I currently have 6 mouths to feed. Both of my grown children live with me (plus daughters boyfriend). My Mother-in -Law moved in 2 years ago. I went to the grocery store yesterday. Final tab was $327.00. I only bought 2 little pieces of meat. The rest was normal grocery stuff.
Before they moved back home, our grocery bill was $200 a week and I went every other week.
We had to ask for the kids to kick in financially to help with the price surges. To their credit I am getting $700 a month from them now. It helps, but I hate taking money from my children to get by. The good news is they are saving money for themselves. Rental costs are unbelievable here.
The worst part is my MIL, she has very specific food choices. They usually are uber expensive.
She is also contributing with her money, but I am not as happy as I was 3 years ago. Covid screwed a lot of things up, but most of this food pricing is due to irrational policies implemented by alphabet agencies. This is by design I believe. YMMV.