Fight high food & energy prices

[uncle Alan]

We schedule multi-task trips,double buy groceries & fill in from Schwan's.

Our freezer stays almost full of their products. We breakfast enjoy their breakfast,items,omelets,bacon egg & cheese wraps. Their sausages & pancakes are equal to Patsys & all require a minute in the nuker or toaster.

Lunch wraps are ham & cheese , pepperoni & pizza. Their food is excellent,low in calories & fats. Time & energy savings are great also.


What are you doing to ease the crunch ?

Uncle [coping ] Alan

 

[Bob W]

I notice that my money stretches much farther if I send Wife to buy groceries.

Otherwise, we haven't made any financially-motivated changes in our diets or grocery habits.

 

[M. McCord]

What are you doing to ease the crunch ?

I was thinking about getting a few laying hens for no-cost eggs and a hog or two for cheap bacon. Then I noticed the prices for scratch feed.

I live in a rural area and most of my family are farmers. I get almost any vegetable fresh and dirt cheap if not free. Problem is my wife doesn't know how to can veggies.

 

[DaveH]

We've decided to :

- Eat what we have until we're out of everything. Not just out of our favorites.
- Spend no more then $100 a week in groceries. Lately we've been averaging more like $75.
- If we eat out we have to pay for it with cash.

I think those three things alone have saved us very significantly. We only go to buy groceries 1/2 as often, and we spend less maybe 1/2 of what we used to spend.

The other cool thing is it keeps the charge card bill down.

As far as energy, we have a diesel car that gets over 40 mpg, although it costs $50 to fill the tank, we can sometimes go two weeks before needing to buy fuel. So we have not changed our driving habits all that much.

 

[bammann45]

DavidH -- my wife and I arrived at the very same conclusions you have. Eat what's on hand in the house, even if we aren't in the mood for it. One shopping trip a week to trader joes and one trip to the farmers market... Cutting out eating out and impromptu grocery runs really saves money.

 

[nozh2002]

I wish Japanese will export their internal models:

Also I learned that their standard meal size two-three times
smaller then in US, and this was enough for me to eat even I
am bit bigger then average Japanese.

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[kamkazmoto]

I walk to the market. This saves gas and limits the amount that I'll buy.

 

[uncle Alan]

I walk to the market. This saves gas and limits the amount that I'll buy.

If you live near Winn-Dixie they have discount coupons-- $40.00 off a $50 purchase. Evidently they need a fast cash infusion...

Uncle Alan

 

[flipe8]

One of the things we've been doing to cut some costs out of the grocery list has been to buy roasts that can be used for several meals when leftovers are included.Every little change helps.

 

[Sword and Shield]

I wish Japanese will export their internal models:

Also I learned that their standard meal size two-three times
smaller then in US, and this was enough for me to eat even I
am bit bigger then average Japanese.

Thanks, Vassili.

Seconded. Add in Germany to the list- the new BMW 118d hatchback gets 61MPG highway, around 45 city, and still pulls 0-60mph in under 7 seconds. If the thing were street-legal in the US (damn overprotective laws against diesel), I would head to Germany and get one!