Since moving to MN, we've been doing our part to reduce food waste in landfills. There's a program that operates across the upper midwest which takes near expired food and gives it to you for pennies on the dollar. Each month costs $20 (no tax).
Last night DW and I priced it all out and our best estimate is that we $258 bucks worth of food this month. Much of it is organic, expensive, premium stuff that simply isn't selling and so get's put into the pile of goods. Some stuff is a regular occurance like Halo Top ice cream and 6 lb bags (sometimes 2!) of
Webstaurant Mashed Potatoes.
This month was really good, we got 15 lbs of chicken wings/nuggets, some Mexican pancake mix ($18 for this one) and a whole ton of really good snacks includig stuff from Kroger which is no where near us geographically. Also, the Halo Top would retail for $70 just by itself!
So far our food expenses are down about 48% since we moved, thanks in large part to this. It's sorta like getting 90% of the puzzle pieces you need each month to make meals and we have to fill in the remaining 10%. I'm pretty sure we can do better too.
Here's a pic of what we got -
She usually starts walking and then dives into our arms. She is so determined to stand/walk it's incredible how fast she is improving.
