How are you saving money on food?

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Anonymous wrote:My brother is a really successful discount shopper. He has a family of five and almost no income.

He only buys meat on sale and buys a bunch and freezes it—usually big cheaper cuts like pot roast, chicken thighs etc.

Expensive stuff like yogurt he only buys on sale.

Stuff like milk he buys at Costco — it’s consistently cheaper and that doesn’t often go on sale at grocery stores.

He just checks prices on every single thing and has a pretty good sense of what’s a deal. And he’s not buying stuff like cherries and raspberries that are just slays expensive.

Raspberries have a great amount of fiber, so I buy them frozen. They are cheaper and won't rot in the frig.

Yes. I buy the big bag of mixed berries from Costco, and keep some of them thawed in the fridge and eat them almost every morning with my breakfast.

Same. Homemade yogurt or overnight oats and frozen berries from Costco = my standard breakfast. Cheap and healthy for the win.

Eating the same thing for breakfast everyday would drive me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM probably isn’t the best place to ask this, but what are people doing to save on groceries? I’ve already given up organic.

I would never give up organic. It's all I buy across the board. My family is rarely sick. Diet is something one should not shortchange.

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We are working hard to eat every bit of fresh food before we buy any more food. We have dramatically cut down on our food waste. That is the biggest place to save money. Sure, maybe that vegetable in your refrigerator doesn’t go perfectly with that protein but eat it anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well right now Im stuck in because of the ice so Im saving and working through my food. The most annoying thing is running out of berries and lunch meat.

Only the rich eat fresh berries in winter.

and summer. Berries are a huge treat since they cost more than other snack options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well right now Im stuck in because of the ice so Im saving and working through my food. The most annoying thing is running out of berries and lunch meat.

Only the rich eat fresh berries in winter.

and summer. Berries are a huge treat since they cost more than other snack options.

Berries are powerfully antioxidant and less expensive than all the medicines that come with side effects.

[Anonymous]

If you have a garden, you can transform it into your organic grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well right now Im stuck in because of the ice so Im saving and working through my food. The most annoying thing is running out of berries and lunch meat.

Only the rich eat fresh berries in winter.

and summer. Berries are a huge treat since they cost more than other snack options.

We planted raspberries. Granted, they'll take over your yard, but my little bramble puts out about a pint of fresh raspberries every other day in the summer. I remember the year my daughter was 3 I was frustrated because I could never pick enough at one time to make a jam, but then I realized she would beeline back there as soon as she got to the yard and just vaccuum up all the ripe ones!

If you have space to plant anything, OP, berries and herbs are the best for ease of growing + cost savings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Learning how to cook with cheaper meats, as some one mentioned before, chicken thighs, whole chicken, even legs, chuck roasts, pork butt, pork tenderloin, ground turkey, frozen cod etc. I keep our freezer packed with these items as you can buy in bulk, portion, season and freeze and make larger meals that make great leftovers. Bulk rice, dry beans and an instapot or crockpot are great money savers and can complement and stretch a meal.

Last time I went to grocery shopping, I noticed chicken thighs were the same price per lb as breasts. I’m not sure if they were mislabeled, or a new trend.

[Anonymous]

Empty nesting and getting fit and healthy. We spend almost nothing on groceries: protein powder, frozen fruit, bananas, yogurt, tofu, eggs , grains and a mix of fresh and frozen vegetables, coffee...That's basically it.

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Anonymous wrote:Empty nesting and getting fit and healthy. We spend almost nothing on groceries: protein powder, frozen fruit, bananas, yogurt, tofu, eggs , grains and a mix of fresh and frozen vegetables, coffee...That's basically it.

This one is not healthy...

[Anonymous]

Sam's Club today for $49

Two loaves wheat bread
Large bags of Brussels sprouts & green beans
Large tubs of spinach and lettuce
Large head cauliflower
Gallon milk
24 eggs
Huge bag of Skinny Pop
8 bananas
2 pints blueberries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM probably isn’t the best place to ask this, but what are people doing to save on groceries? I’ve already given up organic.

I would never give up organic. It's all I buy across the board. My family is rarely sick. Diet is something one should not shortchange.

Your family is not sick only rarely because you are buying organic "across the board."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well right now Im stuck in because of the ice so Im saving and working through my food. The most annoying thing is running out of berries and lunch meat.

Only the rich eat fresh berries in winter.

and summer. Berries are a huge treat since they cost more than other snack options.

We planted raspberries. Granted, they'll take over your yard, but my little bramble puts out about a pint of fresh raspberries every other day in the summer. I remember the year my daughter was 3 I was frustrated because I could never pick enough at one time to make a jam, but then I realized she would beeline back there as soon as she got to the yard and just vaccuum up all the ripe ones!

If you have space to plant anything, OP, berries and herbs are the best for ease of growing + cost savings.

We have blackberries and they are not sweet or even all that flavorful at all. Didn't occur to me to make jam. I will totally do so this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My brother is a really successful discount shopper. He has a family of five and almost no income.

He only buys meat on sale and buys a bunch and freezes it—usually big cheaper cuts like pot roast, chicken thighs etc.

Expensive stuff like yogurt he only buys on sale.

Stuff like milk he buys at Costco — it’s consistently cheaper and that doesn’t often go on sale at grocery stores.

He just checks prices on every single thing and has a pretty good sense of what’s a deal. And he’s not buying stuff like cherries and raspberries that are just slays expensive.

Raspberries have a great amount of fiber, so I buy them frozen. They are cheaper and won't rot in the frig.

Yes. I buy the big bag of mixed berries from Costco, and keep some of them thawed in the fridge and eat them almost every morning with my breakfast.

Same. Homemade yogurt or overnight oats and frozen berries from Costco = my standard breakfast. Cheap and healthy for the win.

Eating the same thing for breakfast everyday would drive me crazy.

Have to decide what to eat every morning would drive me crazy, Greek yogurt berries nut. done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well right now Im stuck in because of the ice so Im saving and working through my food. The most annoying thing is running out of berries and lunch meat.

Only the rich eat fresh berries in winter.

and summer. Berries are a huge treat since they cost more than other snack options.

We planted raspberries. Granted, they'll take over your yard, but my little bramble puts out about a pint of fresh raspberries every other day in the summer. I remember the year my daughter was 3 I was frustrated because I could never pick enough at one time to make a jam, but then I realized she would beeline back there as soon as she got to the yard and just vaccuum up all the ripe ones!

If you have space to plant anything, OP, berries and herbs are the best for ease of growing + cost savings.

We have blackberries and they are not sweet or even all that flavorful at all. Didn't occur to me to make jam. I will totally do so this year.

How do you keep off birds and pests?