Re: grocery bill

Posted by KGools

do you shop the sales or just buy whatever you need regardless of whether or not it's on sale?

Do you buy name brand or store brand.

I shop the sales religiously (I'm even becoming my mother and going to various stores depending on the sales and prices ). If a sale is really good, I stock up (bread at Stop and Shop was $1 last week... I bought about 4 loaves and put them in the freezer). I also will buy store brand if it's on sale.

Re: grocery bill

I think this is a hard thing to compare. I usually spend $150 but then I probably only go 3 out of 4 weeks in a month. On the off week I might only pick up a few essentials and spend like $30 and this is for 2 of us. This does include cleaning supplies and household things like garbage bags and cat food.

We are doing a produce share so we receive fruits and veggies every other week so that helps right now since I paid it months ago, I kind of forgot about the cost. I have been trying to use up some of the I have been stocking up on so lately because I realized I was creating a warehouse!

We only eat organic meat and try to eat as much organic produce as possible. I very rarely buy things that I don't have a coupon for or aren't on sale (except fresh veggies/fruits). We eat at home most nights and I love to cook so even make breakfasts and lunches usually.

So much depends on what you are eating - so I think this is a really hard comparison.

Re: grocery bill

we ususally spend 30-50 a week for the 2 of us - i just go shopping to by whats on sale that we use

we do not pay for meat - DH dad does hes a butcher

and we dont have to ever pay for toilet paper and garbabge bags - my dad gets those for us

plus my shower was in October and i still havent had to by really any household items