Fun Friday Shopping Totals–You can see our menu for this week and read about some changes for our family here.
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PUBLIX—Spent $49.03.
Highlights:
Chex Gluten Free Cereal $1.80 a box
Arnold Whole Wheat Bread $2.15 each
16 ounce Pompeiian Extra Virgin Olive Oil $2.94
Produce
Meat
PRODUCE MARKET–Spent $46.88.
SAVE A LOT–Spent $57.38.
WALMART–Spent $9.80.
(I had to go to Walmart for some non-food items, so we picked these up while we were there.)
Weekly Total: $163.09
August Monthly Total: $488.00
($125/week budget for six people–We have decided to increase the grocery budget to a more reasonable amount for our family size (read why here). Although I am over for the week, I am right on track for this month’s spending.
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How did you do with your grocery budget this week? Leave a comment!
I’m not sure if you live in an area where this is offered, but have you ever heard of the Bountiful Baskets program? http://bountifulbaskets.org/
It’s a food co-op program where you contribute $16.50 every two weeks to get a ‘basket’ FULL of fruits and veggies. You always use so much produce in your weekly menu and I thought I’d share this information just in case it’s in your area and you were unaware of it. I love it – you don’t always know what will be in your basket so it’s almost like the TV show ‘Chopped’!
Thanks Tara. We don’t have that program specifically, but we have tried a produce co-op before. It was not a good value for us because there is some produce we don’t eat and invariably the box contained a lot of those (kale, radishes, etc.). Our local produce stand has amazingly low prices and we can choose what we like so no money is wasted. The program might be a great fit for others though, so thanks for sharing about it. 🙂