Twice a week, but it’s convenient for me as I have a couple grocery stores between my school and apartment. I usually get enough for four meals and eat out the rest of the time.</p>

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<p>I got food (I.e. Gatorade, Ramen, Poptarts and Soup) like twice a semester. Maybe.</p>

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<p>Well last year I was a freshman and lived on campus…so I had to waste about 1800 dollars on a meal plan. With access to that I was going to walmart for snacks about once a month. Not sure if i’ll get a meal plan this year now that I have a choice.</p>