Way back on February 27 was the last time we made a big grocery shopping trip. I had made a personal goal to post a recipe for what we ate for dinner every night until the next time we shopped, but as you know, THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. I am not so good at sticking with the program on things like that, but I DO enjoy this budget thing. It helps me stay somewhat on a grocery budget when I have to publicly report how well or how bad I did with a goal.
So, here are the results of this last venture:
Wal-Mart and Frye’s 2-27: $416.33
in-between trips thru 4-20: 222.35
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total grocery bill 55 days $ 638.68
That comes out to $11.61 per day, or $81.62 per week. Not as good as I wanted, but not as bad as it could have been. We bought a ham for $10.00 the week before Easter; I bought some chard, artichokes, asparagus, and avocados at various times when we were out. This also includes shopping at some small stores that had high prices.
I also have to say, that we had about 1/4 of the ham left, as well as the ham bone; some tilapia; and a couple of other things that could have made about 6 more days of meals. I would have stretched it out that far if we hadn’t been getting ready to go to our job at the Grand Canyon. So, what do you think? Good or bad?
Gaelyn says
April 23, 2009 at 8:27 pmYou are good girl.
I went shopping yesterday and spent about $600 also, but it wasn’t all groceries.
diane says
April 24, 2009 at 3:18 amThat’s sounds good to me. I believe our groceries are dearer than yours, as we had an article on TV yesterday about how our basic food is dearer than yours and UK. WE spend about $150AD per week. I doubt I could shop for 2 months though and where do you store it when you are on the road?
Sandra says
April 24, 2009 at 6:04 amI think you done good! No way I ever come near that!
Christine says
April 25, 2009 at 6:24 pmI haven’t broke down my grocery bill for awhile. I think I spend less but I think our groceries are cheaper. It seemed that when we were in the States we were spending more. I should keep track.
teeni says
May 4, 2009 at 9:17 amI love how you are accountable for your purchases on line. It makes me hopeful that it will actually be possible to retire someday and live on a budget. Keep sharing all your tricks and tips, lady! You are doing your fellow blogspeople a great service. 🙂