so i've been down this rabbit hole of grocery spending lately and it's wild how much people actually spend. saw this reddit thread where people were comparing their monthly food bills and some families with kids are spending more on groceries than their mortgage?? like one family of 7 drops around $1400 a month on food, while a couple i read about manages $150-200 a week. that's basically the average cost of groceries per month for 2 people these days if you're not super careful.

the interesting part is how differently people shop. some are doing bulk runs at warehouse stores and batch cooking everything, others are hitting up local markets and freezing stuff in bulk. one person claimed they spend like $80 a month by shopping at aldi and buying chicken on sale to freeze. that seems insane but they were actually detailed about it.

if you want to keep your average grocery spending down per month for 2, the common thread seems to be: buy protein on sale and freeze it, buy rice and beans in bulk, skip the expensive meats. some people are even starting gardens to cut costs further. makes sense honestly. what's your actual monthly spend looking like?