I am convinced that the reason my grocery bill is so high--and damn, it's really high--has less to do with rising food prices and more to do with my husband.
My philosophy toward grocery shopping is this: stock up when it's on sale.
For example, yesterday 6-packs of bottled Coke were on sale for $2 at the store. This is pretty much as low as the price ever gets where I shop. Although we don't drink a ton of soda, we do keep it on hand for mixers and the occasional party. I would have bought at least 10 packs for that price, knowing that Coke doesn't expire quickly.
Hubby, on the other hand, is more of a buy-what-you-need shopper. To him, 10 packs seemed excessive. So we compromised with 3 packs, and I walked away knowing that I'll end up buying Coke at full price in the near future, because we'll need it before it goes on sale again.
Since we're typically shopping in a crowded supermarket with two cranky kids, I didn't feel like arguing with Hubby at the time about the merits of 10 packs of Coke versus 3 packs. But when the same situation happened with canned soup, I made a decision: it's time to shop alone.
I sat Hubby down last night and explained that I can cut our grocery bill by 25% if I tackle the supermarket alone. I described my shopping philosophy. He is skeptical, to say the least. But I am determined to make it work. Our grocery bill is starting to reach unacceptable levels.
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We spend a crazy amount too, but I think that's cause we live in an expensive area (very central, where the real estate is prime and so grocery stores are far and few between and more like little markets.) Also, cause my husband works from home, and I'm here too, we eat all our meals at home. We don't eat out or get take-out very often. We spend between $900-1200 a month. How much do you spend, if you don't mind saying? I found that Americans actually pay far less for groceries but am curious since you said it's quite high.
We spend an average of $200/wk on groceries, so I guess about $800 a month. That seems like a ton to me, especially considering that we eat out a fair amount, too. I'd say we eat restaurant food at least 3 meals a week, and sometimes more. Although, I should probably add that our grocery bill includes non-food items like paper towels and toothpaste, too.
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