IndustryStandard I moved to CA from Florida, and before that, Missouri, and I can say with absolute certainty that the prices here are definitely higher than in either of those two places. I haven’t lived in the Northeast, but per Google, we’re about the same here as prices in the Northeastern US. So, yeah, I feel you. I tend to buy groceries a couple weeks at a time (mostly) and spend about $200/trip also. Also depends on where you shop and what you’re buying. I try to buy as much organic/CSA stuff as I can, but there are definitely cheaper ways to shop.