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I love how kind you are, while still giving people a reality check. That's so sweet of you to actually demonstrate some of your tips! I can tell you genuinely want to help people.
These grocery audits are extremely informative & helpful. It would be really interesting to see the same people's grocery audit after they've improved their spending. 🥰❤️👏
Is it a total amount spent or a percentage of income? I’m curious cause as a percent of income we spend probably 10%. But as an amount it is very high to what others spend. And are groceries just food or does it include cleaning supplies, hygiene, dog food, detergents, etc. I’m always fascinated by what people spend on groceries. My friends at work get their nails done, highlights in their hair, makeup etc. I buy food. They go on cruises, trips, buy cars. My car is 14 years old, don’t leave the house, but I buy food.
She has a beautiful pantry and nicely organized. A few tweaks to spending habits should save her a ton of money. She could hopefully retire even sooner.
Very clever following Caleb Hammer's Audit style of videos. I love his content, and it is so interesting to see you do the grocery aspect. I have been following you guys for years. I like this new style of content.
OK, I like you am having a fit over her getting food delivered to her home while she's there working. That's being lazy. She could be helping a charity with the money she is wasting. She is blessed that she and her husband make good money but she should be a good steward of her money. I am also proud to say that I have never wasted money on these over priced lunchables. Thanks for another great video. g
Good afternoon - First, very brave to be so vulnerable and show all the items. I really am appreciating this content. Eye opening and reaffirming that I don't do as badly as I sometimes think I do. LOL .
I remember in the 1990’s going out for lunch with a friend who ordered one slice of garlic bread with lunch. It was $1.00, and I recall thinking that was terrible at that time. This was back when a loaf of bread might be to be 59 cents. Since then I have certainly given up eating out, and even then no drinks nor bread ever ordered. Buying flour and yeast, I can bake a loaf of bread even in these times for about $1.00. I stock up on chicken at $1.99 lb. and cut strips and nuggets to freeze same day I come home. I can get whole chicken 99 cents lb. and get those to freeze always using the carcass for bone broth. I have a garden, but save seed and replant next year, so little cost. A great onion is the Walking onion, as the bulbs can be saved for replanting. If I get hungry for sweets, I just go get your cookbook. I rarely buy dessert type foods. When I shop it looks more like I have shopped for ingredients instead of meals. But those ingredients come together nicely into delicious meals.
Lots of great tips again Tawra! Thanks for all of the work you put into these vids, as I find them really interesting & informative! I must say that her pantry is super organized! 🥰Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
6 minutes in and I am thinking a rotisserie chicken and a bag of salad mix, 10.00 for a meal for both in a hotel room with leftover for a sandwich next day. Or even get deli meal from grocery store and split it with a salad. I work outside the home and make a pot of soup and divide it so i can carry soup each day for lunch and a piece of fruit and drink water or a hot tea and I bring the tea bags from home. I get asked why soup everyday, i say it is frugal, homemade and I know what I am eating. I cannot imagine paying 20.00 for delivery and fast food per meal and i do see coworkers do that. That is like 3 weeks of lunches plus for me. I truly think it is routine for some and others just want to get what they feel like for that day. My mom was very frugal so i get it honest. I was raised learning to help cook as soon as i was about 2 and old enough to stand in a chair to help make biscuits. My granny loved to see toddlers pat the biscuits out. Granny made pies and mom made cakes i learned from both, but neither used spices much and that i learned on my own. Lunchables are one of my least favorite things in the store. They are not only small and expensive but to me not that tasty. Maybe she just needs a mentor to help her start cooking and preserve leftovers for future meals.
That Toilet Paper Test video, had me laughing so hard!!! It was hilarious. AS for laundry soap, I bought a big box of powdered laundry soap, and I am soon going to need another box. But this one has saved us so much money, using less like that. I won't go back to liquid laundry soap again. Powdered soap is lasts so much longer. I must have saved at least 100.00 by not buying liquid laundry soap, and by using so much less. We live on a little farm, so sometimes we use more, as some of the farm clothes get pretty dirty. But what a Great way to save money!!!
