It's easier to cut out things like eating out or take out orders before altering ones grocery order.
But I agree, as soon as stuff becomes tighter, you get rid of the processes foods, not the good foods.
Things being tight means I'm not buying 2 $5 bag of Doritos...I'll skip it this month. Stick to my chicken and veggie meal and drop the salty greasy snack that's probably just harming me and making me gain unneeded weight.
Ok but how do you manage to spend $300 to feed 3 adults every month? Not even the most simple math bears out what you're saying. You'd have to be eating completely unbalanced, monotonous/repetitive meals to even get to about $400 per month, on the low end.
There is a giant misunderstanding of cost associated with food. Many people eat so poorly, they eat expensively.
A proper diet is actually, legumes, seeds, grains, little to no meat. Protein will come from plant sources.
Fruit and vegetables should actually be minimized. They are high on the glycemic index. Will spike your blood sugar and injure you. Dairy should be minimized as well.
If you follow the Canada food guide, translate that into practical meals. You can do so, at low cost. The food guide has been revised on many occasions. Its revisions show a shift away form Dairy and meat and vegetables and fruit and processed carbs.
As an example: A bag of lentils is $5 for 1 Kg. Rice is $4 for 2 kg. Add a bag of onions and other. And for $20, you can have 15-20 meals in a month. Nutritious, healthy and safe. These basic ingredients swell with water and fill you quite well.
It is junk food, it is non-healthy food that is costly.
A bottle of Ketchup is $4-$7, does not contribute to filling you. Does contribute to hurting. And is food's equivalent of a cigarette. So 2 bottles a month, is ~ 10-20 healthy legume/grain/seed based meals.
This country is packed to overflowing with ethnics and immigrants. And many survive on $300 a month. All the while, eat better than others.
a 20 kg bag of lentils, or rice, etc. is $20.. you can feed an army.
