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[quote=Anonymous]We do not eat a lot of meat or processed food and watch sales. We buy generic when we like it. I have noticed that our prices aren't off the rails but are certainly higher.

Here's what I got this week:
- lots of fruits: raspberries ($2.50 each this week, blueberries, melon, limes, and we already have tons of apples at home.
- lots of veggies: lettuce, pepper, cucumber, tomato, carrot, cauliflower, cilantro, onion, eggplant, avocado this week (we have lots of potatoes and celery at home, as well as frozen veggies)
- store brand organic whole milk (just a half gallon is good for us) and store brand gallon of almond milk. We already have eggs. 
- lactose free ricotta (name brand), chobani yogurt, store brand butter, sour cream, three kinds of cheeses
- store brand maple bacon, store brand chicken breasts
- store brand beans, macaroni, lasagna noodles
- name brand tortillas, enchilada sauce, chilis, jalapenos, and pickles. We keep an incredibly well stocked pantry so have lots at home (sauces, condiments, cans, etc... we have a whole cabinet lazy susan full of this).
- baguette (2), store brand everything mini bagels
- haggen Dazs x 2 (sale 2 for $7) 
- mornginstar burgers and buns
- name brand shower cleaner

I get a lot of drinks on Amazon or at Costco (protein shakes, gatorade, spindrift, seltzer, soda). We get paper towels, tp, and cleaning stuff at Target or Amazon. We get enough subscribe and save at Amazon that we get 15% off all of it. I do check the prices periodically.

Pet food is expensive but we subscribe through Chewy.

We save by not buying a lot of meat, prepared foods, or center of the store stuff. Everytime I go to the store and get prepared asian meals, toaster streudel, ground beef, oreos, chips, and sodas I spend easily 2x more. Sticking to the perimeter, buying store brand (easy with the perimeter), and having fewer conveinence foods has gotten our bill way down (we do this for health but works for $ too). [/quote]

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