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I finally got my grocery bill under $75 a week after a weird moment at the farmer's market
So I was at the Saturday market in Portland (the one by the river, you know the one) and this older lady saw me picking up a single $8 bunch of asparagus. She just shook her head and said, 'Honey, that's next month's food. The stuff that's cheap right now is over there,' and pointed to a whole table of zucchini and greens. I felt kind of silly, but it clicked. I started only buying what was actually in season and on sale, and planning my meals around that flyer they hand out at the entrance. I even got a little notebook to track prices. My bill went from like $110 a week to a steady $72-$74. It sounds small, but that's almost $150 extra in my pocket every month. Has anyone else had a market moment that changed how they shop for food?
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tarab5412d ago
My moment was at the Safeway meat counter. I always grabbed the pre-packaged chicken breasts until a butcher pointed out the whole chickens were half the price per pound. I started buying one, roasting it for dinner, then using the leftover meat for sandwiches and the carcass for soup. That one change probably saves me twenty bucks a week without even trying.
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