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Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:22 am to CCTider
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Not a one stop grocery store
Yep. Produce and bulk will have the best value and meat has killer sales on chicken almost all the time. The value packs of breasts and thighs are cheap as hell and good quality. I usually get chicken there or one if the club stores and just vacuum seal 2 at a time.
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The only thing good about not having sprouts around, is no more bulk Australian licorice. That shite is like crack. I'd rather not even see it around.
They got rid of it? I never go to the candy aisle in bulk anymore.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:22 am to TDsngumbo
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My family of 3 spends $420 a month on food and restaurants. We eat out rarely and we buy vegetables, fruits, beans, rice, boneless chicken breast tenderloins, manwich,
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:23 am to TDsngumbo
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My family of 3 spends $420 a month on food and restaurants.
A month?
That's a pretty light budget
But congrats for being frugal
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:25 am to Areddishfish
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Either y'all eat sandwiches for every meal or else y'all have the appetite of a squirrel.
We have small appetite, but that doesn't change anything because I buy normal sized items in the store.
I did say I pretty much eat the same thing for lunch, which is typically a pressed sandwich with a yogurt and a bag of white cheddar popcorn. But we 100% do average $60/week that covers 5 dinners, a week of deli sliced meat, lunch bread, yogurts, and a pack of diet dr pepper.
I've had it ring up as low as $48, but sometimes it is as high as $70.. hence the $60 average.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:25 am to StringedInstruments
There are only two of us in the house, we are retired. Our food bill is about $450/month and we don’t buy much high end stuff. Not sure how it can be done at $500 for a family of 4.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:27 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Why it's not like they are bad?
Usually don't have them, or not enough to make it an entire new meal for both of us. My SO eats leftovers if we do have them. I pre-plan every meal for the week on Sunday. I won't stray from that.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:31 am to LouisianaLady
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Are you saying this is a good, or bad thing (the cooking style of your family)?
Great thing for the nuclear family. Difficult on a budget.
I’m fine with a skin-on, bone-in chicken thigh cooked in the oven next to a sweet potato. I’d have no qualms about eating that for dinner. My wife would want toppings for the potato, another vegetable, a side salad, and bread with butter or olive oil. Really she’d be uninterested in the chicken - she’d rather use the chicken for tacos or a pasta plus the sides.
And it’s like that for every meal.
I can eat three scrambled eggs for breakfast. She’d want one with an English muffin and jam, and a banana.
Not saying that’s a bad way of eating or anything wrong with it but it definitely adds to the budget.
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 9:33 am
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:32 am to TDsngumbo
You can. You’d have to plan well, cook big, and freeze. You’d also prolly have to spend more time shopping.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:41 am to StringedInstruments
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family of 4 to live on a $500/month food budget and.
That's $4.17 per day per family member.
That would be hard. Good weight loss plan though.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:53 am to TigerDeacon
My family of 5 lives on a food budget of $600 a month. You have to be very diligent and buy meat and stuff when it is on sale. I have an extra freezer stuffed with meat and stuff I got on sale.
For example, we have our menu planned for next week. Italian sausage is on sale for 1.99/lb. I will buy a bunch and freeze it in batches (takes about 3 mins to do with vacuum sealer). I will use about 1/2lb of sausage and make a killer pasta out of it which comes out to about 6 servings for about $1.00 per person. Add in the bread and salad, it is about $2 a person or $10 for the entire meal with plenty leftover.
They had a sale on pork butts for 0.99/lb (Kroger does it 2x a year). I bought three 8lb butts and have them in my freezer. Same thing with hams. Same thing with chicken.
Watch for the sales and then buy in bulk and freeze in smaller batches. The vacuum sealer we have has probably saved us thousands.
For example, we have our menu planned for next week. Italian sausage is on sale for 1.99/lb. I will buy a bunch and freeze it in batches (takes about 3 mins to do with vacuum sealer). I will use about 1/2lb of sausage and make a killer pasta out of it which comes out to about 6 servings for about $1.00 per person. Add in the bread and salad, it is about $2 a person or $10 for the entire meal with plenty leftover.
They had a sale on pork butts for 0.99/lb (Kroger does it 2x a year). I bought three 8lb butts and have them in my freezer. Same thing with hams. Same thing with chicken.
Watch for the sales and then buy in bulk and freeze in smaller batches. The vacuum sealer we have has probably saved us thousands.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:56 am to StringedInstruments
If you’re trying to save mone, then you need to talk with your wife and get on the same page. Saving money either comes before all the extra shite she wants on her food or you’re both willing to sacrifice a little to be happy while saving.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:59 am to StringedInstruments
$1.35 per person, per meal...
You could do it, but we're talking a lot of mac and cheese and baloney sandwiches.
You could do it, but we're talking a lot of mac and cheese and baloney sandwiches.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:03 am to StringedInstruments
You can cut down on eating out and do not order drinks with your meal, just water. Buy only meat that is on special that week and fruits and vegs that are in season. You can often get chicken, beef and pork on sale. When something is on sale, like can vegs and can tomato products, buy more that you need.
I think it can be done.
I think it can be done.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:11 am to Fewer Kilometers
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baloney sandwiches
Dude c'mon
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:13 am to danilo
quote:$$$$$$$$$$
wal mart meat
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:13 am to StringedInstruments
We’re a family of 6 part time(2 kids are from first wife) and 4 full time. I keep the food budget to no more than 200/week, most times falling around 175. I do the budget and do most of the shopping/cooking so I know what goes where. I also loosely plan out my menu before shopping. No prepared or box crap and fair amount of fruits/veg. I cook nearly everything from scratch.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:15 am to StringedInstruments
It's can be pretty easy to do. Cut out eating at restaurants. I normally spend 20 to 40 bucks per week on food and I eat very well. I do supplement that with a ton of wild game and fish. I eat a lot of boneless skinless chicken thighs, ground meat, and pork. Find out what days your grocery store starts marking down meat and buy and freeze on those days.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:19 am to CCTider
I have a family of 6 and our grocery budget is exactly $1200/month. It's somewhat frugal, but we place a priority on food.
Frankly, I'd rather cut cable/TV/phone etc before cutting my food budget. We rarely eat out; maybe a Saturday lunch after youth sports.
Crockpots full of chicken thighs are pretty cheap.
We do buy a half cow every few months, which is helpful BOTH from cost and limiting our grocery trips.
Our trips usually look like this:
1.) $200 Walmart trip on center-store, condiments, and frozen items
2.) $200 Sam's Club for baby items, chicken, kid lunch stuff, nuts, etc
3.) $100-150 a month at the Farmer's Market
4.) $150/wk at a local grocery store on meat & veggies
Frankly, I'd rather cut cable/TV/phone etc before cutting my food budget. We rarely eat out; maybe a Saturday lunch after youth sports.
Crockpots full of chicken thighs are pretty cheap.
We do buy a half cow every few months, which is helpful BOTH from cost and limiting our grocery trips.
Our trips usually look like this:
1.) $200 Walmart trip on center-store, condiments, and frozen items
2.) $200 Sam's Club for baby items, chicken, kid lunch stuff, nuts, etc
3.) $100-150 a month at the Farmer's Market
4.) $150/wk at a local grocery store on meat & veggies
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 10:21 am
Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:20 am to StringedInstruments
Easily. Just be prepared to cook.
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