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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 785218" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>For 3 adults, and including the dog food, cat food, grooming items, laundry and cleaning supplies, we average $125 per week. That doesn't include the cost of meat we raised or bought directly from another producer. That would probably raise it to $140-150 per week in the winter. We spend less in the summer when the fresh stuff is in season and cheaper, plus we garden a little and friends/family with gardens give us surplus. Our eggs are basically free because I sell the excess and most weeks it pays for the chicken feed. We get home-raised meat chickens from a friend for $7.50 per bird. We usually get 3 meals off of one. </p><p></p><p>GMN, comparing what others spend to your own spending doesn't do you much good because everyone's family is different. If you want to cut your grocery bill, set a budget that is $10 or so a week less than what you spend now. Once you can hit that, try to cut some more, and so on. To keep you on budget, only take that set amount of cash to the store with you. Try a meatless meal once a week, usually meat is the most expensive part of the meal. Like bean burritos or tostadas, tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches, a pot of beans with cornbread, etc. </p><p></p><p>We use some store brand items but for some things, it's just gotta be the "real" brand. The items where the store brand or "off" brand is fine for us would be cereal, pasta, things like that. We only use real butter so I get it at the wholesale club for about $2 per pound. The convenience items are what kill the budget, I think. The more you cook from scratch, the less you will have to spend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 785218, member: 9169"] For 3 adults, and including the dog food, cat food, grooming items, laundry and cleaning supplies, we average $125 per week. That doesn't include the cost of meat we raised or bought directly from another producer. That would probably raise it to $140-150 per week in the winter. We spend less in the summer when the fresh stuff is in season and cheaper, plus we garden a little and friends/family with gardens give us surplus. Our eggs are basically free because I sell the excess and most weeks it pays for the chicken feed. We get home-raised meat chickens from a friend for $7.50 per bird. We usually get 3 meals off of one. GMN, comparing what others spend to your own spending doesn't do you much good because everyone's family is different. If you want to cut your grocery bill, set a budget that is $10 or so a week less than what you spend now. Once you can hit that, try to cut some more, and so on. To keep you on budget, only take that set amount of cash to the store with you. Try a meatless meal once a week, usually meat is the most expensive part of the meal. Like bean burritos or tostadas, tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches, a pot of beans with cornbread, etc. We use some store brand items but for some things, it's just gotta be the "real" brand. The items where the store brand or "off" brand is fine for us would be cereal, pasta, things like that. We only use real butter so I get it at the wholesale club for about $2 per pound. The convenience items are what kill the budget, I think. The more you cook from scratch, the less you will have to spend. [/QUOTE]
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