Pop Tarts are "simply" a little filling (it gets less and less with each decade) inbetween two layers of pie dough. Type "diy pop tart recipie" to get a lot of returns. Read more than one recipie or set of instructions to pick up tips and tricks for better success. Most of the recipies call for home made pie dough which would give you even more savings over uncooked, store bought dough. But go with the store bought dough and even purchased jams for some savings over ready-made, store bought pop tarts. Most of the recipies call double to quadruple the filling as what's found today in ready-made pop tarts so, take care when making cost comparisons.
The great value Nutella is creamier and easier to spread. It does have a different consistency but it tastes the same. I prefer it bc of the consistency and I can spread it without tearing up the bread.
We live out in the country, so instacart doesn't deliver to our house. We've used it on vacation, but ONLY when they give me a $20-35 coupon off my order. We eat lunch at home every day (I homeschool my 6 kids). We do grilled cheese, leftovers from dinner, a baked potato (throw in the microwave) topped with whatever I have around, a bag of steamed veggies in the microwave topped with a couple fried eggs. So many ideas... a baked sweet potato topped with cottage cheese. A tortilla (or 2) filled with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni and Italian spices folded up and heated on a skillet.. or refried beans and cheese. Dip in sour cream and salsa.
20 years ago we lived in a small town and I considered starting a grocery delivery business!! 😊 Yes all those fees add up!! Thank you for doing this and I appreciate your clients’ honesty!!
This was such a good video. And this young lady is so very well organized, it’s impressive. I’m sure so many young couples are in the same situation, and with a few tweaks can gain some extra savings too. The ordering out can sneak up at you when it’s all added up for the month. That right there will make a difference. They really are on a good track for finances. Great tips Tawra, going to do the scallions in a container.
Its astounding to see how much junk people eat. Its not even real food. People wonder why they are sick and on medications. So simple to eat unprocessed food. 🌻
I tried instacart once when they lured me with first order free. I dont like other ppl selecting produce for me so I made it simple...my order consisted of 8 or 12 boxes cereal (really good sale price). I noticed organic green olives on sale which this brand rarely is so I added that in. It was fun i admit to see my groceries appear at the door...until I saw the jar of olives. He made a substitution, choosing non-organic mezzetta olives at full price! I looked at receipt and those olives cost ~$7, way more than the sale price I asked for. If personal shoppers make decisions like that, forget it. If every item in order is on sale do ya think maybe the customer wants only sale items? Simplest grocery order and he blew it. Havent used instacart since.
Same. Earlier this year I used instacart for the the first and last time. I was very ill and did not trust that I was able to drive myself to the store. I ordered a couple of lemons, a root of ginger and some tea. The shopper picked moldy lemons.
When I was very ill I used instacart and was usually successful, but nothing like shopping om my own. I was thankful for that time but love doing myself again
I am slightly disabled, and I still go to the grocery store myself. I make it through my cart for a makeshift crutch then resting at the pharmacy chairs before proceeding. I ordered a green pepper once for pick up and complained online that it was the smallest green pepper I had ever seen. Something as simple as a green pepper is chosen carefully by me, as they can range in size greatly plus I make certain no blemishes. That was it! Then a couple of months later I was in produce choosing carefully a green pepper, and a tiny girl around 10 darted over, grabbed a pepper, and took it to her mom. Maybe I should have kept my big mouth shut, but I just had to take a teaching moment and try to show the little girl benefit of carefully choosing an available much larger pepper. Her mom chimed in and said, “Oh it’s okay, I do Instacart.”which says it all. None of these workers can be as selective and prideful as we are. I even have weighed bags of potatoes and can be 1/2 pound difference. Once young cashier leaning on scales inadvertently until finally lady in front of me caught it and said, “I don’t want to pay $5.00 for one onion.” Tawra can teach us a lot and her cookbook can save us hundreds. The cookbook cuts out eating out because home cooked better. Cookbook cuts out useless expensive ingredients we may use once. She always has sales for MoTher’s Day and Christmas. My cookbook was a request by me for Christmas gift. Hundreds of cookbooks out there, but a tightwad like me will invest in a gift that saves me money. Watch and learn.
