Grocery bill

[Teacher]

I go with my wife a couple of times a month when I am not working on the farms. The increase in prices will flat-out floor you! I am amazed at what it costs to feed our family. We are both professionals with better-than-average incomes with side jobs that produce great incomes as well. I cannot see how folks on fixed incomes can survive.

I have no use for deadbeats who suck up the welfare cards, etc, and are capable of working-but choose not to. I am supporting them each time I receive a check. I have paid a ton of taxes this year and I am fed up with it. At 63, my body is wearing out and I can't keep going as I have in the past. I am so sick of our present administration and Democrats in general. I complain but it does no good.

As a Conservative, Christian American my time is limited before we are forced out of existence. I don't think we have seen anything yet.

B

 

[bobbuck]

Stop buying **** you don’t need! Before you say you don’t buy anything you don’t need look around you house. This will slow inflation if people will just buy what they really NEED!

 

[casjoker]

It's just my wife and me now. The kids are both in the military. We make fairly decent money and can feel the difference. Don't even get me started on fuel prices. , I don't how you guys with young families are doing it. 98% of the people in DC and the top 1% of earners in this country do not care.

 

[backyardtndeer]

If you disagree, you are a racist/bigot/xenophobe, but your opinion really doesn't matter anyway, because in two generations or less, your type will have been bred out of existence.

Remember they said they wanted to reprogram those of us who did not agree with them, and we are witnessing them trying. For my grandchildren's future i hope you are wrong, but fear you are right.

 

[Forvols]

Its just me and the wife now. We buy alot from Sams can goods staples rice, beans, green beans, can tomatoes, pasta, etc. Meat I will make a meat run. We have 2 freezers. Also for lunch meat I have a slicer, so I will buy ham n turkey, salami and slice myself. I get sams 5lb of cheese and repackage in 12oz n freeze. Basically buy bulk and break it down. I grill or smoke 30 chicken breast and package 4 to a pack for meals. Buy whole porkloins cut into 3 pieces smoke and package and freeze usually on piece gives us 6meals with added veggies taters or rice. Any fresh veggies I have to go to foodlion or food city. I say buy bulk and break it down. I does help us.

 

[Forvols]

edit to add : We dont eat out alot, just our nature and most meals we cook are from scratch n try to be healthy. Spices add alot. Check out the dollar stores for spices.

 

[volboy]

If a Kroger near by, utilize the points to your advantage. Just last week filled up 2 vehicles total 35 gallon for just over $11. They have been having 5x the points on Fridays. Buy gift cards when they have the 4x the points if youknow youhave a purchasecomingup. They have different times for 4x the points on gift cards. In the summer usually around may thru August each Fri Sat and Sun get extra points. Example is last year we built small deck on parents house. Since he get veterans discount at Lowes I priced lumber and materials there got estimate of what it was going to cost.then went to Kroger when they had 4x points.got $2000 in gift cards whi h was 8000 points. Each 100 points = $0.10 off gallon gas. On 2 separate occasions I got gas there for $00.019 per gallon. Filled up trucks with the 35 gallon limit on 2 occasions for just under $0.70 total. We have done this quite often. We have tried to maximize this to the fullest over the last several years. Another way is when there is the no tax holiday for school items computers and such. We have a plan on what we are buying and where and if they have gift cards at Kroger we get them. There are lots of ways to save on the gas if you utilize the points. I just realized this is not a grocery savings but it is a savings that most all of us can use towards the rising cost of groceries.

 

[Wildcat]

It's only going to get worse before it gets better. Remember the oil release from the SPR? It ends Oct 31 but Biden added 15 million barrels, then means it ends one week AFTER the election. Gas goes up, as does shipping, food, production, roads, etc, etc. We WILL go though another round of increases until the House and Senate can stop it but if they stay the same then it will NEVER stop.

 

[poorhunter]

Yeah, I can’t even calculate the increase for us. One income family of 10. Cats ate all of our meat chickens when they were only 3 weeks old. Cats then got into our new layers a week later and ate all of them. That hurt. Thankfully we are part of a food coop where we buy outdated or soon to be outdated food from grocery stores at a pretty good discount. We usually only get organic or as little processed foods as possible, although sometimes we get snack type food to make it easy. Got one deer so far, need about 7 more to last the year, but probably won’t even hunt that many times. Joe Biden climbs the ladder each day towards being the worst president ever. I don’t think he’ll ever catch Lincoln, FDR or Wilson, but he’s giving it the good ole college try!

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

Name Brands Pay a Premium for eye level shelf space. Just looking down and buying from the bottom shelf can save you money. Where ever you shop there is always a clearance section .

 

[Malo1ke]

Everything has gone up alot. Everything from car insurance, food, batteries etc etc etc. If I hadnt paid our house off 5 years ago, I'd have to get a 2nd job to survive. Payment was about $1200/month for house so it was like I got a raise when I paid it off. That money was supposed to go to IRAs but thanks to Joe, its getting burned up by inflation instead of being invested. Money that's never to be seen again. And do you think prices of all this stuff will ever go back down? I seriously doubt it.

