Spend $100 at the grocery store and 2 days later I’m out of food.
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Anonymous
What meals are you making out of this? |
Anonymous
and trader joes should know better. |
Anonymous
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agree that buying convenience foods adds to the bills
but also the grocery store is just crazy expensive these days |
Anonymous
Maybe you should rethink your comments, even on an anonymous forum. This is soul rotting. |
Anonymous
$400 a week for two teens and two adults is not that much. If you grab some steaks to throw on the grill, that's $50 right there and that's one meal. |
Anonymous
DP. We could never afford to spend $50 on a single meal; we never eat steaks. |
Anonymous
DCUM is so confusing to me. Everything is either "OMG, I would never buy that Rolex, that is the cheap entry-level Rolex, you look like a striver!!!! My personal Rolex sales consultant shows me watches only available to me and Jeff Bezos..." or "I can't afford to buy a steak at the grocery store." Never anything in between. |
Anonymous
I made an apple cake and might make some zucchini bread or apple carrot muffins for kid breakfasts. Kids eat sandwiches, fruit, and a snack for lunch. For dinners so far we've had black bean and rice bowls/tacos with toppings, chicken Caesar salad, a "picnic night" (baguette, salad, fruit, cheese and meat from fridge), and a stir fry. We'll probably do something else Tex-Mex-ish with leftover beans and chicken. We also have stuff on hand for homemade pizza, pasta, fish (in freezer) and some kind of cabbage slaw, and some kind of braised or curried tofu. |
Anonymous
| I spend $700 a week on a family of 5. Boo hoo. |
Anonymous
~$300 should feed 3 for a week |
Anonymous
DP. Do you have teens? If you don't or haven't fed them, stfu. |
Anonymous
Have you considered that there may be some differences between the people who are drawn to the Money and Finances forum here and those who may be more interested in the Food, Cooking, and Restaurants forum? |
Anonymous
I’ve never seen either of these types of comments. DCUM is the exact opposite of the Rolex example. DCUM eschews obvious displays of wealth and most live frugally on comfortable incomes. That is overwhelmingly what I’ve seen after too many years here. As for your steak example, that sounds more Reddit than DCUM. |
Anonymous
| Stop shopping at Wegman's and Whole Foods. |
Anonymous
People who say this really don't understand how grocery stores work. It's not so much where you shop but what you buy. If you want to save money you need to look at your diet and menus. The same item at Whole Foods is going to be comparable at most supermarkets but Whole Foods also has excellent prime deals that can make Whole Foods cheaper on these items. The concept of Whole Foods as a luxury supermarket is about 10 years outdated now, since the Amazon takeover it's quietly phased out a lot of the specialist niche foods and the gap in prices between regular markets has narrowed.The 365 label is great and cheap. If you're very budget conscious it's economy of scales via Costco plus Aldi and Lidl. And looking at what you eat. Lots of prepared processed food? You're paying for it anywhere. |