I was picking up an Amazon package. A lady not affiliated with Whole foods asked me if I would do a survey on their electric display motors in the store. She gave me a free $25 Whole food gift card. Bought a lot of vegetables and some fruit for $25.35. I was sooooo happy!!!! I had to do my happy dance. Thanks for the video!!!!
She needs to purchase your cook books to learn easy quick cheap meals but she is a beautiful lady who is super organized Thanks once again Tawra I am a very frugal 80 year old woman but still learning a lot from you Some of your money saving tips I have been doing for years though but I had to learn when money was tight and continued through my life. My kids and hubby never went hungry I am a very good Cajun cook that can make a cheap meal taste like gourmet However my only daughter did not learn from me. I could live off of what they waste and throw away
Im wondering if you would do a "buy this,not that" video? You see what people buy and can offer a money saving solution in a condensed video, maybe by Category. Like frozen goods, dry goods, meat section, etc. Sort of all of your tips and ideas, by catergory or aisle??? Also, a video of what goes on sale by month? You seem to know when to buy what.
They only reason I would have groceries delivered to me is if I was sick and needed those get well soon supplies and couldn’t go to the store. But that is rare in my case. I am more of a planner when it comes to things like that.
I really think the gift card to the store will do amazing things for her. My husband is gone a lot for work and I would say when he leaves we always have a plan for his food before he leaves then he goes shopping once he gets there.
A baked potato with butter, sour cream, bacon bits and cheese is a very economical and inexpensive lunch. You can bake a potato in the microwave in minutes or wrap in foil and put in the crock pot in the morning.
First I have to say that we do love your sweet tea recipe and make that quite often. Sometimes with flavored tea like the expensive stuff in the bottles. Yay! Also, my kids always liked the pizza lunchables that I had gotten a few times. I made extra dough last time I made pizza and made tiny crusts for them to make their own pizza lunchables. Shredded cheese, a couple of pepperoni's and a dab of sauce. They're all set and they really enjoy them. Easy and cheap!
I wonder if her Kroger grocery store has delivery? In my area we have Fred Meyer (Kroger) they offer delivery, the prices are the same as shopping in store and you also get the sales ad prices.
I grew up as lower income and have overcome that, but it taught me cooking from scratch saves money. But I still don't understand people who can't cook? Do they go out every night? Or make ready make frozen stuff? No offense mean! 💕 I truly don't understand.
I have food allergies, so I only risk going out a couple times a year. But I have friends who don't cook a single meal, ever, in a month. They order out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The only thing you'll see in their fridge is drinks and condiments.
In the past couple of months, without actually downloading any apps, I've poked around some of the area store's on-,ine ordering and prices. The prices seemed expensive and, ive actually checked a couple seen on-line inside the stores in-person. Without doing anything like write down items and prices, it seems as if it is more expensive for the exact same items on-line.
Actually, Texas toast at Sam’s is comparable in price to buying the butter, garlic and bread separately. And much less waste if only one or two people want it, such as in my home.
Hey there, I know instacart is way more expensive. But sometimes we have to since we are blind and don’t drive, and we do most everything on our own, but some of the time I use the Sams app, and have it delivered to the house, but we have saved a lot of money here lately not buying, anything with sugar and processed foods, so we have saved a ton no chips, and no other crap like that it has been almost 3 months since we have had anything like that, and don’t really miss it. Also no diet sodas anymore either.
I worked from home for 5 years I always at leftovers or made something quick. On the days I had to travel I would pack my lunch. If it was an overnight travel always pack snacks and drinks. Eat breakfast at the hotel or take bagels, yogurt etc.
