How do you budget your grocery bill?
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I managed to buy food for a week for around 12 euros ($15), because we have very cheap supermarkets, especially for students, with a lot of prepared meals, or small quantities for fresh products.
There's not a lot of choice, no brands, and sometimes bad surprises (bad meat or rotten fruits) but it's really not bad.
There's not a lot of choice, no brands, and sometimes bad surprises (bad meat or rotten fruits) but it's really not bad.
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Something that neyapuckachinha said rang a bell with me. It happened when I was in elementary school. (yes that was when we walked uphill both ways in driving rain and dinosaurs roamed the streets.
I am putting it in a "spoil" as it is long and probably boring and this way if you're not interested you can pass
I am putting it in a "spoil" as it is long and probably boring and this way if you're not interested you can pass
Spoiler:
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Brittany
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Due to FPods job kinda drying up, we've hit about rock bottom financially. We're both trying to find better jobs. I can't even attend school right now because when I tried to withdraw from a semester to transfer to another school (Couldn't take online classes anymore they shoved a $400 fee at me and it made it so I can't go to school until I pay them back ~.~)
We used to spend about $100-120 per week and we'd get a good amount of food. Right now we spent $72 on groceries for about 2 weeks.
What I normally do is check out Kroger's website since they have their ad listed on it and I can write down what looks good and also think about what we don't have or need. That way I don't pick the ad up in the store and play it by ear.
I compare prices to brands and I'll look at the amount of food gets for what amount.
You'd be amazed at how much you save by planning out what you're going to buy, versus walking in a store and walking around buying whatever looks good or you think you need. You'll end up buying stuff you don't need, or even forgetting about stuff you do need back at home, such as trash bags, or odds and ends.
We'll splurge on some stuff if it's on sale. Like last time we went shopping 2 liter Pepsi's were on sale for .88 each. Other times there's a $10 for 10 deal on Tombstone pizzas which is pretty awesome.
Our main meat is chicken and hamburger, due to them being easy to make a lot of things from.
But you'd also be surprised on how cheap veggies are. You buy a bag of potatoes for $3.88 and get 5lbs of them, versus paying $1.50 on one box of instant potatoes. It's totally worth it to get the bag of potatoes and peel them yourself and cook them - it's much tastier and healthier too.
In response to the school stories, I know my mom and I were real rock bottom too, so I got free lunches from the school, and even was provided breakfast in the mornings. If you came to school early enough you got like a bowl of your choice of cereal, a milk, and a piece of fruit. (I always got Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
So I can't say I could ever complain about my food at school since I always got it free, and never got poisoned <_
We used to spend about $100-120 per week and we'd get a good amount of food. Right now we spent $72 on groceries for about 2 weeks.
What I normally do is check out Kroger's website since they have their ad listed on it and I can write down what looks good and also think about what we don't have or need. That way I don't pick the ad up in the store and play it by ear.
I compare prices to brands and I'll look at the amount of food gets for what amount.
You'd be amazed at how much you save by planning out what you're going to buy, versus walking in a store and walking around buying whatever looks good or you think you need. You'll end up buying stuff you don't need, or even forgetting about stuff you do need back at home, such as trash bags, or odds and ends.
We'll splurge on some stuff if it's on sale. Like last time we went shopping 2 liter Pepsi's were on sale for .88 each. Other times there's a $10 for 10 deal on Tombstone pizzas which is pretty awesome.
Our main meat is chicken and hamburger, due to them being easy to make a lot of things from.
But you'd also be surprised on how cheap veggies are. You buy a bag of potatoes for $3.88 and get 5lbs of them, versus paying $1.50 on one box of instant potatoes. It's totally worth it to get the bag of potatoes and peel them yourself and cook them - it's much tastier and healthier too.
In response to the school stories, I know my mom and I were real rock bottom too, so I got free lunches from the school, and even was provided breakfast in the mornings. If you came to school early enough you got like a bowl of your choice of cereal, a milk, and a piece of fruit. (I always got Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
So I can't say I could ever complain about my food at school since I always got it free, and never got poisoned <_
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I just went to the store today. i got a box of frozen waffles, frozen hamburger patties x20, 2liter soda x2, loaf of potatoe bread, $10.73. enough food for 2 weeks, easily.
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I buy in bulk.
Its cheaper and you get more for your cash.
I only go to the Supermarket Once a month at most.
And I make a list before I leave for the store, it keeps me from buying random stuff I don't need.
at most I only spend about $220-280 once I'm done shopping.
Its cheaper and you get more for your cash.
I only go to the Supermarket Once a month at most.
And I make a list before I leave for the store, it keeps me from buying random stuff I don't need.
at most I only spend about $220-280 once I'm done shopping.
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i do nearly the exact same thing you do, tho i give myself a bit of leeway to pick up good deals or something im craving, i have a budget for grocerys of 300 a month but i normally only spend 200-250 of it.
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What I do is I set my grocery budget for the week, then get whatever the heck I want with that money. It's usually around $30-50/wk and that covers meat, veggies, snacks, candy, etc. ^_^
Once every couple of months I go to Costco with the parental units and get huge bags of staples that I need--a variety of noodles (pastas and Asian noodles), rice, potatoes, onions, garlic, etc.
Once every couple of months I go to Costco with the parental units and get huge bags of staples that I need--a variety of noodles (pastas and Asian noodles), rice, potatoes, onions, garlic, etc.
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I understand people may no be able to afford groceries, every sunday down by the town plazza they give away food for free,so i dont have to worry much about my bill to put food on the table.thank goodness theres nice people out there that can provide this wonderful service.
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When I was a poor student...well, what am I saying, I'm still poor. Um. Anyway, when I was poorer, I used to go to a food bank once a month and they'd give us a bunch of non-perishable staples like canned veggies and broth, cereal, dried beans, small bags of rice or pasta, etc. Once in a while we'd get fresh vegetables as well, usually a whole crate of string beans that I would go WTF about and try to give away after cooking up several casseroles and dishes and still not being able to finish the crate. In any case, that was super helpful to me because then I didn't have to worry about not getting enough to eat; just not getting enough fresh food to eat. I agree with the above poster that it's wonderful that there are people and organizations who provide this service.
