Guest guest Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 Suggestion: Make more caseroles, stir frys,home made ckn and beef stock, buy in bulk-rice,beans etc. Bake your own bread. Don't buy packaged anything. Buy few paper products-use cloth napkins-cheap wash cloths make good napkins-from K-Mart. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 , Only thing I can think of is a cooperative buying club http://www.coopdirectory.org/ You buy in bulk from warehouse, what you want, usually on a monthly basis. Issue I've found since Trader Joe's came to area is that if Trader Joe's has comparable item its close enough to the bulk warehouse price to not make it worth it. Obviously, buying club prices are not wholesale prices health food stores get. Ezekial bread might be a better deal by case. United atives here that just bought Northeast offers more produce and meat now. Raw cheese, yogurt, when I ate it was a good deal. In season organic produce sales are good too. Do you have any local farmer's markets in season or a farmer's supply? Asking around them will get you connected to local organic growers who might bulk sell. Wanita -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 , As another family of five, I think we spend about $150 a week...but very low meat right now. I think the most cost cutting things to do are buying in bulk and preparing as much yourself as possible. For instance, it is cheaper to make the bread than to buy the bread, it is cheaper to buy the grains and (properly prepare them) grind them than to buy flour. I am assuming the same end quality. Catz > I > seem to spend a good 200$ on groceries a week if > you add it all up!!!! > I am more interested in how people cut costs than > exactly how much they spend (although I sure > didn't say that in my original post.) > Thanks again! > > ===== > Green Blessings, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 > I did two scenarios, one where I bought all of the > food at full price, and one where I got good sale > prices that I've seen around. > That is awesome debby. It makes you realize how feasible it is to plan this diet. What were the foods you priced and what was the quanity. I am interested in anyway to save a buck or two. How many people was this budget for. To Our Health, Marei ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ TV dinner still cooling? Check out " Tonight's Picks " on TV. http://tv./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thanks for sharing that Debby! Do you order from Azure Standard? http://www.azurestandard.com/index.php They may have a delivery route in your area (they are located near Mount Hood in Oregon), and if they don't you can still use UPS. You would want to form your own mini-coop because if you order a minimum of $400, then delivery is free. If you don't do the mini-coop, you just order and pay shipping. We (friends) group together up here once a month to do a large order. You can get awesome prices on the sea salt! All you other stuff you'd want fresh, and I don't think Azure carries the stuff you listed. Well, they do carry the meat, but I don't know how the prices are. You can also buy a lot of natural personal care items & household goods too to help bump you up to the $400. I buy a 5# bag of the Celtic Sea Salt for $13.80, so you would save a heap right there! I order almost $300 per month from Azure myself. I save on average about 30% over buying from my local hfs. Also note that if you go poking around the website to look at prices, the prices listed are higher than if you actually log in. I don't know why - I think it's just a glitch with their new website. cheers! Marla On 2/12/07, Debby Padilla-Hudson <debbypadilla@...> wrote: > > Recently I worked on a spread sheet of my food costs > for budgeting purposes and thought I'd share it here > in case anyone is interested: > > http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/lowcarb/foodcost.xls > > I did two scenarios, one where I bought all of the > food at full price, and one where I got good sale > prices that I've seen around. > > I estimate for a 30 day supply of food, it would cost > $540/month, and on sale prices it is $350/month. I > can estimate this VERY closely because I eat the same > amount every day and it is measured exactly. > > Also keep in mind I am a larger person so I'm eating a > good deal of calories and I live in an expensive area > where food prices are pretty high. I bet others can > eat much more cheaply. > > On the low end I can make do with ~$80/week on the > high end $120/week which to me doesn't seem too bad. > > Luv, > Debby > San , CA > > > ------------- > I have never seen a person grow or change in a constructive direction > when motivated by guilt, shame and/or hate. > > > My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ > > > Bee's Website: http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 --- marei <marei1204@...> wrote: > That is awesome debby. It makes you realize how > feasible it is to plan this diet. What were the > foods you priced and what was the quanity. I am > interested in anyway to save a buck or two. How > many > people was this budget for. The budget was just for me, and the quantity and foods and prices were all in the spreadsheet with the link I posted. Luv, Debby San , CA ------------- I have never seen a person grow or change in a constructive direction when motivated by guilt, shame and/or hate. My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Thanks Marla, I have a feeling that finding sale prices at my local grocery store, or even going to farmer's markets is going to save me a lot more. Luv, Debby San , CA --- Marla <busykitchen@...> wrote: > Thanks for sharing that Debby! > > Do you order from Azure Standard? > > http://www.azurestandard.com/index.php > > They may have a delivery route in your area (they > are located near Mount > Hood in Oregon), and if they don't you can still use > UPS. You would want to > form your own mini-coop because if you order a > minimum of $400, then > delivery is free. If you don't do the mini-coop, > you just order and pay > shipping. We (friends) group together up here once > a month to do a large > order. You can get awesome prices on the sea salt! > All you other stuff > you'd want fresh, and I don't think Azure carries > the stuff you listed. > Well, they do carry the meat, but I don't know how > the prices are. > > You can also buy a lot of natural personal care > items & household goods too > to help bump you up to the $400. I buy a 5# bag of > the Celtic Sea Salt for > $13.80, so you would save a heap right there! > > I order almost $300 per month from Azure myself. I > save on average about > 30% over buying from my local hfs. > > Also note that if you go poking around the website > to look at prices, the > prices listed are higher than if you actually log > in. I don't know why - I > think it's just a glitch with their new website. ------------- I have never seen a person grow or change in a constructive direction when motivated by guilt, shame and/or hate. My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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