Anonymous wrote:More Aldi and Lidl. Less Safeway and Giant. No more Whole Foods nor Balducci's.
No meat a few days a week.

Anonymous wrote:Cow share. Order a 1/2 or quarter of a cow.

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

Do keep in mind that your electricity $ may go up with that freezer. If it is higher than stocking up on sale items, is it really worth it? DP

Anonymous wrote:We shop a couple times a week instead of once a week. This has made probably the biggest impact.
When we plan our meals, we use up what we buy. So if we are buying ginger for one meal we make sure to plan another meal that will use up the ginger. For snack type food we tend to buy what is on sale.

DH and I split the cooking and grocery shopping. I've cut my spending by about half. DH has cut his by about 1/3 but he tends to like making more extravagant meals.

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

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Anonymous wrote:Shop sales, esp for meat and things like coffee. Keep your eye out for a chest freezer from a buy nothing group.

This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought of it, and would like to get one of these.

Anonymous wrote:Two things:

I mainly shop at Giant, because it is super close and convenient, even if not great and more expensive. Ordering online has drastically reduced my food costs. I am pretty sure this is for two distinct reasons. The biggest reason is that there is zero impulse buying, and I think I do a lot of that when wandering around in the store. The second, is that I buy less expensive things and shop sales and save a ton of money. When looking at stuff online, I can go to the circular and click on the stuff that I see there is a good deal on and plan my whole shop from there. I can also see cost per unit and compare easily and choose the less expensive things. Yes, of course you can do that in the store as well, but I don't -- I find it overwhelming to do when looking a shelf full of things. It's much easier for me to weigh the options and try to check for what is on sale, etc., looking at prices online. I'd say I spend at least 1/3 less and end up with a more functional shop as well when I order online for pickup.

The other way to save money is shopping discount stores, like Aldi and Costco and to a certain extent TJ's. For example, my DH eats Chobani fruit on the bottom yogurt every day. We save a huge percentage of the cost of that buying a case of it at Costco. So much that I think a couple of cases of yogurt come close to paying for the Costco membership. But I generally don't have the time and energy to make trips to these places, so I tend to end up at the Giant near me. But there are really big savings to be had at places like Costco and Aldo.

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest seller of organic food in the US is actually Walmart. Their prices are good, too. Obviously it depends on the size of your store, but the bigger/newer ones with groceries have a good selection of healthy food at a good price because many of their items are loss leaders.

I would rather not shop at a super MAGA shop, thanks.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh Aldi has terrible meats and produce. I would rather eat less but eat organic and good produce than eat anything from Aldi's or Lidl.

Anonymous wrote:Get away from the American slabs of meat. Buy meat on sale. Eat more ethnic dishes - they have wonderfully complex flavor that makes you more satiated vs. just eating a lot.