Hi love from the UK. Just found your channel: binge watching this playlist so helpful. I didn't grow up learning discipline and food shopping easily gets out of hand. On a mindset shift and excited to try your recipe book as love cooking even as a single person got to cook like this to save money too easy to being lazy 😅 thanks
I don't know about other areas, but around here Instacart prices on some items can be as much as two to three times as much as in the store, most a dollar or two more. I genuinely can't afford it. I'm disabled and have to get groceries delivered but Walmart+ is 'way cheaper. I'm trying to feed two people and a dog on about $200 a month or less if possible. Anyway, if you're young and able to get to the store, count your blessings, and go to the store. Save that money while you're able.
Since most of us are not working in a 16 hour day factory job or doing extensive physical physical labor, we probably could get away with just have a good evening meal, or hearty breakfast meal and just eat light the rest of the time. And kids need a good balance of nutrition because they are growing. If we're home and not ultra physical, treadmill while you work, then ... that's a food saver there. of course we get board, so have a good 1/2 pound of meat a day and eat less oxalate foods.
Hi,I’m watching this video in awe.We live in Australia and our grocery bills are between $300 and $400 a week and there’s only 2 of us.Our groceries are so expensive.Our chicken is a good example are around $15 kg.Our groceries have gone up at least 40% since Covid.Why we don’t know.Its just so expensive in this country.
I was at our local Dollar Tree and they had 5 flavors of "Pop Tart" alternatives (my husband says they are not bad) and at $1.25...it would help. They had 8 per box and seemed to be in good supply. Perhaps before traveling, locate a Dollar Tree in the city they will be arriving in and go grab some cheap snacks for their hotel room. Every little bit helps... :)
Even when we had 4 teenagers under the roof, we didn't spend anywhere CLOSE to that much in a month for groceries! That would maybe be 3 months of groceries. Now that we're empty nesters that's closer to 6 months of groceries for us. I was traveling regularly for work the first half of this year, so to actually come out ahead, I would do a grocery order (yes, on instacart... Lol) as soon as I checked in at the hotel to get foods to bring my lunch to work instead of eating out with everyone else. So my per diem would end up mostly going into savings instead of paying for meals out.
I've got you beat on the $1400 per month for 3 people. I had a client 12 years ago who was spending $2000 a month for 2 adults and 2 children. Consider how much less groceries cost 12 years ago!
I wish that I could find a dozen eggs for $ 2.00. Here in Nova Scotia, where I I live, a dozen eggs are just under $ 5.00 and that is just for regular ones not free range or organic!
Cheaper to hop in the car unless you're disabled or no car and no ride at the time to use Insta cart. You may see something different and cheaper or unadvertised sale. Get the food once or twice a month then. I look for the cheapest packs of meat. Those dollars add up.
Oh my goodness that picture of the turkey "falling off the bone." 🤣🤣 We just made your turkey yesterday (emptying a freezer to defrost and refill during sales next month). Going to use the leftovers for pot pie and soup this week.😋😋
I love the basal you have behind the onions. What a great little garden. That's what I need, a little garden. Ours was too big and overwhelming. I love these videos. I so want to get my neighbors to agree to do a show. OMG, Tawra! She works from home and Doordashes her breakfast and lunch most days, just found out he gets a $10 meal from Culvers every night on the way to work. And they are struggling to pay the bills. So sad!
Yes the convenience foods! I have so much more food than they do , we have three people and spend probably 1/3-1/2 of what she does. I do understand if you have a very busy and stressful job that limits time to cook from scratch, I have health issues but still cool from scratch. I just have to break up the jobs involved, plan ahead. I also agree that it’s instacart cost that’s killing her budget. Many stores do pick up groceries, if she could go do the pickup that would save so much.
Second comment - after I thought some more. Would food prep or glass food meal containers be helpful to her. Husband could make extra dinner and she would have a meal ready to go for lunch? I do that a lot with leftovers, I put them in the fridge with a sticky note of what it contains, it has really helped reduce our food waste.
