I started cutting down my grocery bill about a year ago. Last year, I spent about $230/month on groceries, and I'm on track to do even better this year.
I'm not a big fan of coupons and deals, so I don't try to align my shopping with what's on sale. I mostly focus on getting the ingredients I love as cheaply as possible by purchasing in bulk from a variety of sources. From looking around the Internet, it seems like there are quite a few people who take a similar approach, Frugalwoods being one of them.
So in order to better serve the community, I've come up with a "big ass" spreadsheet of all the things I've discovered in this process. There are some ingredients I've learned are more economical (and delicious) to make than buy. In other circumstances, the savings doesn't amount to much and it's kind of a pain the ass to make the thing.
Without any further ado, the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zuxO7YS1_bqrGKoVGpNs5A9uLoGjhux-XTbTMaA2MWc/edit?usp=sharing
Feel free to hop in, make some edits, and add your own insights. Perhaps if enough people contribute, I could use my website design skills and turn it into a nicely designed and publicly available resource for other frugal folks taking the ingredient-based approach to food shopping.
Thanks for contributing! -Ted
April 16, 2018 at 11:09PM
