Tips on getting the best bang for your buck whilst grocery shopping!

[MadHound]

85. Some more tips

First of all, stay out of the grocery store as much as possible. Rather than going to a store, go to your local farmer directly. Get to know them at your local farmer's market, join a CSA group, look in the small town papers in your area to find farmers selling food. Taking out the middleman not only insures that you get your food cheaper, but also higher quality.

A few for instances:

I get my beef a quarter cow at a time. Any cut, from burger to steak, costs me $2.30/lb. This is for organic, grass fed beef, not the shit you get in the stores. The same applies when I get pork or chicken.

I get my eggs from a friend out here in the country, a dollar a dozen, free range organic chickens. Even if you live in a city though, you can generally make an arrangement if you check around with your rural neighbors at work or elsewhere.

I don't belong to a CSA, because I grow a lot of my own produce, but the ones I know have prices that are cheaper than what you get in the store. Of course, since you are getting a lot of produce at once, it would behoove you to learn how to dry, can, and freeze food for consumption over the long winter months.

And you can, in many cases, do as I do, grow some or all of your own food. I run a total 800 square feet of garden space each year, and grow the vast majority of my own food, again, organic, heirloom crops. It takes some knowledge, experimentation and effort, but I went from doing nothing to feeding my family within three years. Even if you live in an apartment complex, see if you can find a community garden nearby, or even just put a few pots of produce out on your deck or sidewalk.

So better than trying to cut corners at the local grocery store, simply cut out the grocery store period.