There’s an interesting poll over at Titus 2:3-5 this week. ET’s food budget has been through the roof, and she’s wondering if the price of groceries in her area is comparable to others.
Our primary method of keeping the grocery bill low is by shopping at a discount grocery store. There’s a great one here that sells mostly organic goods. We take our list there before we go to the “regular” grocery. I’m not so good at remembering how much things cost (or anything else, for that matter), so I’ve enlisted some help from Rockford and our friends Don and Carrie in filling out this list. Carrie is a CPA, so this is probably pretty darn accurate.
A gallon of milk … $2.50 at the “cheap store” or $3.89 at the regular store
5 pounds of potatoes … $4 at the regular store, on sale
Price per pound of … apples, 99 cents at the farmer’s market; oranges, $1.50 a pound (we rarely buy them because they’re too pricey); bananas 39 cents a pound at the cheap store, 69 cents elsewhere; grapes $1.29 a pound on sale.
A head of lettuce … $1.39 at the regular store
A cucumber … 69 cents
Tomatoes … 99 cents a pound at the farmer’s market, $2.98 at the regular grocery
2 pounds of carrots … $2 at the regular store
A box of mac ‘n’ cheese … 99 cents on sale at the regular grocery
About a pound of frozen corn … $1.29 at the regular grocery
Two 1-pound “blocks” of coffee … $4 at the cheap store
12 double-rolls of toilet paper … $7 on sale at CVS (regularly $11)
A pound of ground beef … $1.98
A pound of chicken … $1.98 (Sam’s Club and the cheap store)
A pound of pork chops … $4
A pound of butter … $3.30 at the regular store, $2.50 at Aldi
A package of cookies like Oreos … 99 cents at the cheap store
A can of beans … 59 cents
A can of diced tomatoes … 89 cents
A pound of spaghetti … $1.29
How does that measure you with your neck of the woods?