Sometimes you have to think outside of he box or in other words buy some items for cheap at other places besides grocery stores. My husband & I do not drink soda drinks at all & our now grown kids were raised not drinking these. However the girlfriend of 1 of my sons does drink soda drinks & doesn’t like iced tea, hot tea, coffee, milk, or water. So we do buy soda drinks for her & her 2 teenagers when we have family get togethers. Our town only has 2 grocery stores & we do not have a Walgreens in our town. However a town 20 miles away does have a Walgreens & when Walgreens has their soda drinks on sale for 3 packs for $9. That is $3 for a 12 pack or 25 cents per can. I guess I should figure in the gas to drive there & back (40 miles round trip).
Interestingly this is how much the government gave my husband and his kids in food stamps each month when I met them. They were only spending about $120.
I went to the pumpkin patch thing. Fresh squeezed cider. So yummy. We got a pumpkin for 5 canned goods. I saw my three friends there. I get the same 6 things every week. I'd be interested in doing one of these. I have an Android phone. I already know what you are going to say though. I like the nacho launchable but can't justify the cost. I make my own Sargento snack things. Take cheese sticks, cut them up, get whatever chocolate chips you like and whatever peanuts you want. Thank you so much for telling me how to make sweet tea.
Texas Toast! Ha I buy that but I do not eat it as it not gluten free so & 8 slices lasts a long way here. I buy whatever is cheapest brand. We ( 3 of us in the house) only have it once a week maybe so it lasts several weeks or a month.
Oh my, where are my Tablets. Lol. I guess at least the Cilantro was a bargain. This was a great Audit, & I'm so glad we don't eat Breakfast. 😊 TFS Tawra, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤️🙂🐶
I love this new video style! I have made much more progress with lowering my grocery bill since you have started these. Thank you! I'm curious to know if you have a list of the amount that we should be spending per person or by family size each month on average? I'm curious to know about how far I need to go with this to be at my best. When I first married back in 2001, I already had a 4 yr old son, so we were a family of 3. I was able to get our bill as low as $125 a month. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $213 or $70.30 per person. I can't imagine being able to be that good now. I currently have 3 children still at home between the ages of 6-16, so I'm feeding a family of 5 on a regular basis.
We budget $1,500 for groceries for 3, but this includes all industrial cleaners and paper products and cleaning supplies and pots, pans, kitchen towels, shampoo, perfume, antiperspirants, toothpaste, floss, toothbrushes, foil, baggies, soap, female pads, dish soap, kitchen brushes, toilet paper, paper towels, dryer sheets, etc., eating out and all entertainment and grocery food items is all in this one budget line item-we usually do not spend over $950, budget per mn., was $2,400, got down to $1,500, goal is $1,200 or less per mn.-so I am not sure what food actually is cost-wise bc we shop all items in all stores locally. We do tend to buy meat on sale and that is what we eat for the wk.
Great ideas and wow! how fast all those things add up. I too need to watch and shop the adds. QUESTION - I live in Southish Texas (College Station area) I have the hardest time with onions getting moldy in the pantry. I think you said to store in the fridge. Also I store potatoes in the fridge cause they just rot otherwise, but they do not last long there either. So .... how do you stock up on them? Im guessing maybe a month worth? Thanks for any suggestions on keeping these items as fresh as possible.
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I have worked from home for over 10 years. I make enough dinner to have lunch the next day. Or I have pre-made things in the freezer.
I love how kind you are, while still giving people a reality check. That's so sweet of you to actually demonstrate some of your tips! I can tell you genuinely want to help people.
Great lesson on the pitfalls of convenience. “Convenience “ is making us fat, lazy, sick and poor.
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Soooooo true. Called the standard American diet aka known as SAD. Which is truly sad!!!!
Great grocery audit. I appreciate that the guest shared.
This lady is well organized in her pantry and kitchen. Clean, neat and easy to find items in her storage areas.
These grocery audits are extremely informative & helpful. It would be really interesting to see the same people's grocery audit after they've improved their spending. 🥰❤️👏
Is it a total amount spent or a percentage of income? I’m curious cause as a percent of income we spend probably 10%. But as an amount it is very high to what others spend. And are groceries just food or does it include cleaning supplies, hygiene, dog food, detergents, etc. I’m always fascinated by what people spend on groceries. My friends at work get their nails done, highlights in their hair, makeup etc. I buy food. They go on cruises, trips, buy cars. My car is 14 years old, don’t leave the house, but I buy food.
