Just got back from the grocery store and these prices are ripped. I go to the commissary because I can and the prices are less than local grocery and I about go into shock each time.
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Food pantry
Whatever saves money, no shame
My grocery costs (including non-food staples like toilet paper) were mostly steady at about $350-400 a month prior to 2020.
Now it's in the $800 range. Some of that rise is insistence on quality eggs and meat, but still... it is shocking when I stop to look at the receipt.
Not sure where you’re based or if there’s Lidl where you’re at, but it’s been a game-changer for me.
Looks like an east coast chain, across the country from me 😕
Sounds a little bit like Aldi's or Trader Joes. I've basically split my grocery runs into 3 pieces to minimize costs at the expense of my time, and I do use Trader Joe's as such. Appreciate the suggestion though, maybe they'll branch out west eventually 🤙
It’s somewhere in between Aldi and Trader Joe’s so it sounds like you’ve got it covered 👍
luckily we have a small garden that we do all of our cooking herbs and some veg from and have chickens for the eggs, but man it sneaks up on you quick lol