Hi all, looking for some Mustachians in the DC area who might be able to share some insight on low cost grocery costs. As anyone in our area knows, the cost of living here can be pretty crazy. We live a pretty frugal but not quite MMM level of life - there are very few things we feel we can realistically cut costs on right now. The one thing that seems like it should be doable is our grocery costs, but we're finding it difficult to do so. Our average weekly grocery (pretty much just food) cost right now is around $112 for two adults, a three year old and a one year old, both of whom are healthy eaters already.
We try to eat eat clean for the most part - avoiding processed food, sticking with "real food" and buying organic when practical - but we're not "crazy" about it if you know what I mean. We currently do our food shopping at Giant due to convenience (location and selection) and that they tend to have overall pretty decent prices, even if they're not the *best* for everything. We also have a Costco membership.
So my question, for those of you in our area (we're 20906 for reference) - what do you do, where do you shop, to get the good stuff at the good prices? Are we doing the best we can expect for our area without going the beans and rice every day route? We don't need to be fancy, but variety is important. Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to give!