Klugeryid: Let me try to figure out who and what you are feeding.
Let’s talk numbers of possibility
Family of six children
Two Dozen eggs $2
Bottle milk $2.40
Cream cheese $4
Two boxes macaroni (constantly on sale at shop rite) $1.76
Total $10.16 and you’ve fed your family amply. Times five days $50.80 for the week
You can add whatever you want to this basic.
Brick of cheese $14
Bottle ketchup $3
Three orange juice $9
2 Family packs of chicken bottoms $24
Package of hot dogs $10
Fruits and vegetables $50
Total $160.80
Without shabbos.
Why is $150 so hard to be true for a family of four children?
I left out by accident
Three -2 pound loaves of bread (more than enough for a week)
So add another $10 to my list
Making the basic cost $60
Take off a family pack of chicken and you are still at the 150-160$ a week range
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First are you feeding a family of eight with six children or a family of 6 with 4 children? You post says both .
“Family of six children”
“Why is $150 so hard to be true for a family of four children?”
What is the menu? Cream cheese sandwiches and scrambled eggs for breakfast?
Whats for Lunch? And not every yeshiva provides free lunch for its students.
Dinners ? 2 family packs of chicken bottoms yields 12 quarters – if it’s a family of six that’s two dinners. Last I looked there were 6 dinners in a week. Are you only serving pasta the other 4 nights with no protein (ie fish or meat?) 1 pack of hot dogs (8 pack or 16 pack?) Most people I know eat two for dinner. Family of six needs 12 so you will either need three 8 packs or 1 16 pack and 1 8 pack for two more dinners. Pasta 1 16 oz box is 8 servings 2 boxes might make 4 dinners for 6 people f they only eat the serving size.
No breakfast cereals allowed? No fats (oil, mayonnaise, butter margarine? Sugar, salt, spices?
What about non-food items – toothpaste, laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, health and beauty aids (shampoo, soap, deodorant, feminine products, tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins).
BTW., when you say children do you mean toddlers, under 10 or teens? Do you know how much teen boys eat?
As fort shabbos can of tuna (1 can for a family of 6?). %4 meat for chulent? I have to ask if your chulent is pareve as $5 worth of meat might be battul b’shishim to the rest of the ingredients.
I suggest you rethink your list.