Too much, and were bad for buying too much raw and letting it go bad

Too much, and were bad for buying too much raw and letting it go bad

Where do you shop?

You can get deals on fruits and veggies from those places that have random farmers market loads and you just pay $10 for a bag of random goodies. You get a lot but each week it changes

This is our issue as well - mostly due to poor time management. We'll go grocery shopping on Saturday but sometimes we don't get a chance to cook until Wednesday or Thursday which is a little fucked. We toss a lot of food, which is quite aggravating. Debating on grabbing one of those big chest freezers to stash in the basement.

For food bills, our household of 2 are doing about $450 a month.

600 all organic for 5 people?

Show me what you are eating and how much you are paying for things...lol jk I know you won't.

Thanks for the input though, it's dismissed.

If my combined grocery and restaurant bill tops $250/month I'd be really surprised. Living alone + eats healthy + controls portions + buys deals + doesn't waste shit = cheap food budget.

FWIW: I don't buy into the whole organic craze. It's entirely unregulated and thus not worth the cost since I have no idea what I'm actually getting versus the regular stuff.

450 for all of your food consumption? Coffees, take out, etc?

I don't understand how people do it.

bush and stick special pricing. Far different from the scummy GTA pricing.

For food bills, our household of 2 are doing about $450 a month.

I think eating healthy is a more important step anyways

Yeah, that's impressive for five people - are you eating just carrots and cereal???

We got to Chinese grocery markets for fruits and some veggies (not T&T).

If my combined grocery and restaurant bill tops $250/month I'd be really surprised. Living alone + eats healthy + controls portions + buys deals + doesn't waste shit = cheap food budget.

FWIW: I don't buy into the whole organic craze. It's entirely unregulated and thus not worth the cost since I have no idea what I'm actually getting versus the regular stuff.

I think he can pull it off because portion control, he is the only that touched on that here and I know there is a HUGE discrepancy in that factor alone between many of us here. I wouldn't be surprised if I ate double what most of the people who replied eat on a regular basis.

Same here. Get fresh fruits and veggies for cheap.

I'm not doubting that he can do it, he has no reason to make it up but even controlling portion size it seems tough.

$250 in a 30 day month is $8.30 a day. Divide that by three meals. Heck, lets pretend he fasts and only eats lunch and dinner, that's $4.15 per meal. That's like ramen budget IMO.
The fact that it includes restaurant food makes it seem even tougher to do. Say $30/month on restaurant food, that leaves $220 for grocery food at $7.30 a day.

forever alone. eating ramen.

Remind me in two years

We spend way more than I like.

My wife thinks $12 for a small pack of organic strawberries (not Costco) is not bad considering how much my son loves berries... so she buys 2 for the week. Meanwhile I tell her to pick a different type of a fruit like organic blueberries.

We also go through Organic Meadow homo milk like crazy.

Fruits about $100/week and its just for wife and son.

Aim for $20-30 for protein/night.



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look at all the produce experts up in here.
csi turned into a farmer forum

look at all the produce experts up in here.
csi turned into a farmer forum

Do a quick google search, you can then be enlightened like the rest of us.