She has a beautiful pantry and nicely organized. A few tweaks to spending habits should save her a ton of money. She could hopefully retire even sooner.
She would feel so empowered if she learned to cook then she could save money and have leftovers. She needs your books. I love them.
Very clever following Caleb Hammer's Audit style of videos. I love his content, and it is so interesting to see you do the grocery aspect. I have been following you guys for years. I like this new style of content.
I did instant cart once in April of 2020, but after seeing how much more it cost, I've never used it since.
OK, I like you am having a fit over her getting food delivered to her home while she's there working. That's being lazy. She could be helping a charity with the money she is wasting. She is blessed that she and her husband make good money but she should be a good steward of her money. I am also proud to say that I have never wasted money on these over priced lunchables. Thanks for another great video.
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I bought 2 years ago at 50 cents each. Never again. I thought it was a ripoff then.
Mark 14:7 - she can do what she wants with her money so I'm ok if she wants to spend the on food but she did ask how she could cut it.
Good afternoon - First, very brave to be so vulnerable and show all the items. I really am appreciating this content. Eye opening and reaffirming that I don't do as badly as I sometimes think I do. LOL .
??I work at home and need to order lunch?? I don’t get it.
I remember in the 1990’s going out for lunch with a friend who ordered one slice of garlic bread with lunch. It was $1.00, and I recall thinking that was terrible at that time. This was back when a loaf of bread might be to be 59 cents. Since then I have certainly given up eating out, and even then no drinks nor bread ever ordered. Buying flour and yeast, I can bake a loaf of bread even in these times for about $1.00. I stock up on chicken at $1.99 lb. and cut strips and nuggets to freeze same day I come home. I can get whole chicken 99 cents lb. and get those to freeze always using the carcass for bone broth. I have a garden, but save seed and replant next year, so little cost. A great onion is the Walking onion, as the bulbs can be saved for replanting. If I get hungry for sweets, I just go get your cookbook. I rarely buy dessert type foods. When I shop it looks more like I have shopped for ingredients instead of meals. But those ingredients come together nicely into delicious meals.
WHATTTTTT! $1400 IS RIDICULOUS.
Lots of great tips again Tawra! Thanks for all of the work you put into these vids, as I find them really interesting & informative! I must say that her pantry is super organized! 🥰Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
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6 minutes in and I am thinking a rotisserie chicken and a bag of salad mix, 10.00 for a meal for both in a hotel room with leftover for a sandwich next day. Or even get deli meal from grocery store and split it with a salad.
I work outside the home and make a pot of soup and divide it so i can carry soup each day for lunch and a piece of fruit and drink water or a hot tea and I bring the tea bags from home. I get asked why soup everyday, i say it is frugal, homemade and I know what I am eating. I cannot imagine paying 20.00 for delivery and fast food per meal and i do see coworkers do that. That is like 3 weeks of lunches plus for me.
I truly think it is routine for some and others just want to get what they feel like for that day.
My mom was very frugal so i get it honest. I was raised learning to help cook as soon as i was about 2 and old enough to stand in a chair to help make biscuits. My granny loved to see toddlers pat the biscuits out.
Granny made pies and mom made cakes i learned from both, but neither used spices much and that i learned on my own.
Lunchables are one of my least favorite things in the store. They are not only small and expensive but to me not that tasty.
Maybe she just needs a mentor to help her start cooking and preserve leftovers for future meals.
That Toilet Paper Test video, had me laughing so hard!!! It was hilarious. AS for laundry soap, I bought a big box of powdered laundry soap, and I am soon going to need another box. But this one has saved us so much money, using less like that. I won't go back to liquid laundry soap again. Powdered soap is lasts so much longer. I must have saved at least 100.00 by not buying liquid laundry soap, and by using so much less. We live on a little farm, so sometimes we use more, as some of the farm clothes get pretty dirty. But what a Great way to save money!!!
