Grocery oops

[HouseofWool]

I the middle of farm country I am paying $4.89 for a pound of 80/20 ground chuck.

Going veggie sounds pretty good about now.

[BonBon]

Wow. Milk ranges between 2.50 and 3 here. (Not organic, but hormone and antibiotic free) ground beef recently went up to 2.99 from 1.99. The local farms (grassfed) still charge an avg of 4-5 a lb.

And yikes, Peggy!!!!

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[spotty_dog]

I paid 7.25 for a pound of grass fed ground beef this week.

[peggyfromwastate]

Groceries are one of this COL factors-- super variable.

[Deebs]

No one here believes me, but groceries in the Chicago area are much cheaper than either Columbus or Cleveland. When I visit my family, I stock my pantry and liquor cabinet. Honestly, it really is worth it.


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[GreyhoundsRUs]

No one here believes me, but groceries in the Chicago area are much cheaper than either Columbus or Cleveland. When I visit my family, I stock my pantry and liquor cabinet. Honestly, it really is worth it.


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Except lunch meat. 2x more expensive in Chicago than here.

[Vanquisher]

I find it varies by item, but groceries are more money here, I think.

[alison]

Groceries were so cheap in Chicago. Produce was lousy. Really terrible quality and always almost rotten. Even at Treasure Island. Ugh. Except for maybe corn.

[Ladybug]

Inspired by mrs K I works the coupons and sales at a store reopening. I did $180 for the week! I already had some meats at home and that doesn't include milk/eggs which we have delivered weekly from a local farm. I saw in their flier that they accept all coupons, including aldi.

[MrsK]

Inspired by mrs K I works the coupons and sales at a store reopening. I did $180 for the week! I already had some meats at home and that doesn't include milk/eggs which we have delivered weekly from a local farm. I saw in their flier that they accept all coupons, including aldi.

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[Ladybug]

Thought this was fascinating and related to this discussion.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/1...s&emc=rss&_r=0

[Vanquisher]

I'm loving Walmart's savings catcher. Brilliant. Easy.


Heidi

[spotty_dog]

Oh hey, I'd been meaning to update this thread. Turns out my grocery/wine spending for October and November has stayed about in line with September. Ah, well. We're eating really well and primarily grass-fed meat and quite a bit of local veg so I'm fine with it.

I like that article. It goes to show that this lack of access to fresh produce, and this perception that fresh food is a luxury, while the overproduction of cash crops continues to be subsidized heavily and to skew affordable dietary choices toward calories from highly-processed corn and soy fractions, is a dangerous picture to the health of children everywhere.