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WOW! A week? WOW.......We only have $200 to last for more than half the month, and definitely cannot afford WF! You must be doing good! Congrats! I could not imagine spending that kind of money at WF a "week"!!! Ouch.
How many people are you feeding on that amount? Do you have teenagers? At about $2 per meal per person, I don't consider that outrageous for five adult appetites.
My grocery spending is right in line with the USDA's thrifty plan (Nov 2013) for a family of five with two adults and three teens, even buying at Whole Foods. The important thing is to stay away from prepared and packaged foods, but that's the case most everywhere. Trouble is, most grocery stores have pathetic bulk selections, if they have them at all.
My strategy for keeping costs in line is to shop the perimeter, stopping before I get to the bakery, cheese counter, & deli, where grocery budgets go out the window. I visit produce, fish, meat/poultry, bulk bins, eggs/dairy, and then make a brief stop in frozen for the blueberries I throw in our morning oatmeal. I generally stay out of the center aisles with the exception of canned tomatoes for our weekly three-bean chili, although if my tomato plants do as well as they did last year, I'll probably can my own this fall.
A nice benefit of this type of shopping is that I can use my own bags and containers for much of it, minimizing trash. If other stores would offer the variety of package-free foods available at Whole Foods I might be tempted to go elsewhere, but right now they are really the only game in town.
Last edited by randomparent; 01-09-2014 at 04:00 PM..
Never been in one. I think the closest one is Albany. I'm not driving an hour and a half. If I was I would go to the food coop there, it's way cooler and member owned.
Never been in one. I think the closest one is Albany. I'm not driving an hour and a half. If I was I would go to the food coop there, it's way cooler and member owned.
I wouldn't drive 90 minutes for ANY grocery unless it was the only one available.
While I agree that WF is pricey but it's not bad consider they have consistency, cleanliness, and good customer service.
I think it's troubling that most Americans aren't willing to pay for good quality food but have no problem buying a new smartphone, ipad, and throw money away each month on cable bills and other non-essential services.
Produce at most supermarkets these days are mass produced especially GMO stuff and that's what is causing all the health problems in this country. You look at other countries that don't have GMO stuff, there's less depression, anxiety issues, and people that have extreme allergies.
There's something wrong when you have eggs and chicken that all come out 90% the same shape and color. Anybody that raised their own chicken knows that eggs are not big and white! Naturally fed chicken do not grow to be big and plump.
While I don't shop at WF a lot but I do think it's important to eat good quality food,.
Thank God we have no Whole Foods here. They're a lousy company that spent big bucks trying to defeat Obamacare. We have two natural foods markets in town, don't need the giant corporation.
Is that true?
I have to start shopping at our local store more often.
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