Holy Produce Bill

[Anonymous]

Anyone else pretty astounded by the amount they spend on produce for their young children? My 3 kids easily eat 90 dollars worth of produce a week. Blueberries, strawberries, mangos, green and yellow peppers, apples, corn (although thats pretty cheap), sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas etc all add up pretty quickly in this house. And Im not even talking whole foods premium here, do a mix between TJ and farmers market.

[Anonymous]

We do a CSA. Cuts costs a lot! Although I still supplement the fruit.

[Anonymous]

yep. healthy food costs $$$. But a few bags of chips and cookies....cheap!

[Anonymous]

Your lucky your kids are willing to eat all of that stuff, OP!

[Anonymous]

The way I deal with it is that my kids don't get quite that much choice--so one week it's blueberries and raspberries, the next it's grapes and strawberries, etc. They don't need 12 types of fruit to choose from.

[Anonymous]

We don't buy fresh berries because they are too expensive...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else pretty astounded by the amount they spend on produce for their young children? My 3 kids easily eat 90 dollars worth of produce a week. Blueberries, strawberries, mangos, green and yellow peppers, apples, corn (although thats pretty cheap), sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas etc all add up pretty quickly in this house. And Im not even talking whole foods premium here, do a mix between TJ and farmers market.

Yes, it is astounding. We spend a great deal as well...

[Anonymous]

We joined Costco just for the berries!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We joined Costco just for the berries!

OP here...tell me more!!! I guess I judged warehouse clubs as a place for TP and shampoo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The way I deal with it is that my kids don't get quite that much choice--so one week it's blueberries and raspberries, the next it's grapes and strawberries, etc. They don't need 12 types of fruit to choose from.

Me too.

[Anonymous]

We are a family of 4. Our total food budget is $500 per month. We mostly get fruit from costco and Aldi. We buy whatever seems like the best value. And in summer, we pretty much get a watermelon every week - lot of bang for buck in a watermelon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else pretty astounded by the amount they spend on produce for their young children? My 3 kids easily eat 90 dollars worth of produce a week. Blueberries, strawberries, mangos, green and yellow peppers, apples, corn (although thats pretty cheap), sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas etc all add up pretty quickly in this house. And Im not even talking whole foods premium here, do a mix between TJ and farmers market.

So, each kid eats $4.30 worth of fruit and vegetables per day?

Kids is expensive.

[Anonymous]

We spend a ton on fruit also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The way I deal with it is that my kids don't get quite that much choice--so one week it's blueberries and raspberries, the next it's grapes and strawberries, etc. They don't need 12 types of fruit to choose from.

Me too.

I don't get how this solves the problem. It's about quantity of fruit consumed.

If I only bought one fruit a week, they would just eat more of that fruit that week. I'd just be buying more of that one fruit rather than less of several different fruits.

[Anonymous]

No coupons for produce, unfortunately. But, plenty of coupons for Oreos and Doritos. That's why this country is so damn fat.