Grocery Bill: The Most Difficult Thing to Give Up.
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:41 pm
I just don't get it. My girlfriend and I cook in every night. Sure, it's cheaper than eating out, about half as much as if we went to a restaurant. I've documented everything I spent this month on food and it comes out to $450. My gf has spent about $300. So that's $750 for two people.
I live in NYC. We shop at Whole Foods, but it doesn't really matter because even the basic supermarkets near us are all the same price as Whole Foods. In fact. many items are actually cheaper at WF than they are at C-Town, Foodtown, or Associate.
Our grocery bill has been the most difficult expense for me to cut so far. The thing is, I get really freaking hungry. I find myself craving food and it seems like I'm always hungry. I try to eat mostly organic, and if it's meat, only organic. And no, I don't eat a lot of meat. Mostly just chicken, and no way am I going to buy that Tyson feedlot chicken.
Also, I gave up milk and replaced it with Oat Milk which is awesome, but actually cost more! I prefer it to milk. But still, it's $6 per half gallon, bringing my monthly oat milk total to $36. I eat a lot of cereal, cold and hot.
I stopped eating in restaurants about a 9 months ago and realized that I had been blowing about $800 a month on restaurant meals. Everything from soup & sandwich shops to proper sit down meals with tipping.
I don't miss it much either. My gf is such an amazing cook and it's been fun learning on my own.
Then I gave up drinking in bars, another $500 per month. I'd just buy craft beer at Whole Foods and take it home to have with dinner. That cut my alcohol consumption down to about $200 per month.
Now I haven't had a drink since January, so I'm at $0 alcohol and $0 restaurant expenses, but still $400-$600 for just myself on groceries each month. I simply don't understand how anyone can get by on $150 a month, let alone $75 like some on here claim.
Anyone have a monthly grocery bill breakdown they can post?
I live in NYC. We shop at Whole Foods, but it doesn't really matter because even the basic supermarkets near us are all the same price as Whole Foods. In fact. many items are actually cheaper at WF than they are at C-Town, Foodtown, or Associate.
Our grocery bill has been the most difficult expense for me to cut so far. The thing is, I get really freaking hungry. I find myself craving food and it seems like I'm always hungry. I try to eat mostly organic, and if it's meat, only organic. And no, I don't eat a lot of meat. Mostly just chicken, and no way am I going to buy that Tyson feedlot chicken.
Also, I gave up milk and replaced it with Oat Milk which is awesome, but actually cost more! I prefer it to milk. But still, it's $6 per half gallon, bringing my monthly oat milk total to $36. I eat a lot of cereal, cold and hot.
I stopped eating in restaurants about a 9 months ago and realized that I had been blowing about $800 a month on restaurant meals. Everything from soup & sandwich shops to proper sit down meals with tipping.
I don't miss it much either. My gf is such an amazing cook and it's been fun learning on my own.
Then I gave up drinking in bars, another $500 per month. I'd just buy craft beer at Whole Foods and take it home to have with dinner. That cut my alcohol consumption down to about $200 per month.
Now I haven't had a drink since January, so I'm at $0 alcohol and $0 restaurant expenses, but still $400-$600 for just myself on groceries each month. I simply don't understand how anyone can get by on $150 a month, let alone $75 like some on here claim.
Anyone have a monthly grocery bill breakdown they can post?