ok i shop in one shop only petrol is so expensive so i go to the closest supermarket to our house (approx 3 min drive), i shop once a week and thats it, i freeze bread, milk,butter,cream everything i can. i used to go and buy milk and bread daily but i always found that i would end up buying much more than i needed so its once a week and if we run out then we run out

I have found that my store here Publix is way to expensieve formost things. I happen to have found target and their prices are much better for most boxed or canned items or frozen..way cheaper! And it is on the same block so I go there first.
I also go to K-mart once a month to get my paper goods on sale! Sometimes I buy cold things when they are on sale there.

I think today you have to look for bargains. I use my computer to look for sales and then go. I have a BJ's card so I also get items there when on sale.
I don't go nuts shopping, but I shop out of necessity and not wants now. Everything is just getting to expensieve and I shop for myself and wonder how I willmake it. I don't know what a family spends today just for groceries but it is getting terrible!

I buy everything I can stand at Aldi's and try to only go every 2 - 3 weeks. What they don't carry, I buy at Walmart and only do that maybe 1 X month. The only thing I buy at a regular grocery store (besides Aldi's) is red meat, sparingly. Aldi's has saved me quite a lot of $ and it means I don't have to clip coupons or watch for sales cause they are already rock bottom. I'd say my food bills are cut in 1/2 at least, maybe more. I freeze bread and I buy organic whole milk and then dilute it with filtered water, so it lasts quite a long time.

I shop once a week. I used to shop once a month and found that i was missing some great sales. Now with tighter budget ive changed the way we shop. We are a very large family sometimes feeding up to 9 people at one meal so budgeting is a must. I do alot of meal planning to get two meals out of cooking one. We only eat what is on sale for the week so have to get creative with finding recipes online to go with what happens to be onsale that week.

Hi welcome to the group Rachel! I shop a few times a week. I live right next to a few stores so I walk to the store and pick up a few things that I need and that I can carry at a time. This also allows me to go to different stores and get the best bargain at each. When I lived further away from the store I use to shop once every 2 weeks. I find that by doing mini shopping and just picking up a short list of things at a time from the store and shopping on week days.

The store is not as busy and I am able to get in and out of the store quickly. I don't have to worry about forgetting things or running out of things. I have more money to do my shopping and always cash in my pocket. I only buy what I need. I can plan my meals and my shopping as I go by only having to think about what we are going to eat for a few meals at a time. Nothing goes to waste or spoils before I can use it.

And shopping like this allows me to make several different meals and adds some variety because we don't have to eat the same thing over and over again if we don't want to. By buying less and walking to the store I also save money on transportation and I am getting some fresh air and exercise at the same time I am getting my shopping done. And my husband does the same thing and we take turns going to the store.

In my area there are two main grocers. Giant food gives you cents off on gassoline depending on how much you buy there. Since this happened the other grocery store is failing big time to give out savings. So I shop at Giant only now. With the exception of bread. There is a discount bread shop in my area that you can save dollars on the loaf, not cents. I don't travel for cents anymore. I do shop at Aldies every 6 month for some bargain canned goods that I stock up on. And when seasonal vegetables and fruits come in I shop at the farmers market. I like buying green and red peppers in a bushel and chopping them up and freezing them to have them year round. It like costs 9 dollars for a large bushel of peppers. I always buy meat when the price drops and I freeze them in sizes fit for my recipes. Investing in a medium size freezer is a good deal.

We make a menu for two weeks at a time, and make a shopping list off that. I shop at three different stores: produce, dairy, and fish at Trader Joe's, produce and meats / chicken at Smiths, and dry goods at Walmarts. If I see a good price, I'll get it at a different store instead, but generally know what everything costs. We try to use coupons, but we don't buy prepared meals, and cook everything ourselves, so coupons for fresh / frozen produce are few and far between.

I use the envelope method for groceries / gas, so I try to reserve 20.00 for the second week for extra produce / milk, etc if we run out of something.

We shop every other day. I have to go to medical visits 3-5 times a week. So we just buy what we need for a couple of days. Unless there is a sale that I feel is good enough to stock my freezer.

We buy Ball Park hotdogs on Memorial weekend week only. Meijers sells them for a $1 a pound every year on that weekend week. So we buy enough to get us through a year until the next years sale comes.

Right now Save A Lot has chicken leg quarters on sale for 59 cents a pound. I plan to buy 30 pounds and freeze them in meal size portions in the freezer. Years ago, chicken was almost all I ate in meat and I used to buy 140 pounds at a time and fill my freezer. My husband is not a bign chicken eater like my EX. was, so 30 pounds should get us through a year.

When frozen veggies come on sale, I buy a case of what is on sale and put it in the freezer. We have a local restaurant supply store that is open to the public, you don't need a membership. Everything is in large sizes for restaurants. I like shopping there for my veggies and other items. The bulk sizes are most of the time cheaper and the quality is better than grocery stores.Since it is heavily shopped by the public, they have added resealable bags to their packaging, so it is easy to just use a little and close it back up and keep it in the freezer. Some items, not many are a lot more expensive than the grocery stores so you have to know your prices and be careful.

On the weekends, they set up sample tables where you can sample a changing variety of their products. On Saturdays we plan our shopping at around noon. We go to get a free lunch. Often what they serve is plenty enough that it is all we eat between breakfast and supper.

Something I am getting into is learning to can. My biggest interest is in canning meat using a Pressure Canner. I canned white meat and it is good for adding to a stir fry. Also seasoned one batch with taco seasoning for a quick meal. I want to learn to do a meat loaf and also sausage. My thought was, if my freezer was to go out due to a bad storm for a long time. I might loose all my frozen meat. This way I have canned meat that will last quite a long time.