I need to share -- I had another sub $650 grocery month. This time only $580!! and $40 of that was for hazelnuts and supplies for my mom's special birthday cake and dinner.
Whoo Hoo. That's roughly equivalent to $225 for two adults, in US dollars.. not even adjusting for the higher per pound meat, dairy and produce pricing here. I did not think it was possible, and we did it without too much effort.
Thanks, AP for the inspiration.
What was different?
1) A lot less food in the fridge.. less to waste, less choice at one time. Salsa was the only condiment I bought.
2) Bought a huge ham for Easter, and we ate off of it for two weeks. (The last of it / bone is in the bean pot now). It was the pricier ham with the bone, but many many meals.
3) Cooked a turkey -- and made many meals out of it.
4) Cooked a large pork loin -- ditto
5) Cooked 3 roast chickens (I only get 6 servings per chicken however, so only one meal each and two lunches)
6) Did not buy a lot of variety for veg / fruit, unless super sale, (Broccoli, carrots, onions, squash, potatoes, froz veg, apple, banana, cabbage, that's about it) did not buy much bread (made half of it) and we ate a lot of rice and pasta and potatoes as sides, etc.
7) Taught teenage son how to make bean burritos, and we will make it again tonight, for school lunches. Keeps him off the frozen pizza / frozen prepared foods, or eating a lot of the more expensive foods in the fridge.