Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We make food in pots and eat multiple days. Yesterday I made a pot of chicken soup that will last whole week. Pot full of soup costed less than 10$

I made chicken soup last week, it cost probably $15, and it lasted two days.

People whose food lasts a week are not feeding preteen/teen boys.

+1

I’ve never had anything last more than 2 day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the answer is - reduce your standard of living because of food prices. That’s Bidenomics!

Just stop with that. My friends around the world are having the same issues.

+1

It’s happening all over, not just the US. It’s not just food either. We would be in the same situation regardless of who the president is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The trick is having the time to get the products at each store that are cheap. Trader Joes may have cheaper condiments, but their meat is expensive. Costco is best for staples. Giant/Safeway is best for sale items where you stock up on soup or meat when it's on sale.

Once I went grocery shopping with my SIL. She does coupons, she enrolls in weird marketing things (she used to work in food marketing and knows a lot about obscure things where you get paid for things where you submit bar codes to track your shopping or something like that). Weekly grocery trip took us to 4 different stores with a long wait at customer service so she could argue for her discount on several boxes of brownie mix she bought on her previous trip. The expedition took 3 hours. I was wiped out by the end. It's just her and her husband, they never had kids. Most weeks I can be in and out of the store in 30 min or less.

This made me LOL and reminded me of how my dad used to shop. Time is money...who has time b to go to multiple stores?

Anonymous wrote:The trick is having the time to get the products at each store that are cheap. Trader Joes may have cheaper condiments, but their meat is expensive. Costco is best for staples. Giant/Safeway is best for sale items where you stock up on soup or meat when it's on sale.

Once I went grocery shopping with my SIL. She does coupons, she enrolls in weird marketing things (she used to work in food marketing and knows a lot about obscure things where you get paid for things where you submit bar codes to track your shopping or something like that). Weekly grocery trip took us to 4 different stores with a long wait at customer service so she could argue for her discount on several boxes of brownie mix she bought on her previous trip. The expedition took 3 hours. I was wiped out by the end. It's just her and her husband, they never had kids. Most weeks I can be in and out of the store in 30 min or less.

I hardly ever buy meat at full price. I buy discounted meat and then stick it in the freezer; organic, if possible. I do the same with butter.

We mainly drink filtered water at home, but we do have a Soda Stream. Never buy soda. We don't drink juice either.

I make my own yogurt, which is really easy to do. And my own bread when I have time. If not, then I buy sourdough which seems to be better value for money as it is more filling than regular sandwich bread.

I often buy fresh produce at Coco's or other international stores. Sometimes I don't need to buy 2 lb of carrots, so I can just buy what I need. If I do have more produce than I need, I usually make soup in the Instant Pot and then freeze it in portions for lunch.  

Pick a store and really use their rewards program to your advantage.

Teenage boys who are athletes need to eat 2-3x calories as most adults. You are not feeding a family of four. You are feeding 6-8 adults.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We make food in pots and eat multiple days. Yesterday I made a pot of chicken soup that will last whole week. Pot full of soup costed less than 10$

I made chicken soup last week, it cost probably $15, and it lasted two days.

People whose food lasts a week are not feeding preteen/teen boys.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the answer is - reduce your standard of living because of food prices. That’s Bidenomics!

Just stop with that. My friends around the world are having the same issues.

NP - driven by energy policies and massive spending during COVID with a concurrent decline in productivity. That's how it works.

Anonymous wrote:I admire all of you who have done such an amazing job of controlling your food budgets, and I'm especially impressed with how delicious your menus are.

But I don't have the time/energy/bandwidth to get to know what items are cheaper at WF/Aldi/Giant/Wegman's etc (let alone make a spreadsheet about it). Or make my own granola and hummus and bread. Or even spend a weekend day meal prepping. And I know I never will. I left for work yesterday at 6:30am and got home at 8:30. Too tired for most of this stuff, y'all.

Exactly - shopping and meal planning is draining for me, let alone going around to multiple stores to save money.

Anonymous wrote:So the answer is - reduce your standard of living because of food prices. That’s Bidenomics!

Just stop with that. My friends around the world are having the same issues.

Anonymous wrote:We make food in pots and eat multiple days. Yesterday I made a pot of chicken soup that will last whole week. Pot full of soup costed less than 10$

I made chicken soup last week, it cost probably $15, and it lasted two days.