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[quote=Anonymous]My kids too! I have 2 home from college and a HS athlete. I’m at the grocery store almost daily. My kids eat a ton of fruit and I mean a ton! And fruit is so expensive. I try to stick with bananas and whatever else is on sale but fruit is pricey. They love watermelon and berries most but they can eat a $3 (a good sale price) pint of berries a day per person. When I buy watermelon uncut it is almost always tasteless and then I throw the melon away so that hasn’t been a good solution. And yes, I’ve read lots of articles on how to pick a good one. In one week I spent $25 just on cut watermelon (quarters and halves so I could see if it looked ok - pricier than whole but not as pricey as the cubed melon in a cup). They eat a ton of yogurt. I buy whatever is cheapest between Sams and Costco but they can go through one of those huge cartons each week. The other thing they go through a lot of is milk so I stopped buying organic. One place I was really successful saving money was eliminating  prepackaged snacks for the most part.

I always keep on hand cheap mac & cheese they can make themselves and tortillas and cheese for quesadillas. For meals, I’ve reduced the meat and now plan those meals around what’s on sale. [/quote]

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