I just moved here from California, and I’m shocked at how much more expensive produce is here. Yesterday I bought a small bunch of watercress for $2.50, bananas for $2, and a few tomatoes on the vine for $4! These are outrageous prices for produce that I’m not used to. Are there any farmers markets or cheap grocers in the city?

The Union Square market is actually there four days a week. Down the block is Trader Joes where they feature great prices on things like nuts and cereal. Banana are 19 cents, bagged salad mix is $2, as is a double pack of celery. You will pay a premium in the super markets. I recommend Fairway Market at Broadway and 74ths street or so, or 125th street by the Hudson.

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My fridge is getting pretty empty and i don’t have much money aside for food. I like all fruits except oranges, any veggies are good, and i like to eat organic stuff like organic meats. I also like seafood. Since the recession has come food prices are going up and i can’t buy everything i like. I need your help to make a cheap list that can still provide me with a healthy diet.

Budget;20$

If you don’t mind doing a little cooking, it’s easy to eat inexpensively on the cheap! You will pay a premium for organic foods, so you may want to consider how strong that preference is. It will cut into your budget.

Beans and rice can make a healthy and very inexpensive alternative to meat as a complete source of protein (you need both to get all the amino acids, each individually will be missing some). I typically used canned beans and cook them right in with the rice using my rice cooker (but doing this in a pot works well too). You can add flavor by mixing in some diced vegetables (onions, peppers, and such) and/or cooking the beans and rice in broth instead of water (or tossing in a couple bullion cubes).

You can make chili quickly and easily using canned kidney beans and/or lentils (I like lentils in chili as they have a nice meaty texture), diced tomatoes, green peppers, onions, soy sauce, a little hot sauce, etc. The nice thing about chili is that you can improvise! Adding meat is totally optional but if you do, use ground beef, or if you prefer, ground chicken or turkey. If you make a vegetarian chili consider serving it over or with rice.

If you like salad, you may be surprised to learn that bagged salads actually work out to be cheaper than making the salads yourself. Testing by the media actually found that making bagged salad results in less waste than making salad from scratch, and the cost savings the manufacturers have by wasting less food in production more then makes up for their packing and shipping costs.

If you like to eat meat, chicken is much less expensive than beef. You’ll pay a premium per pound for boneless meat over bone-in, but you’ll pay less per pound. Still, you get more meat for your money buying the meat with the bone still in and removing it yourself (or eating around it).

Macaroni and cheese is one of my favorite comfort-food side dishes. To make a complete meal, mix in some tuna fish (I prefer to by the pouch kind as there’s no water waste and the texture is much better) or serve it as a side dish to chicken or something like that.

Finally, get in the habit of clipping coupons, and if your store offers a discount card, get one (don’t just use the store’s card, if you use yours they’ll usually mail you coupons from time to time). If you watch prices and combine coupons with the sales, over time you’ll find that sometimes you can get items for free, or nearly free!

I live in Alaska and food is pretty expensive up here. I’m looking for online shopping that’s a bit cheaper, but I’ve been searching the web adn haven’t really found anything. To give you an idea of what I buy and the pricing:
Garbanzo beans: $1.20, Tuna $2.49, Bell Peppesr $3ea. Olives $3, Chicken: $10 for a pack of 4

You cannot shop for food online unless it’s specialty food and the shipping is expensive. if you want regular store bought items then yo might need to wait for sales. SOme places offer items for sales like amazon but i’m not so sure how fresh it is. I live in NYC and we hae some supermarkets that allow you to order online but I’;m not sure if you have that option? Check out amazon. I buy some Asian products online but not meat. Only meat you might find is steaks or seafood they overnight but you’ll spend alot of money for nothing.

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I’m 23 and I live by myself. I spend around $60 a week on grocery (mostly on fresh meat, vegetables, fruits, some can food and some healthy snacks from Asian supermarket). I know some people who spend only $30 to $40 a week, so I think I should set a weekly budget on $40 I don’t know if it is possible, as I don’t buy home brand products.

Where to buy fresh food for a lower price?

You often get cheaper fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish at the markets. Try Belconnen or Fyshwick Markets. If you buy fresh produce, rather than pre-packaged or convenience foods, you’ll save a lot of money. But I find that a lot of grocery money actually goes on cleaning products and personal care items, so that’s an area you might want to cut down on.

Are groceries cheap in acapulco? example a loaf of bread…1-6 pesos?

Yes , there are some real bargains. Bollios–(Calabrese Buns) are 1 peso. Fruit and vegetables are the best bargain at all large supermarkets. Bread , integral. start at 18 pesos a loaf and up to 28 pesos for the 8 grain brown.
A 4 gallon Bottle of water is 25 pesos less the security deposit.
Tia rosa tortillas are 24 pesos for 20 . Eggs are cheap and I can`t recall how much for a flat of 18. Like anywhere beef is more expensive than Pork and chicken is still not a bad deal. Rice is cheap and milk is under price control , less than a dollar a liter in all supermarkets. Fresh LaLa is 10 pesos a liter. The milk that does not need refrigeration is 9 pesos a liter.
Acapulco is the more expensive on the west coast, at least all the cities I have traveled to

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I know this is a kind of a vague question but my husband is enlisting soon and I’m just trying to make a budget. It’ll just be me and my son (he’ll be about a year old) for a few months while my dh is in basic & ait so we won’t be going through a TON of food. I’m just wondering how much we’ll probably spend a month eating mostly fruit, veggies & healthy stuff lol.

Also is it pretty much the same on every base, or is it different depending on where you are? Thanks!
Thanks everyone!

Everything you buy on post is tax-free, so you’re saving some money there. And if you live on-post, it’s probably the best idea. But I’m always looking for a good deal and sometimes I can find things cheaper off post.

The BEST thing about commissaries is the variety! I can find things in the commissary that I could never find off post. They have food from Germany and Mexico and Korea and Japan. My husband was stationed in Germany for 2 years and fell in love with their chocolate. Thankfully, the commissary has it all!

But like I said, everything on post is tax-free, that includes the PX (Post Exchange – kinda like a WalMart) and food courts. And gas is usually a little cheaper on post.

((P.S. The Marines have bases, the Army has posts.))

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