Are you able to buy a full cart of groceries anymore?

[Anonymous]

Three reasons I don't fill a cart -
1. I walk to the grocery, gets steps in, only buy what I really need for that day/maybe next day, need to carry it all home, has dramatically improved my health

2. You don't really save like you used to by buying a lot at once

3. People just eat differently now, there are a lot of options both at the grocery store and fast casual/restaurants.

[Anonymous]

I go to the store daily. I never bought a weeks worth at a time.

[Anonymous]

Today was a full cart, but only because I bought two flats of bottled water. Was also the first time I spent over $200 in one trip ($220, even!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today was a full cart, but only because I bought two flats of bottled water. Was also the first time I spent over $200 in one trip ($220, even!)

Just curious, do you sell the water or is that for home use?

[Anonymous]

How much did you spend this last week on groceries? Include any coupons you used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take. I can no longer afford for food to go bad.

So I buy 1-3 dinners at a time.

I used to be able to buy 5-7, had a little more time freedom, and able to manage it. And it wasn’t a big deal if my bell peppers ‘died’ and went mushy before I ate them. Now, they cost like 4.99-6.99, depending. Multiply that by 6x per month.. I can’t do it anymore.

So I plan for 3 days or less.

This is us, too. We generally know our schedules 2-3 days out, but beyond that, things change. We buy enough for the nights we can commit to, then do another trip a few days later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much did you spend this last week on groceries? Include any coupons you used.

I don’t know. I usually go 2 or 3 times and pick up a few things. I have teenagers so we’re always running out of stuff.

[Anonymous]

I never want to have to unload that much stuff and I never want to do that much shopping at one time, result is brain drain. I also keep a close eye on prices. Sometimes I'll add everything up in my head as a shop (including produce sold by weight) and usually come within a few pennies of the checkout total.