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Vent: I switched from a weekly grocery run to a monthly one and it cut my food bill by $200.
I used to go to the store every Friday and spend about $150, but it always felt like I was just grabbing things and the total added up fast. Last month, I planned a single big trip to the Safeway in Chandler, spent $400, and forced myself to make it work. The difference was having to actually use what I bought instead of constantly adding new stuff, which stopped all those small impulse buys. Has anyone else made a big change to their shopping routine that actually stuck?
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tarashah7mo ago
My friend in Tempe tried the monthly shop thing and saved like a hundred bucks. She just bought a ton of rice, beans, and frozen chicken first, then built meals around that. It forced her to get creative and she stopped buying random snacks every week.
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thomas.cameron6mo ago
How much did she spend on that first big shop?
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victor_clark607mo ago
That's a huge drop. I'm stuck on the planning part. How did you figure out what to buy for a whole month? Did you just make one giant list of meals, or did you focus on stocking up on pantry stuff and frozen things first?
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