"Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 3:08:44 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > On Sun, 24 May 2015 08:52:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Julie Bove wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> "Christopher Helms" wrote:
>> > >> > It's a lot easier to spend a hundred dollars on groceries than
>> > it used to >> > be. I try to stay under thirty dollars per trip and
>> > it seems to require a >> > little more creativity every month.
>> > >>
>> > >> $30 would only buy maybe one meal here.
>> > >
>> > > No way, Julie. I also spend about $30 per week or a little bit
>> > > more. That's just for me though. There's no way you are spending
>> > > $30 per MEAL for your family of 3 that don't like most foods.
>> >
>> > I can get 2-3 days for $30 but that's really scrimping, and my cats
>> > wouldn't eat. I think the people who claim they can eat all week on
>> > $30 don't eat very well, or they're lousy at math, or they lie. Maybe
>> > some people don't include condiments, snacks, fresh fruit and
>> > vegetables, beverages, and they live on $1/lb tube steak... yes there
>> > are $1/lb 'meat' tube steaks in the flyer this week, one can only
>> > imagine. Top round beef (not a pricey cut) runs minimally $5/lb
>> > nowadays, feeding two adults a four pound roast lasts three days here,
>> > plus there are salads, sides, snacks, beverages, etc. A 4 pound roast
>> > barely yields two pounds of edible meat, I don't consider that a lot
>> > for six adult meals... and that's just dinner, what about food for th
>> > erest of the day? I think those with small grocery bills don't do
>> > much cooking, they eat out and do take out a lot. I know people who
>> > don't even have coffee in their house, not even a coffee pot, they buy
>> > lots of coffee out but don't include that in their grocery bill, not
>> > the donuts either... they can drop $30 a week at Dunkin Donuts easy,
>> > that's $30 per person. I shop often, I've yet to see anyone with a
>> > weeks worth of groceries in their cart for $30, what do your think a
>> > pound of bacon, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a jar of grape jelly, a
>> > jar of peanut butter, a gallon of milk, and three pounds of apples
>> > costs, about $30 and that's not eating very well. The way many here
>> > drool over bacon, fresh seafood, real maple syrup, premium ice cream,
>> > polish butcher kielbasa, stinkin' lamb, ribeyes and the like no way
>> > can they get by on less than $30 a day. I won't mention how many are
>> > always boasting about their $30+ bottles of wine... I buy Crystal
>> > Palace vodka and diet Coke and still my booze bill runs $20/wk. Only
>> > way people can grocerey shop for $30/wk is they ain't mentioning their
>> > food stamps.
>>
>> Oh Sheldon lay off.
>>
>> Most people who use the roughly 30$ a week rule are buying staples and
>> cooking them for real.
>
>
> I can't speak for anyone else, but I try to make each $30 trip last as
> long as possible, which is never for an entire week. It's just a general
> rule I like to go by.

You sound like my husband. He will only buy whatever the amount is to allow
him to get in the 12 (or whatever the amount is) items for less line.