The Money Mustache Community
General Discussion => Share Your Badassity => Topic started by: lightbeard on November 04, 2018, 09:39:25 PM
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After reading Killing your $1000 Grocery Bill (http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/03/29/killing-your-1000-grocery-bill/), I was excited to apply the principles of evaluating food by caloric density and not just cost.
Even though we're on a specialized diet (Mito Food Plan), I knew we were not considering the amount of calories in our food purchases. So the next time we were food shopping, I asked my partner to divide the calories in foods by cost. She tried for a bit, but eventually said "you know you really should write an app for this."
That was the inception of ¢runch (https://avniel.app/crunch/)
The app is in beta and I would be excited to receive feedback from any Mustachians willing to try it out.
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A worthy goal, but I would suggest introducing separate grading by class of food instead of lumping vegetables in with fats and starches.
If I just want the most calories per dollar spent, it's hard to beat things like generic vegetable oil at ~$0.40 per 2,000 calories. Even rice and beans are more expensive than that at my local supermarket.
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I'm grateful for the suggestion. What do you think about a separate grading guide for vegetables as follows.
(http://avnielapps.github.io/mmm_iphone6splussilver_portrait-sm.png)