How do you save money on food?

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  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    Ah, it's harder for fresh food. I buy bulk frozen chickens. I can get like a dozen breasts for $6. I just look for sales. I don't buy any meat that is not on sale. You can buy whole chickens. I get them for around $3.

    Stuff like that. Fresh food is hard to buy cheap though.
  • mjterp
    mjterp Posts: 650 Member
    We do a lot of dried bean and pea dishes and vegie stir fry over rice.
    Also buy bulk at costco.

    If the budget is really tight, check out "hillbilly housewives low cost cooking from scratch" (internet) and/or the book "Tightwad Gazette" (get it from your library!)

    Hope these help!
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Have you tried doing your own canning? It's fun and saves $.
    I used to can and I loved it but I found that it's cheaper to just put the 'stuff' in the freezer instead. I use a foodsaver so nothing gets freezer burnt. Today I'm picking strawberries to freeze. :)
  • Polly758
    Polly758 Posts: 623 Member
    In my neighborhood is mostly Hispanic supermarkets. Every week they have at deals like, 8 pounds cucumber for $1, five cabbages for a dollar, that sort of thing. So as long as you have reasonably good cooking skills and/or a nice chart with cooking times for veg, you could save a ton of money by eating a ton of veggies. They have white rice for cheap too. I've found this is true for pretty much any ethnic supermarket-- plus Indian markets sometimes have brown rice for bargains too.

    Cook beans from scratch, they freeze well, I just freeze'm in baggies of 15 ounces, which is how much is in a can of beans.
  • xButterflyEffectx
    xButterflyEffectx Posts: 40 Member
    If I go to the shops, I leave my children at home. I always end up buying more if they're with me. I try to do most of my shopping online and have it home delivered. That saves me heaps. For fresh fruit and veg, I go a couple of times a week and buy in smaller quantities than if I just went once a week. This cuts down on wastage coz it's more likely to get eaten than go bad.
  • shbretired
    shbretired Posts: 320 Member
    I buy my ground turkey from Costco, it's cheaper than the local stores.
    And/or I go to the other stores looking for marked down lean hamburger.

    I stock up when I can, and freeze it.

    Yesterday i saw a sign outside in front of Ray's market.
    They had Taco Bell shells for 1.00 a box, and the seasonings for 50 each.
    Needless to say I stocked up. ☺
  • lastspen
    lastspen Posts: 106 Member
    I just buy foodstamps from the neighborhood junkie

    This made me laugh!

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