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[quote=Anonymous]I spend an insane amount of money on food, and we eat it all.  I fix breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.  I SAH with two kids who need lunches packed.  DH takes his lunch most days.  So that is 21 meals for 4 people each week.

I spend around $350-400 a week.  I almost exclusively shop at WF because it is close to my house and after going all over the place to shop around for good produce (including local farmers markets and coops), they consistently have the quality I like andi am willing to pay for it.  Healthy, good tasting and good quality food is important for our family.  We make certain sacrifices in other areas of the budget (I don't have a shiny new iPhone, we don't eat out much, we don't often buy new clothes, etc). We treat our grocery budget as a luxury expense and therefore need to make up for that overage somewhere else.

99% of the meals are made from scratch.  We eat a ton of fresh fish and other seafood and that in and of itself is a budget buster.  I do not buy prepared foods, frozen meals, or processed snacks.  We don't have fancy water or pastry habits.  We aren't gluten free , 100% organic hemp milk drinkers.   I enjoy cooking, I have the time to do it, and I want to eat good tasting food.  For where I live, WF seems to offer the quality I want.  I have tried TJ, HT, Giant, Safeway, Aldi, Shoppers and Wegmans but the quality was poor in my local stores.  I don't care if the apples are 50% cheaper, if they are brown, grainy and gross I won't eat it and it's a waste of money.  I have tried coupons and shopping at different stores but I put a value on my free time and I don't want to spend it going to 3 different stores to save $20.

Where I still do use coupons like mad is at CVS., for my toiletries, paper products, health and beauty, cleaning supplies, etc.  I save bank there.[/quote]

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