How much the average American millennial, Gen Xer, and baby boomer spends each year on groceries

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September 19, 2018 6:02 PM

Gen Xers spend more on groceries than other age groups, but food at home represents a larger share of older Americans' total spending.

Everyone needs to eat, but the amount of money Americans spend on groceries changes with age.

TheBureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Surveytracks how households make and spend money. One set of tables breaks down spending in several different categories based on the age of the person in a household that answered the survey.

One category shows the amount of money spent on food at home, which mostly consists of groceries intended to be eaten at home, as opposed to going out to a restaurant or buying takeout.

Pew Research Center's generational definitions

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