PSA: I thought my grocery bill was stuck at $150 a week forever
For months, I kept hitting the same number every time I shopped, no matter how hard I tried to cut back. I was convinced that was just the cost of feeding two people now. Then my partner pointed out we were buying the same brand-name stuff every single trip without even checking prices. I started a price book, just a little notebook, to track what things cost at three different stores near me. It took me a solid month of checking every week to get real data. Turns out, store brand canned beans are 40 cents cheaper at the place five minutes further away. By switching stores for specific items and dropping some name brands, I got our weekly cost down to $110. Who knew a simple notebook could save $40 a week? Has anyone else tried something this basic and been shocked by the results?