Anonymous wrote:Bottled water is cheap. That's not the big tentpole.

It's wasteful and ridiculous today.

Also, How does this add up to $100

Post your actual grocery receipt. I’m hard pressed to see where you spent $100.

Bottled water? Whose refrigerator doesn't have a filter and a water dispenser?

I added it all together and got $60 the most. You overpaid. Sardines are $1 in Lidl.

You didn't buy any calories.
You can buy rice, oil, canned or Aldi tomatoes, bag of onions, bags of beans or lentils, celery, carrots, frozen broccoli, tortillas, cheese and whatever meat or on sale. Sometimes that's chicken sometimes beef. You can go further with frozen chicken thighs. Make some chicken and rice with broccoli thrown in. Green/brown lentil soup and serve with crusty bread. I sometimes add potatoes to my lentil soup to make a stew. Tacos with mashed black beans and meat and cheese and chopped tomatoes. Iceberg lettuces cheap for a crunch.

Stop trolling

Bottled water is cheap. That's not the big tentpole.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t with the cost of food anymore. What am I doing wrong? $100 got me: 1 24 pack of water (I still have half the case), 2 artichokes, 4 tomatoes, box of spring salad, pound of chicken breast, 3 cans of sardines, rosemary bread loaf, small jar of garlic, jar of olives, 2 jarred zoups brand soups, 2 packs of premade lentil dal, 2 bell peppers. After 2 days of cooking I’m basically empty again. This fed 2 people.

I would really like to see the breakdown on how this go to $100. Are you buying expensive imported stuff and organic?

Anonymous wrote:Get everyone on your house on a GLP. You'll stop eating and save a bundle.

I know this is a joke but isn’t it like $400 plus a month to be on ozempic?

Im sorry for two people a cava kids meal is $7.49, we eat that once a week to save money

Get everyone on your house on a GLP. You'll stop eating and save a bundle.

Anonymous wrote:Troll for sure.

I'm so tired of these trolls. They don't even try to make interesting posts. Please do better, trolls!

Anonymous wrote:I can’t with the cost of food anymore. What am I doing wrong? $100 got me: 1 24 pack of water (I still have half the case), 2 artichokes, 4 tomatoes, box of spring salad, pound of chicken breast, 3 cans of sardines, rosemary bread loaf, small jar of garlic, jar of olives, 2 jarred zoups brand soups, 2 packs of premade lentil dal, 2 bell peppers. After 2 days of cooking I’m basically empty again. This fed 2 people.

First of all you should only be buying water from costco

I save money by skipping the bottled water, cooking my own lentils, making my own soup, and buying fresh garlic. Yes, it does take more time, which you may or may not have.

I also vary what I buy depending on season, like I wouldn't buy tomatoes right now but would get any other vegetable that was on discount this week. I only buy the canned fish when it is discounted now, and stock up for the next week or two, for example. It helps me to look at what's on sale and plan my meals from that.

Even changing all this, my grocery bill is barely holding even.

What store? That makes a difference.

Start comparing sales flyers and plan meals accordingly.