Reducing Weekly Food Budget to $75
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Anonymous
| I am a single mom with 2 dc's (10 and 7) and currently spend about $125/week on food but want to save more money and get budget down to $75. I prefer organic dairy, meat and veggies/fruit. I bake alot and don't buy many packaged snacks. Any suggestions on how I can reduce my weekly food bill? |
Anonymous
| Where do you live and where do you shop now? |
Anonymous
I live in DC and shop either Giant or Safeway for sale items, ALDI for some produce and Whole Foods for dairy and meat. |
Anonymous
| If you are able to get out to the Asian supermarkets in MD and VA, you can get very cheap veggies out there. |
Anonymous
| You are going to have to let go of the organic fruit and veggies and only buy what is in season. For example I bought apples at aldi this week for 88cents a lb organic apples at whole foods were 2.50 a lb. |
Anonymous
| Reduce meat consumption..beans and rice are your friends |
Anonymous
| I would aim for 3 lunches and 3 dinners/week that are of the beans and rice variety (aka bare bones, nutritionally sound, cheap and filling) |
Anonymous
| Its tough to work in fresh organic vegetables at that price. Using frozen organic vegatables in some casserole/pot pie type dishes will go farther. |
Anonymous
| Walmart is much cheaper than giant/safeway for a lot of the basics. After shopping at Walmart for our groceries for a few months I'm horrified by Whole Foods prices when I go in now. I also agree with the other posters that staying organic on a budget is difficult. |
Anonymous
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Take into consideration the value of your free time and gas to be driving to different stores to save a few bucks on items. I used to shop 3 different stores, and then i realized i was adding an hour or more to my shopping, it was way inconvenient and a hassle, to save at most $10! for me it wasn't worth it.
What you might think of doing is writing down in a notebook the prices of things you use regularly, that way when it goes on sale at a particular store you will know it is a real value. Like milk, or eggs, or yogurt, etc. |
Anonymous
| I get a lot of meals out of a 10 pound bag of potatoes, a couple of onions, a bottle of cooking oil, and a carton of 18 eggs. All on sale! |
Anonymous
| In our house beans are healthy, cheap, and plentiful -- lentils (with carrots, potatoes), black beans (with white rice), pinto beans (in chili, with tomatoes, onions, cubed beef). |
Anonymous
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Baked potatoes ($5 for the potatoes, $2 for the sour cream, $2 for the butter) pasta ($3 for the box, $3 for the jar of sauce) eggs ($3-$4 for a dozen) popcorn made in an air popper for snacks ($7 for the jar, lasts several weeks, $3 for the week) baby carrots ($5) apples or oranges ($5) bananas ($4) milk ($4) yogurt - 8 pack ($8) bread ($3) ground beef ($7) deli ham ($8) 1 whole rotisserie chicken ($7) |
Anonymous
| If you like to bake, quiches are cheap and delicious. You can make both savory quiches (spinach) and sweet ones (vanilla). |
Anonymous
| Can you buy some bulk organic staples online? much cheaper that way! |