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Advice for cutting grocery bill?
The only place in my budget right now that I feel is high is my grocery bill. It is just my husband and I and our monthly bill is around $450 but has been up to $600! Every month I find myself thinking wtf did we buy?!?!?! I'm thinking now maybe I need to dissect my receipts and make a mini-budget of meats, fruits, veggies, bread, etc so I see where this is going. My husband doesn't even eat that much-- he works in a restaurant so he only eats 1 meal a day at home. He does not like to eat leftovers so maybe we are wasting too much of it. Most of the stuff I buy is on sale, but I tend not to use coupons because I can't ever find them for stuff I buy. And I always shop at Publix (for those of you who know it). Thank you!
Re: Advice for cutting grocery bill?
What sort of stuff do you buy? Can you post a typical grocery receipt?
Make a list of the common things you buy. When the non-perishables go on sale, buy enough to last you for a month or more (until they go on sale again).
Yes, that does seem on the high side. DH and I are in a HCOL area and we spend about 350-400/mo but that is also including all paper products, cleaning supplies, and various household odds and ends. Not sure if you were counting just food, but househol
I am not in a particularly expensive area, I live in a suburb of Tampa. And this is food, household supplies, cleaning, but no pet items. I think my problem is that my husband doesn't eat enough and doesn't eat leftovers so we are wasting too muc
Buy your staple items/paper/alcohol/soda in bulk at a Sam's or CostCo and then buy your fresh produce weekly at your local grocery.
I noticed a couple things. First off, how much per pound is the meat? Do you have a freezer where you can stock up when it is on sale, or do you need to buy week to week? you seem to eat a very healthy, fresh food diet, and that get expensive. I know m
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One thing I noticed was the whole turkey & chicken. If leftovers don't go over at your house, it seems like a lot of that will be going to waste with two people?
Can you recreate leftovers into a casserole or like PP said,
So, if the receipt you posted was a big trip, I guess you need to really look at what those 4/month "smaller" trips are. Because, if the 125.00 receipt is half the month, you're doing pretty well. But, what is happening on the receipts that
It looks like you eat a lot of fresh produce and meat, unfortunately although healthy its the most expensive stuff to buy. My boyfriend and I spend about what you do a month. I also noticed we had a lot of food going to waste. &nb
Are you in a position where you need to be saving more money a month or are you just feeling guilty about how much you spend on food? I used to worry about how much we were spending on food then came to the conclusion that our spending patterns a
I just want to say I could have written this post. I'm also married to a chef. He generally only eats 1 meal a day at home. He works 6 days a week and eats his meals there. On his only day off we tend to eat out for lunch or din
That's funny, I guess this is just the life of a chef's wife
Yeah he's talked about getting a food saver, but we don't have one yet. I know what you mean about cooking for an army though! The other day he came home with 17 lbs of pork butt!!! Still