If you have NOT found it hard to manage grocery prices, what are you buying where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh who is drinking diet Coke in 2025? Mormons? Gross.

I like to buy it in the summer occasionally. I bring an icy cold one to the pool and eat with pretzels and sandwiches.

[Anonymous]

I shop predominately at my neighborhood Giant based on their weekly sales/coupons. I buy chicken breasts, thighs, or drumsticks when on sale and freeze for later. Safeway generally seems crazy expensive to me these days (and their produce and meat sections are usually unappealing) but occasionally they have good stock-up sales on pantry items bought in quantity (like 5 boxes of instant oatmeal or 6 cans of soup, which my kids eat after late sports practices). I go to Wegmans a few times a month for a few store-brand items that are high quality and reasonably priced (canned beans, pasta and pasta sauce, dairy), and Costco once a month or so for ground beef, frozen shrimp, and a few other staples.

The Aldi and Lidl closest to me are gross inside and I don't even feel like the deals are that great compared to shopping sales elsewhere. I have been to a nice Lidl but it was too small/'curated' to be a one-and-done grocery stop.

As a family of 4, our grocery + household (cleaning products, etc.) tab has been hovering around $1000/month for a while, and I've had to be increasingly diligent about sale tracking and eating from the pantry/freezer to keep it there.

[Anonymous]

I grow baby spinach, lettuce, beets, and herbs. During the summer, I expand “my grocery store” to tomatos, squash, and green beans.
The flavor is superb.

[Anonymous]

Amazon Fresh has excellent prices. There is a mix of brands - Amazon Fresh, name brands, and Whole Foods. I've been very surprised at how low prices are there. There are also coupons from time to time - like, if you return an Amazon item to the desk at the Amazon Fresh, you get $X off your grocery bill that day. I know there are some on DCUM who are avoiding Amazon, but if you are not, it's a good option. The produce has been fresh, in my opinion - and for things like blueberries in a plastic container, I noticed that the 'brand' name was the same as the one at Whole Foods.