Grocery list for under $60 a week: the full list for 2
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- Lunch and dinner, seven days
- The list sorted by aisle
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Two people eating for a week for under $60, lunch and dinner, without sacrificing flavor: here's the menu, the full grocery list sorted by aisle, and the price of every meal. A real week put together by Popotam, with dishes that are among the most cooked by its users.
The weekly menu
For two people. The price is for the whole meal, for both of you.
| Day | Lunch | Dinner |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Chicken avocado wrap with red cabbage slaw $4.93 · 20 min | Cheesy spinach and mushroom omelet $4.06 · 20 min |
| Tuesday | Light spaghetti carbonara $2.85 · 25 min | Tuna, kidney bean and corn salad $3.92 · 15 min |
| Wednesday | Cantonese fried rice with eggs and peas $1.57 · 25 min | Toulouse sausage and new potato skillet $3.07 · 25 min |
| Thursday | Homemade Lebanese tabbouleh with crispy falafel $4.48 · 60 min | Sweet potato, red lentil and coconut curry $4.03 · 45 min |
| Friday | Quinoa and roasted veggie Buddha bowl $3.88 · 35 min | Homemade ham and béchamel croque-monsieur $4.08 · 30 min |
| Saturday | Whole wheat toasts with hummus and raw veggies $3.92 · 10 min | Stir-fried noodles with crunchy veggies and a poached egg $3.81 · 20 min |
| Sunday | Beef merguez and bell pepper skillet with couscous $2.62 · 25 min | Celery root mash with a grilled lean beef patty (5% fat) $3.94 · 40 min |
The grocery list, aisle by aisle
52 items, with quantities added up for the whole week. Salt, oil and spices aren't on it: we assume you already have them.
Produce
- 2 avocados
- 150 g red cabbage
- 2 lemon
- 150 g fresh spinach
- 200 g white mushrooms
- 3 cucumber
- 4 + 1 medium onion
- 3 + 3 medium carrot
- 470 g new potatoes
- 1 bunch fresh parsley
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 2 tomatoes
- 400 g sweet potatoes
- 3 cloves garlic
- 3 red bell pepper
- 100 g broccoli
- 10 g fresh ginger
- 400 g celery root
Meat
- 150 g chicken breast fillets
- 4 beef merguez sausages
- 240 g ground beef (5% fat)
Deli
- 75 g smoked bacon lardons
- 3 Toulouse sausages
- 150 g ham
Dairy
- 10 eggs
- 50 g shredded Emmental
- 60 g butter
- 15 g crème fraîche
- 25 g grated Parmesan
- 100 g shredded cheese
- 230 ml milk
Bakery
- 8 slices sandwich bread
- 4 slices whole wheat bread
Pantry
- 2 flour tortillas
- 250 g spaghetti
- 1 can canned tuna in water
- 1 can canned kidney beans
- 1 small canned corn
- 150 g basmati rice
- 150 g fine bulgur
- 100 g dried chickpeas
- 150 g red lentils
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 10 g shredded coconut
- 100 g quinoa
- 1 can chickpeas
- 15 g flour
- 200 g hummus
- 200 g Chinese noodles (dried)
- 200 g fine couscous
- 100 g canned crushed tomatoes
Frozen
- 100 g frozen peas
How we stay under $60
- Protein that doesn't cost much. Eggs, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans and canned tuna carry a big part of the week. Meat is there, but in small amounts, in a dish that makes the most of it.
- The same products, more than once. Eggs, onions and carrots come back from one dish to the next: one package you buy lasts all week, and nothing ends up in the trash.
- Starches in bulk. Rice, pasta, couscous, noodles and quinoa fill up the plate for a few cents a serving.
- Simple lunches. Open-faced sandwiches, wraps, Cantonese fried rice: ten to twenty minutes, and the leftovers in the fridge find a home.
- Store brands. For canned goods, rice, pasta and dairy, the price difference is real, and the taste difference rarely is.
For another menu on the same budget, also check out our weekly menu for under $60 and our budget menus.
Where the prices come from
These are estimates, not one store's prices. Popotam calculates them from average in-store prices recorded on Open Prices (Open Food Facts' open database), checked by an AI and then by hand, with no partner store at all, for the amounts each recipe uses. In a store, you buy whole packages: the first week often costs a bit more, the next ones a bit less, once the rice or lentils are already in the pantry. Your store and your area also change the total.
The menu was put together by Popotam, without AI, from dishes that dozens of users have already put on their meal plan: these aren't recipes invented to hit a budget on paper.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The week on this page feeds two people, lunch and dinner, for seven days, for an estimated $51.17, so $1.83 per meal per person. The secret isn't eating less: it's legumes, eggs, starches and basic veggies, with a little meat rather than a big cut at every meal.
No, they're estimates. Popotam gets them from average in-store prices recorded on Open Prices (Open Food Facts' open database), checked by an AI and then by hand, with no partner store at all, for the amounts the recipes use. In a store, you buy whole packages: your receipt will often be a bit higher the first week, and lower the weeks after, once the bag of rice or lentils is already there. Prices also depend on your store and your area. These are French supermarket averages.
No. Like in the app, the pantry is set aside: salt, pepper, oil, spices and seasonings aren't in the list or the total. We assume you already have them.
Popotam puts the week together for your budget and your number of people, with the grocery list to match, in two minutes. It's free and no account needed: you enter the number of people and the budget, and you can exclude the foods you don't like.