[purpleblackqueen]

Fruit, Vege.Deli Meats, Fresh Fish, Meat and Poultry?


I am trying to keep my shopping costs down a bit, but still buying similar to what we eat now IYKWIM.

I do buy a lot of frozen vegies, but still have to buy some things fresh

This post has been edited by purpleblackqueen: 27/12/2012, 11:43 AM

[*Lib*]

I buy what I need. I dont really look at the per kilo price.

This post has been edited by *Lib*: 27/12/2012, 11:47 AM

[howdo]

Depends on the product. I mean I pay more for steak than I do for beef mince.

I couldn't begin to recall and list them all.

[howdo]

Depends on the product. I mean I pay more for steak than I do for beef mince.

I couldn't begin to recall and list them all.

[Chocolate Addict]

I just buy what I need. I only buy fresh fruit and vegies to get me through a few days so it is still fresh.

I don't tend to notice prices that much. If you buy in season produce then the prices should be reasonable.

[SarahM72]

I don't plan meals ahead. Instead I just buy whatever fruit, vegetables and meat that are on special or cheapest. I pretty much never buy fresh fish as that is far too expensive for me.

For meat I never spend above $10 a kg, and pretty much always spend $8 a kg or less. This means I pretty much only buy mince, LOL.

Fruit and vegetables I pretty much have a limit of $4 a kg, and try to stick to under $3 a kg (unless it is something very light weight like mushrooms or spinach).

I then plan my meals around what I have bought. Although TBH I don't do much planning, it pretty much means I open the fridge in the afternoon, and go yeah, I guess I'll cook that tonight. Then at the end of the week, whatever is left gets combined for the last, most interesting meal of the week, whatever the heck it turns out to be.

I would never plan meals in advance. For example, I might plan to make stuffed zucchini and then I get to the shop and zucchinis are $8 a kg or something ridiculous. So I really just buy whatever is cheapest.

I do grow a lot of basics though, so that helps.

[purpleblackqueen]

I meal plan because otherwise it blows the shopping way out., So I do find it easier to meal plan for that reason, but am still trying to get the cost down. I buy both fish fillets because the kids wont eat fresh, but I prefer the fresh.

The only time I buy sausages is for Devilled Sausages or Curried sausages, toherwise we dont eat them, the kids dont like them and I hate the things (due to being practially force fed them, as a kid)

This post has been edited by purpleblackqueen: 27/12/2012, 12:08 PM

[purpleblackqueen]

I don't plan meals ahead. Instead I just buy whatever fruit, vegetables and meat that are on special or cheapest. I pretty much never buy fresh fish as that is far too expensive for me.

For meat I never spend above $10 a kg, and pretty much always spend $8 a kg or less. This means I pretty much only buy mince, LOL.

Fruit and vegetables I pretty much have a limit of $4 a kg, and try to stick to under $3 a kg (unless it is something very light weight like mushrooms or spinach).

I then plan my meals around what I have bought. Although TBH I don't do much planning, it pretty much means I open the fridge in the afternoon, and go yeah, I guess I'll cook that tonight. Then at the end of the week, whatever is left gets combined for the last, most interesting meal of the week, whatever the heck it turns out to be.

I would never plan meals in advance. For example, I might plan to make stuffed zucchini and then I get to the shop and zucchinis are $8 a kg or something ridiculous. So I really just buy whatever is cheapest.

I do grow a lot of basics though, so that helps.

I will also be setting up a huge vegie garden in a few months when I get organised.

[Genabee]

We have a fresh seasonal fruit and veg box delivered once a week, and that generally lasts us the whole week. That is $35. Occasionally we might need to pick up something for a specific menu, if it isn't in the box, but generally we work with the box. We don't use frozen veggies, ever.

We don't eat meat every night, maybe 3 or 4 nights a week. And usually it is chicken thighs...

We don't stick price limits on food generally, but we are pretty good at consuming everything we buy and making things last. I think in general, meat is the biggest expense when it comes to food. Because we don't eat it every night, it keeps costs down. We also eat a lot of rice.

Our biggest issue $ wise, is that we are a gluten free household and that can be expensive...

[Lyra]

I try to buy seasonally so that keeps costs down. I go to an independent grocers who text the weekly specials on a Friday night and then I meal plan based on that eg Zucchinis were something like 89c/kg recently. That week we ate a lot of zucchini based meals LOL I pretty much refuse to buy meat at the supermarket and bulk buy at the wholesale butcher near us

I also meal plan otherwise I waste quite a bit as I am not a person who can just chuck a meal together