Octomom Natalie Nadya Suleman reveals how much she spends on groceries a month

When it comes to grocery shopping for her family, Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman, known to most as ‘Octomom‘, has learned to shop smart. 

The mum of 14 – including octuplets – revealed the eye-watering amount she spends at the grocery store and admitted she is stocking up every other day. 

“We find a lot of things on sale. I budget really well, and we all eat very, very, healthfully,” Suleman told US Weekly. 

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The 49-year-old said her most recent bill from Gelson’s, a supermarket chain, was $US366.94 (approximately $576.89). 

“I spend that maybe every other day,” she explained. 

“So it’s still $4,000 ($6288) or $5,000 ($7860) a month on groceries on average.

“And now, if we went above and beyond and we got extras and extra food, we could easily be $10,000 ($15,721) a month. Because of the budgeting, it’s about half.”

Suleman explained the family mostly eats plant-based whole foods, trying to avoid meat, dairy and eggs. 

Those alone would add thousands onto her grocery bill monthly.

She said it’s just food, rent and bills on repeat for her, but the cost of feeding her family has gone up as her children have grown up. 

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Suleman said in the beginning she wasn’t even spending a quarter of what she is now, but things have changed as her 14 kids have grown into teens. 

She’s mum to 16-year-old octuplets: Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Makai, Josiah and Jeremiah, her six older children Elijah, Amerah, Joshua, Aidan, and fraternal twins Caleb and Calyssa.

Suleman recently returned to the spotlight, with the premiere of the six-part documentary series Confessions of Octomom. 

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For the first time since she gave birth to the world’s first set of surviving octuplets in 2009, she feels ready to share her story. 

She considers the opportunity to finally reveal her side of what happened a  blessing because now people are able to hear her truth.

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Suleman made headlines for years, particularly for welcoming eight babies with six already at home, and struggling to make ends meet with a large family. 

Suleman was subjected to death threats, feared for the safety of her family and admitted she had to sacrifice her integrity to provide for her kids. 

Her life was chaotic until she retreated from the spotlight in 2013.

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