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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About $100 a week, 2 tweens and 2 adults. I cook 95% of our meals so eating out is minimal. We eat a lot of produce which is one of the biggest costs each week. [/quote]

You feed four people on $5,200 a year??  How??[/quote]

Those kids must be starving. My tween eats $100 a week herself! We do buy organic dairy and some veggies, but even with Aldi’s I can’t make your math work.[/quote]

I do shop at aldi. Here might be an average week:

- chicken legs (thighs and legs as one piece) and/or a whole chicken (typically with a $2 o on it)
- pork chops (typically with a $2 off on it)
- edamame
- Cans of beans
- most of the fruit on sale and then some. This week I got avocado, watermelon, blueberries, mandarins and bananas). 
-lettuce
-tomatoes
- broccoli and cauliflower
-mayo
-3 doz eggs
- yogurt
- frozen ravioli 
- carrots
- celery
- onions
- bread
- bag of shrimp
- lunch meat
- milk

I buy meat and often Bread at aldi that has $2 off stickers on it and pop it in the freezer. I thaw it and it is a main protein (when meat) for about $3 with usually left overs. I often look at their special buys in their front freezer section. Two weeks ago they had tortellini for $.99 a bag frozen. That’s about 3.5 lunches (main meal) for one of my kids.

If I roast a chicken on day one then day 3 we have soup with bread for dinner from the chicken. We have enough for lunches the next day. If I make pork chops, the next day my son might have pork for lunch or a pork sandwich. 85% of the meat I buy at aldi is reduced in price and then frozen, thawed and cooked. That saves me usually 20-40% off the package.

I may also go to an Asian market for their produce - sometimes off their discount bin. This week it was  strawberries ($1.19 each x 2) and plums, nectarines and peaches (discount bin - 6 for $1.50). I only do this about 1-2x a month if I’m driving by one.

I don’t ofte got to other stores but will if it is an amazing sale. A week ago giant had 1.99 cherries. We got a to.  [/quote]

Ha - and no my kids aren’t starving n[/quote]

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