[ SECRET POST #3881 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3881 ⌋

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[Caleb Hyles]


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[Rogue One]


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[Hannibal]


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[Twin Peaks]


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[Leslie Jones]


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[Sense8, Kala/Wolfgang]


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[Passengers, Jennifer Lawrence]


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[Mike Toole, Bananya]













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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I am terrible when it comes to sticking to a grocery shopping budget. I've been trying to spend less, but I'm also trying to be healthier. It's much easier to convince myself not to buy that $4 package of cookies instead of not buying fruits and veggies. I even made a list (and stuck to it) but still ended up spending $75.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you looking for advice?? Shop around if you have multiple stores. Look for sales. Buy in bulk. Use coupons.

[(Anonymous)]

I actually already do all of that. I was at three different stores today.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure you've heard some of this before, but here's some stuff that's helped. Focus on what you want your meals to be and use cheap fillers, say like rice and beans. Fruits and veggies can be a money sink if you buy out of season and they're worst tasting to boot so watch out for that. I like to focus on recipes where you can basically get most of your nutrition requirement in one go, like wraps or sandwiches. Shit's tough and hard to break old habits.

https://imgur.com/a/PYd2c (some infographs I've found helpful)

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, that does sound like a lot, unless you're buying for a family? Where are you shopping and what are you buying?

[(Anonymous)]

How often do you go shopping? I'm going to be honest I live alone, and I've never spent less that $90 going grocery shopping once or twice a month.

[(Anonymous)]

Are the fruits and veggies you're buying in season? That can make them kinda pricey. I love berries, but they're expensive here when not in season.

[(Anonymous)]

Grocery stores all overcharge for produce. I go to a roadside greengrocer, and they're dirt cheap. I can fill up the whole bottom of my fridge for $10.

[mrs_don_draper]

That doesn't sound like all that much, tbh.

[(Anonymous)]

$75 doesn't sound like that much. How often are you buying groceries? Because unless you're spending $75 like four times a month, just to feed yourself, I wouldn't say you were overspending.

I'm Canadian, and it's pretty much impossible to feed myself on less than $100 per month, and with that little money I definitely wouldn't be eating very healthily. That's like...toast and no name jam, or a cheap cereal every morning, a no name brand tuna fish sandwich and a cheap type of apple for lunch every day, and no name microwave burritos for dinner every night.

[(Anonymous)]

If I'm understanding your dilemma right... One thing that helps me stick to a budget is to use the calculator app on my phone and add up the price as I add things to the cart (I round up to the nearest dollar or half-dollar). If I go over my planned amount, I try to think about what I could do without.

However, I just shop for myself, and I don't know if you have anyone else you're buying for.

[(Anonymous)]

I found this useful (free full book pdf):
https://cookbooks.leannebrown.com/good-and-cheap.pdf

[mimi_sardinia]

I have a similar problem on my week, the original plan was my week is only $100, but I have ended up budgeting $150, but I end up spending more than that. I think part of the problem is stopping in at Woolies and Aldi before I get to Coles, but the $150 is only the outlined budget for Coles.

I may need to consider doing all my shopping north, where I actually have to walk across the road to go to Woolies and Aldi is nowhere near, instead of going south to the big shopping centre that contains all three stores.

[(Anonymous)]

If you're on a budget, ditch fruits and concentrate on vegetables. You can absolutely do without fruit, most of which are high in sugar anyway. It's hard to make any suggestions based on so little information, but you might also consider what kind of vegetables you're buying, whether or not they are cheaper alternatives you could be using more, etc. For example, cabbage is both nutritious and usually pretty cheap.

Other issues to consider are: are you keeping track of weekly ads and what's on sale? Do you know what a good price for [insert food item here] is? Have you tried shopping at Aldi, which has a limited amount of grocery items, but has competitive prices? Can you tweak your cooking skills and recipes to take advantage of cheap staples, like beans?