Found a $15 trick that cut my grocery bill in half last month

I started planning meals around the weekly manager's specials at my local Food Lion, which meant eating a lot of chicken and pork chops for a few days. My total spend dropped from $120 to $60, and I realized I was just buying what I wanted before, not what was cheap. How do you guys plan your shopping to match the sales?

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kim.xena26d agoProlific Poster

Honestly it sounds like a lot of work just to save sixty bucks. Like yeah that's a decent chunk of change but planning every meal around what's on sale sounds exhausting. I just buy what I'm craving and eat less the rest of the week if I overspend. Half the time those manager's specials end up being stuff you have to cook that night or it goes bad anyway. Not sure why everyone acts like you gotta turn grocery shopping into a military operation. Just buy the normal stuff and stop wasting food.

james_singh71mo ago

That's a solid plan, honestly (and it forces you to get creative with recipes).

paul3461mo ago

Yeah, it really does make you think outside the box. I mean, @james_singh7, you end up throwing stuff together you never would have tried before. It can be a pain at first, but it kind of turns into a fun challenge. There's a real sense of win when you make something good from just what's left. Makes you feel like you beat the system for a week.

murphy.barbara26d ago

Buddy of mine tried that once. She ended up making a casserole out of stuff nobody in their right mind would combine, and it was actually good.