Mexico · $200 MXN
A budget meal plan for a week in Mexico
This week uses the $200 MXN list. The foods add up to $198.23. Breakfast is eggs with tortilla and tomato. The later meal is beans with rice, carrot, onion, and oil, and a banana on the days the kilogram stretches. Twelve eggs cover a week of breakfasts with a few left over. Dinner is not an egg sitting on plain rice.
Prices were read on Soriana product pages on 22 October 2026, and the regular shelf price is the one used. The onion line is a quarter kilogram because that is the smallest step on the page, at $68.90 per kilogram. The $15 lentil bag does not fit this list. If you can spend $300, the tool adds oats, lentils, frozen peas, and another kilogram of tortillas, for $292.53. At $500 the shop is $496.20 and can be shared. Cabbage is $25.90 per kilogram, but the smallest step is 2 kg ($51.80), which does not fit.
The $200 shop
| Item | Price | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Corn tortillas, 1 kg | $13.90 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Black beans, Precíssimo 908 g | $20.00 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Carrots, 1 kg | $14.90 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Bananas, 1 kg | $22.50 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Vegetable oil, Precíssimo 450 ml | $21.00 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| White eggs, Precíssimo 12 | $33.90 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Rice, Precíssimo extra 900 g | $14.90 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Saladette tomatoes, 1 kg | $39.90 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| White onion, 0.25 kg (0.25 × $68.90/kg) | $17.23 | Soriana, 22 Oct 2026 |
| Total | $198.23 |
The seven days
The banana is 1 kg, the beans are one 908 g bag, and the rice is 900 g. Split them across the week. The table names the foods on the plate so the meal stays mixed.
| Day | Breakfast | Later |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eggs with tortilla and tomato | Beans with carrot, onion, and rice, then a banana |
| 2 | Eggs with tortilla | Beans with tomato, onion, and carrot, tortillas, and a banana |
| 3 | Beans warmed in a little oil, with tortilla and a banana | Rice with carrot, tomato, and beans |
| 4 | Eggs with tomato and tortilla | Beans with rice and carrot |
| 5 | Eggs and tortilla | Beans with tomato, onion, and rice, then a banana |
| 6 | Eggs with the remaining tomato | Rice with carrot and beans, and tortillas |
| 7 | Eggs with tortilla | Beans, rice, carrot, tortillas, and a banana |
The full price notes are on the Mexico grocery list. In Spanish: plan de comidas para una semana en México.
If this shop is more than you have, use a directory. 211.ca connects you to local help, and Food Banks Canada covers the country. In Quebec, 211 Québec and the Banques alimentaires du Québec do that job. In the United States, Feeding America finds a food bank. In Mexico, Bancos de Alimentos de México and their map of food banks do the same.