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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop doing your regular shopping at Whole Foods and see how much you save. Just go there for fruits / veggies that you want to prioritize. [/quote]

I don't agree. I shop at WF but I also watch prices at other supermarkets. WF is not drastically more expensive. The Giant is almost as expensive as WF but WF is better in quality. If OP is spending 185 a week at WF, then buying the same basket of goods at a standard supermarket is still going to be at least 150 with tradeoff in quality of produce. She *might* save up to $30 a week and that's being generous an estimate.

WF's brand 365 label is cheap. The expensive items are no more expensive at WF than at other stores.

I'd like to see a breakdown of OP's food bill. $185 + $125 in grocery shopping for the family plus another $100 for nanny food is basically $400 a week, or $1600 a month, which makes sense based on how she describes what they eat. And she won't have much fat to trim, if any.

In rereading her posts the real spending is going to 1) the takeaways when they do it (it quickly adds up across the year), 2) holiday meals where they go crazy on gourmet food/entertainment, and 3) vacation meals. The last one shouldn't be lumped in with the rest as vacations are something else entirely in the budget.

Remove the vacation meals from the calculations and then let's see where she stands.

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