For those that have successfully lowered grocery bill

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Anonymous wrote:Get away from the American slabs of meat. Buy meat on sale. Eat more ethnic dishes - they have wonderfully complex flavor that makes you more satiated vs. just eating a lot.

most ambiguous word. what counts as "ethnic?"

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh Aldi has terrible meats and produce. I would rather eat less but eat organic and good produce than eat anything from Aldi's or Lidl.

Only thing good at Aldis is avacados and maybe if you like their chocolates

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest seller of organic food in the US is actually Walmart. Their prices are good, too. Obviously it depends on the size of your store, but the bigger/newer ones with groceries have a good selection of healthy food at a good price because many of their items are loss leaders.

I would rather not shop at a super MAGA shop, thanks.

People who don't like Republicans eat at Chick fila. Do they not know who owns it? They're eating because they like the food (debatable).

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Anonymous wrote:Two things:

I mainly shop at Giant, because it is super close and convenient, even if not great and more expensive. Ordering online has drastically reduced my food costs. I am pretty sure this is for two distinct reasons. The biggest reason is that there is zero impulse buying, and I think I do a lot of that when wandering around in the store. The second, is that I buy less expensive things and shop sales and save a ton of money. When looking at stuff online, I can go to the circular and click on the stuff that I see there is a good deal on and plan my whole shop from there. I can also see cost per unit and compare easily and choose the less expensive things. Yes, of course you can do that in the store as well, but I don't -- I find it overwhelming to do when looking a shelf full of things. It's much easier for me to weigh the options and try to check for what is on sale, etc., looking at prices online. I'd say I spend at least 1/3 less and end up with a more functional shop as well when I order online for pickup.

The other way to save money is shopping discount stores, like Aldi and Costco and to a certain extent TJ's. For example, my DH eats Chobani fruit on the bottom yogurt every day. We save a huge percentage of the cost of that buying a case of it at Costco. So much that I think a couple of cases of yogurt come close to paying for the Costco membership. But I generally don't have the time and energy to make trips to these places, so I tend to end up at the Giant near me. But there are really big savings to be had at places like Costco and Aldo.

You can shop online Costco. But you'll need to check if they offer all products they offer in-person.

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

An extra freezer really helps you take advantage of sales!

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

Do keep in mind that your electricity $ may go up with that freezer. If it is higher than stocking up on sale items, is it really worth it? DP

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Cow share. Order a 1/2 or quarter of a cow.

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Anonymous wrote:We shop a couple times a week instead of once a week. This has made probably the biggest impact.
When we plan our meals, we use up what we buy. So if we are buying ginger for one meal we make sure to plan another meal that will use up the ginger. For snack type food we tend to buy what is on sale.

DH and I split the cooking and grocery shopping. I've cut my spending by about half. DH has cut his by about 1/3 but he tends to like making more extravagant meals.

Others would argue that time = $. Not sure if you are really saving anything by shopping more than once a week.

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

Do keep in mind that your electricity $ may go up with that freezer. If it is higher than stocking up on sale items, is it really worth it? DP

I'm the PP and I actually have thought about this -- we are renting a house now that has an extra fridge/freezer and I never plugged it in for this reason. We are moving into our new house in April, and I've been coveting the smaller freezers, but yeah -- I should figure out how much it costs to keep one up and running.

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Anonymous wrote:Cow share. Order a 1/2 or quarter of a cow.

I’ve done this and it was a HUGE money saver.

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Second checking pricing online with Walmart on your consumables.

We buy the tart cherry juice for arthritis.

A bottle of the same brand is $9.99. Walmart has the same brand for $6.49. We order 6 bottles at a time and go to the pickup.

Walmart treats their employees a lot better than Bezos.

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No beef
Follow sales and buy sale items
Eating less

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More Aldi and Lidl. Less Safeway and Giant. No more Whole Foods nor Balducci's.
No meat a few days a week.

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I also don't buy meat at Aldi. It just doesn't look good but I do buy bread, berries, some veggies, avocados, yogurt, some frozen veggies and fries/tots, We buy 90% of our meat from Costco.

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Anonymous wrote:More Aldi and Lidl. Less Safeway and Giant. No more Whole Foods nor Balducci's.
No meat a few days a week.

Compare prices. You could be surprised at how little difference there is between Whole Foods and other places. If you shop Whole Foods for dairy, meats and berries, you could buy other items there also. Save that time you would running to other stores and on gas, or shopping at multiple places online.