A dad has shared a Trader Joe’s receipt showing the jaw-dropping cost of feeding six kids, and it’s certainly got people talking.

Amid the continuing cost of living crisis, some have upped sticks for life onboard a cruise ship, reporting its cheaper than living on land – and once you see the price of one dad‘s food bill for the week, you might consider joining them.

If you look at McDonald’s prices and how much they’ve changed in the last 10 years, it’s clear to see the price of food – even fast food – has risen drastically.

But what about supermarkets such as Trader Joe’s?

Well, one dad who has six kids has revealed how much it cost him when he visited one of the store’s branches in California.

Sharing a video of a lengthy receipt to social media last week, Sergio Gonzalez bought items such as breaded chicken tenderloin, waffles, pizza, cauliflower gnocci, ice cream, yogurt, pasta, grapes and tortilla chips.

Items such as mustard dill pickle cost $1.99 and pasta sauce $3.49 which may not seem quite so bad at first until you see the total cost of the shop.

Items included hash browns and dumplings (Instagram/ sergiogonzalez805)

The total bill came to an eye-watering $444.38 and it’s not taken long for people to flood to the video – which has been widely shared on social media – to weigh in.

One X user said: “Don’t have six kids!!!!!!!! wtf.”

“Just stop feeding your kids,” another joked.

A third commented: “Condoms are cheap.”

Others criticized the dad’s choice of store.

The bill came to over $400 (Instagram/ sergiogonzalez805)

A user said: “First problem I see here is shopping at Trader Joe’s! They are way overpriced.”

“Go to Costco, BJs, or ShopRite. Who shops for kids at Trader Joe’s?” a second wrote.

A third chimed: “I have six children and I do all my shopping at Walmart and for 1 week’s worth of groceries it cost me anywhere from $250-$300. Not too crazy.”

However, others didn’t even think the bill was that bad in the first place.

A user wrote: “Gonna be real – 450 bucks for 6 kids isn’t that bad.”

UNILAD has contacted Trader Joe’s for comment.

An influencer has been able to make quite the juicy sum over the last 12 months just from taking simple selfies and posting them online.

On paper, being an influencer sounds pretty straightforward and easy… and yeah it might be, but not everyone is so fortunate to get it to work in the long-term.

Influencer Julieanna Goddard, better known as YesJulz to her fans, has broken down how she was able to bring in hefty figures each month just by being on Snapchat.

Earlier this week, the 34 year-old posted on social media just how much she was earnings from Snapchat alone after a question on whether the app is still relevant in 2024.

The influencer has been bringing in thousands each month for the last year (Instagram/YesJulz)

Just so you can get an idea of how profitable it has been for her, her worst month of the last year saw her bringing in over $2,000. Her most profitable month saw her take home $15,553 in contrast.

Sharing her earnings on Twitter, she tweeted: “Me! Proudly & I don’t even use it every day I gotta start using it more tbh.”

Goddard’s followers were shocked by her earnings, with one writing: “Wait, what? Snapchat is paying people??? Does it pay well? Like video content? I’m so confused.”

She responded: “Yes you get paid based on views. They run ads on your stories if you are in creator program.”

She also explained why her pay isn’t more consistent and varies so wildly between each month. The Miami-based influencer said it all came down to the frequency at which she posts.

She said: “I’m moody. Sometimes I go weeks without posting.

“I post 10 to 15 days out of the month. When I’m active, I’m very active, otherwise I’m offline all together.”

Julieanna Goddard wasn’t shy about showing off her earnings (Twitter/YesJulz)

She went on to suggest other people could make money posting on the social media platform and said: “If you are curious about how to make this kind of money on snap – tune in & feel free to take my formula ! Everyone should be able to make a living off simply living their life in 2025.”

However, this didn’t go down particularly well with others who were skeptical normal people could turn it into a living.

One person commented: “Aka ‘Be famous’, have managers, and have a team that’ll push your content for you.”

Another said: “You are an influencer with a high following count. You don’t count.”

With a third writing: “This really ain’t happening for 99 per cent of people because we’re not celebs or models.”

So, maybe don’t give up that day job just yet.

A mom was hit with a huge ER bill, despite her daughter not making it past the waiting room.

In December 2023, Maggi Wettstein’s daughter Ryan woke up crying.

Ryan, who was three years old at the time, was said to be inconsolable, and her mom feared she had a yeast infection or a UTI, so she took her to Carle Health Methodist Hospital at around 10:30pm.

An Illinois mother took her daughter to the ER in December 2023 (Getty Stock)

The ER wasn’t very busy when they arrived, and Ryan was checked in.

Explaining the toddler’s symptoms, Ryan was sent to triage and given a nasal swab test to check for COVID-19.

As time went on while Maggi and Ryan were in the waiting room, Maggi noticed her daughter had seemingly perked up a bit and had stopped crying.

Knowing it was late and Ryan had pre-school the next day, the mom decided to take Ryan home to bed.

According to Maggi, there was no one at the desk for them to check out upon leaving, so they just headed home.

The young girl had a nasal swab taken while she was there (Getty Stock)

Eight months on, the family had ‘forgotten all about the ER trip’ until they were met with a large medical bill from the hospital.

Despite Ryan simply having a nasal swab test, Maggi was charged an eye-watering $445, KFF Health News reports.

With an insurance discount, the bill came to just over $298, but Maggi still thought it was a particularly high price to pay as Ryan wasn’t even seen by a doctor.

As well as this, Walgreens sells COVID and flu combination tests for as little as $30, so Maggi was left wondering what warranted such an expensive ER bill.

Maggi hailed the sum as ‘mind-blowing’ and called the hospital’s billing department to query it.

While she hoped it was a mistake, the large amount has since been verified, and the mom has to pay it.

Maggi Wettstein – pictured – said the amount she was billed was ‘mind-blowing’ (FMG Law)

Speaking about the hefty bill Maggi was slapped with, Loren Adler, associate director of the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, said the hospital will have made a ‘pretty healthy markup’.

She added that the hospital is ‘utilizing their market power to make as much money as possible, and the insurance companies are not all that good at pushing back’.

When approached for comment by KFF Health News, a spokesperson for Carle Health said: “We follow policies that support the safety and wellbeing of our patients, which includes the initial triage of symptomatic patients to the Emergency Department.”

UNILAD have also approached the company for comment.