 

[Laserman1]

Stop buying unnecessary items. I almost cook every meal. Chicken thighs, grilled green beans , and grilled sweet potatoes. $10 for 2 adults. That’s including the propane used. Pinto beans in crock pot $2.49. Cornbread muffins. Maybe $2.00 for 12. That’s 2 meals. Is it exciting? Maybe not but you won’t be hungry. I can afford steak every night if I won’t but I don’t. Just showing it can be done.

 

[megalomaniac]

It's purely psychological, but what my wife used to do was shop weekly and spend $450, but instead now shops every other day for what she is going to cook that night and spends $75, with a once weekly trip of $400.

I tell her she is still going to end up spending $650 per week whether she does it at once or spreads it out over 3 or 4 trips weekly, plus save $20 in gas if she just goes weekly, but there is just something psychologically wrong with her keeping her from spending $650 st once at the grocery store

Oh, btw BTW.. weekends are almost free... thats when I cook... and we eat what I catch/ kill.

So basically our bill for 4 ( now that 1 is in college) is $650 for 5 nights food plus consumables ( Tp, toothpaste, soaps, etc) per week.

Granted, my wife will buy some high dollar stuff (Rao's spaghetti sauce instead of the cheap Prego), but our grocery bill is up around 25% from a year ago.

It pisses me off, but we can afford it since we don't spend any money eating out. But I empathize with those millions of Americans whom this inflation crisis is really hurting. All in the name of pushing more Americans into poverty, making them dependent of the gobt, in order for a political party to buy ther votes in exchange for food.

 

[MUP]

Yeah, I can’t even calculate the increase for us. One income family of 10. Cats ate all of our meat chickens when they were only 3 weeks old. Cats then got into our new layers a week later and ate all of them. That hurt. Thankfully we are part of a food coop where we buy outdated or soon to be outdated food from grocery stores at a pretty good discount. We usually only get organic or as little processed foods as possible, although sometimes we get snack type food to make it easy. Got one deer so far, need about 7 more to last the year, but probably won’t even hunt that many times. Joe Biden climbs the ladder each day towards being the worst president ever. I don’t think he’ll ever catch Lincoln, FDR or Wilson, but he’s giving it the good ole college try!

Time to eliminate the cats me thinks.

 

[jetwrnch]

United grocery outlet if you have one. Also buy in bulk. A freezer will pay for itself quickly. Shop smarter and your bill will decrease. Buy half a cow from someone. Grow a garden. This country has gotten spoiled. I'm shocked at how much money and food I've waisted. Get a good chamber vacuum sealer.

 

[Bgoodman30]

My wife is a real healthy eater.. She can't help but spend $1000 a month..

I only go to Aldi and stock up on essentials.. Didn't even renew my Costco card this year... Ill spend $15k on fuel before 22 is over...

Seriously Aldi is your friend and the only way to save these days..

 

[kaizen leader]

How much of an increase have you seen in your weekly grocery bill? I know for my family of 5 it's went from around $250 in 2020 to $500 now in 2022. I've watched the increase really pick up the last 8 or 9 months. My question is what is a family to do with both parents working full time jobs and 3 hungry kids? We tried Aldi didn't see much of a difference because we still had to shop another store for items Aldi doesn't carry. I can pick up some overtime just to afford the groceries but how are other people affording to feed their families?

Vote republican.

 

[Planking]

Rest easy fellas. They have past "The Inflation Reduction Act". These high prices will come tumbling down any minute...Any minute now.

 

[Blackbeard]

Let's keep this as free from politics.

We are working, cutting extra subscription services, and focus on buying local when the local farms sell meats, and freezing it. Organizing your storage so you waste little is also an investment. Growing your own fresh herbs help to make fresh unique dishes, but dry can do just as well.

Also, food should be enjoyed, and can be medicine, so try to limit your processed foods. Unhealthy habits, like soda, etc have no redeeming qualities. We all have our vices though. Just food for thought.

 

[Southpaw]

If a Kroger near by, utilize the points to your advantage. Just last week filled up 2 vehicles total 35 gallon for just over $11. They have been having 5x the points on Fridays. Buy gift cards when they have the 4x the points if youknow youhave a purchasecomingup. They have different times for 4x the points on gift cards. In the summer usually around may thru August each Fri Sat and Sun get extra points. Example is last year we built small deck on parents house. Since he get veterans discount at Lowes I priced lumber and materials there got estimate of what it was going to cost.then went to Kroger when they had 4x points.got $2000 in gift cards whi h was 8000 points. Each 100 points = $0.10 off gallon gas. On 2 separate occasions I got gas there for $00.019 per gallon. Filled up trucks with the 35 gallon limit on 2 occasions for just under $0.70 total. We have done this quite often. We have tried to maximize this to the fullest over the last several years. Another way is when there is the no tax holiday for school items computers and such. We have a plan on what we are buying and where and if they have gift cards at Kroger we get them. There are lots of ways to save on the gas if you utilize the points. I just realized this is not a grocery savings but it is a savings that most all of us can use towards the rising cost of groceries.

Our local Krogers limit you to a max of 1$ off per gallon per 35 gallon transaction. I’ve saved a lot of of money by doing this but nowhere near the numbers that you are paying!