I just spent $68 at Giant...
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Anonymous
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Maybe buy less kefir. And blueberries.
Ritz crackers? Get store brand or on sale. Butter looks pricey, was it fancy butter or store brand? |
Anonymous
| 99% of the people in this thread should be eating 20% less anyway. |
Anonymous
And these were the decisions that many exurban people made despite people telling them that their life choices could blow back on them. Don’t live 100 miles from where you work just because you want a big house and land. Don’t buy a behemoth vehicle that gets crap miles to the gallon. Don’t shop at Walmart when Walmart is actively killing the mom and pop near you. These people made choices - they weren’t forced, they had choices and they made them - and the ones in my life were incredibly smug about it all. |
Anonymous
| Are things like blueberries absolutely required? We try to get the produce on sale. If apples and plums are on sale, that’s what we have. Other weeks it could be grapes and oranges, etc. while I am closer to aldi now, I used to not be. About once every 3-5 weeks, I’d go to one and get a bunch of things: flour, oil, canned beans, canned tomatoes, eggs, frozen items, etc. could you try that? |
Anonymous
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I agree that food costs have gone up a lot. I'm concerned but not sure what to do on a large scale, although we have made changes as a family to lower our costs.
Safeway is our closest grocery store so I use the app to put coupons on my card and accumulate rewards. I found that there produce isn't that great and I've had some issues with fruit being tasteless and spoiling fast so I prefer to get fruits at the farmers market or Whole Foods. The biggest thing we've done to cut costs is to eat at at home more instead of ordering out and go through the fridge at the end of the week and come up with meals based on what is going to go bad in order to minimize food waste. |
Anonymous
Not PP but we get milk delivered from south mountain creamery and sounds like it is not much more than giant for delicious fresh milk. We used to belong to a CSA but skipped it this year for a couple reasons. It averaged out to $25-30 per week for a generous box of seasonal produce however I think they’ve had to raise prices too. It was Calvert farms. |
Anonymous
I agree. Buy the berries when they are on special. I do HT express lane so that avoids impulse buys and I tend to buy the things that are on sale. I don't spend that much on butter either. My last shop showed that I saved 49%. Also buy store brands rather than things like Ritz crackers. |
Anonymous
Your 3 kids must be under 5, or two are twins that you are still breastfeeding. Talk to me when you have teenagers! Family of 4, we do not go out to eat, and our groceries that used to be $1200 a month are now $1500-$1600 a month. |
Anonymous
I have two boys, 9 and 11, and this is about what we spend. You just have to shop the sales. |
Anonymous
Yep. We went for our standard weekly grocery shopping last night. Used to cost us around $110; it rang up at $148. We’re lucky that we can afford it, but it’s really getting disturbing. |
Anonymous
DP but this list is not "basically nothing". It's pretty much a weekly grocery trip, and $70 doesn't strike me as crazy for that list. You could skip the kefir and Ritz Crackers and save yourself $10. Completely unrelated to cost but I cannot fathom buying Kefir and skim milk. |
Anonymous
Not if you use the Member programs. I always, always, always save at least 25-35% off of the total buying my regular brand items. So if the total is $100 before tax then my actual cash outlay is $65-75 before tax using name brands for the items I generally buy. I can't do that at other stores. And I don't have the time to deal with running around to a bunch of other stores trying to find deals. AND I don't like to buy huge bulk items at places like Shoppers. So, yes, Safeway and Giant are better for me and I always save money at each. I shop more at Safeway because it is closer and the parking is better but I will go to Giant, too. NP. |
Anonymous
| Are you guys actually saving money at farmers markets? Every time I’ve gone in DC the prices were insane. Maybe it’s cheaper in suburban areas but not worth driving far with the way gas prices are. |
Anonymous
This drives me crazy. We shop at Lidl, buy things on sale, make food from scratch, buy zero alcohol, and still spend more than $1000 per month (and recently sometimes closer to $1400). No one is being posh. Things are just expensive, especially when you have growing teens. |
Anonymous
Agreed, PP is not sharing something. Maybe they live very far out where stuff is cheaper. |