Grocery store a money pit?

[jp4m2]

Does anyone else feel that their grocery bill is getting outrageous?.....

I used to go to the grocery store once a week and it worked out fine...

I don't know what is going on in this past year but I'm there several times a week now and the bill is huge, DH is not happy and I don't blame him...

I've tried coupons but I usually end up just spending more trying to save, the coupons make you buy 2 giant jars of spag. sauce just to save 20 cents....there's no coupons for meat and produce....and the coupons expire to soon now....

I have a feeling it's probably the convenience foods that's a big contributor....

[HarleysMommy]

Well, Im out here in California right now, and BOY did I get a big shock when we went grocery shopping! First of all Im from Huntsville, AL and we have Super Wal-Marts, and Super Targets....not here. People told us the cost of living was higher here, they weren't KIDDING!!!! I was in shock at the prices of things! It's crazy!

[chachi]

Our grocery bill is out of control and thankfully there is just 3 of us. I am going to start using coupons. My Husband doesnt like me to buy generics in food so thats some of the cost plus convenience foods.

[ARCHIE]

Your right! Food is outragious.
Sugar free, fat free items are even more so. Just another way of
making more$.
Who would have thought chicken would be 3.99lb when not on sale
Fish too, expensive.
You really have to watch for sales. I hate going shopping. I now go
every two weeks and do it all for another two weeks. Of course milk
etc I buy as needed. I feel so bad for those of your with large families.
I have no idea how you do it.

[Mybabyboymax]

I go grocery shopping monthly and for a fmily of 5 we spend about 400-450 when we go. Its very expensive but you gotta do what you gotta do lol

[heatherjean8737]

man chicken here is like $4.99 a lb. We wait for it to go on sale and then my a few packs and freeze them. I just went shopping at Kroger on Wednesday and before the card it was $201.00 and after the card and all my coupons I got it down to $131.00. I thought I did pretty good. This is just for my fiance and I and it will last a few weeks.

[Patti]

I agree! I just ran to the store to get a pork roast for dinner and I walked out spending 34.00 and I have to go back tomorrow and do my weekly shopping. Plus I didn't buy any unneeded things, oh wait I could have done without that cadbury candy bar!!

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by Mybabyboymax

I go grocery shopping monthly and for a fmily of 5 we spend about 400-450 when we go. Its very expensive but you gotta do what you gotta do lol

I've heard of people doing this but I just can't imagine doing this...everyone would eat everything up in the first two weeks....

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by heatherjean8737

man chicken here is like $4.99 a lb. We wait for it to go on sale and then my a few packs and freeze them. I just went shopping at Kroger on Wednesday and before the card it was $201.00 and after the card and all my coupons I got it down to $131.00. I thought I did pretty good. This is just for my fiance and I and it will last a few weeks.

Don't you just love watching that amount going down at Kroger when they swipe that card!!!....I don't want to give it to them until they scan everything but some of the cashiers will ask for it up front so I stall like I can't find it

I wish we could get that good at coupons....I never had such luck....

I'm not kidding, my grocery bill is larger than my mortgage payment , it's so gross.....

[Tillys_mom]

I agree! We go to Super Wal-Mart now and it's much cheaper. Some generic things I don't like so that doesn't help. We buy for 2 weeks at a time. Our problem is we eat all of our snack foods within the first week and the second week we are complaining we have no snacks. Sometimes we get into our suppers. We are really bad about that.

[HarleysMommy]

Originally Posted by Tillys_mom

I agree! We go to Super Wal-Mart now and it's much cheaper. Some generic things I don't like so that doesn't help. We buy for 2 weeks at a time. Our problem is we eat all of our snack foods within the first week and the second week we are complaining we have no snacks. Sometimes we get into our suppers. We are really bad about that.

I am desperately missing super wal-mart for the great value and equate prices, lol.

[SladesMommy]

My grocery bill is decent. I spend about $100 each trip and it last me at least two complete weeks, usually I still have stuff left but have to make another trip to get stuff like fruit and veggies. Montly I spend maybe $200.

Of course I only buy for me, and I don't really eat much. I try not to buy many snack items and make meals big enough to where I can eat them more than once. For example I bought a box of lasagna hamburger helper for $1, added ground turkey- $3, and then cooked it and divided it into 3 containers and froze them. Each container gives me 2-3 meal, so for $4 I get at least 6 meals, if not more.

[crystalsmom]

Grocery prices here are out of sight. Someone said if they put a sign up for milk like they do the gas prices and they would see just how much it changes every day, people would scream. Cherries did come down from $6.95 a lb. last yr. and I guess they should. A penny a day on one item is 30 cents a month and think of all the items we buy.

[twalla]

I think I could eat cheaper if I ate the 99cent menus all the time at BK, Wendys, and Mickey D's -- course not the best choice but my grocery was almost 200!!!

Turkey Meat is 4.09lb .... Yikes!

[jp4m2]

I've seen a couple of posters say their chickens are $4.99 lb..wow! it's that much if I get an organic chicken like Bell & Evans but a regular old salmonella chicken is only about $1.29lb....

I just spent $300 this week for 4 people...I really have to start taking in a calculator or someone has to quit stuffing their face here....