I still do not see how she spends $1400… I was expecting it to be a pantry and multiple freezers packed full of food lol
That is exactly what I was thinking..
Pop Tarts are "simply" a little filling (it gets less and less with each decade) inbetween two layers of pie dough. Type "diy pop tart recipie" to get a lot of returns. Read more than one recipie or set of instructions to pick up tips and tricks for better success. Most of the recipies call for home made pie dough which would give you even more savings over uncooked, store bought dough. But go with the store bought dough and even purchased jams for some savings over ready-made, store bought pop tarts. Most of the recipies call double to quadruple the filling as what's found today in ready-made pop tarts so, take care when making cost comparisons.
I so agree with the lunchables, so easy to make, even the poplars junk. Lots of room to cut.
Toast and jam (jelly in US) could replace Pop Tarts.
She has never fallen on hard times. If you know, you know.
That's for sure.
That's a lot of money spent on food, I spend about $1500CDN for my family of 10, kids are homeschooled so 3 homeade meals a day plus snacks.
The great value Nutella is creamier and easier to spread. It does have a different consistency but it tastes the same. I prefer it bc of the consistency and I can spread it without tearing up the bread.
Dude, how are they not all 500 pounds eating pop tarts, cheese, spam, pizza, and "food on a stick" and drinking pop every single day?
Loved this!!!
One of my favorite lunches at home... Slice of toast, mayo, tomato slices, cheddar cheese on top, broil in the oven. Mmmmm..!
Make a sandwich peace of fruit whilst working from home
This is the best grocery audit you have done so far. It shows why some people have hugh grocery bills. They buy fancy food.
We live out in the country, so instacart doesn't deliver to our house. We've used it on vacation, but ONLY when they give me a $20-35 coupon off my order.
We eat lunch at home every day (I homeschool my 6 kids). We do grilled cheese, leftovers from dinner, a baked potato (throw in the microwave) topped with whatever I have around, a bag of steamed veggies in the microwave topped with a couple fried eggs. So many ideas... a baked sweet potato topped with cottage cheese. A tortilla (or 2) filled with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni and Italian spices folded up and heated on a skillet.. or refried beans and cheese. Dip in sour cream and salsa.
20 years ago we lived in a small town and I considered starting a grocery delivery business!! 😊 Yes all those fees add up!! Thank you for doing this and I appreciate your clients’ honesty!!
This was such a good video. And this young lady is so very well organized, it’s impressive. I’m sure so many young couples are in the same situation, and with a few tweaks can gain some extra savings too. The ordering out can sneak up at you when it’s all added up for the month. That right there will make a difference. They really are on a good track for finances. Great tips Tawra, going to do the scallions in a container.
Its astounding to see how much junk people eat. Its not even real food. People wonder why they are sick and on medications. So simple to eat unprocessed food. 🌻
Save the sandwiches for when you are travelling so you are least tired of having them
I tried instacart once when they lured me with first order free. I dont like other ppl selecting produce for me so I made it simple...my order consisted of 8 or 12 boxes cereal (really good sale price). I noticed organic green olives on sale which this brand rarely is so I added that in. It was fun i admit to see my groceries appear at the door...until I saw the jar of olives. He made a substitution, choosing non-organic mezzetta olives at full price! I looked at receipt and those olives cost ~$7, way more than the sale price I asked for. If personal shoppers make decisions like that, forget it. If every item in order is on sale do ya think maybe the customer wants only sale items? Simplest grocery order and he blew it. Havent used instacart since.
Same. Earlier this year I used instacart for the the first and last time. I was very ill and did not trust that I was able to drive myself to the store. I ordered a couple of lemons, a root of ginger and some tea. The shopper picked moldy lemons.
Yeah I wouldn't do it either ill go myself
When I was very ill I used instacart and was usually successful, but nothing like shopping om my own. I was thankful for that time but love doing myself again
I am slightly disabled, and I still go to the grocery store myself. I make it through my cart for a makeshift crutch then resting at the pharmacy chairs before proceeding. I ordered a green pepper once for pick up and complained online that it was the smallest green pepper I had ever seen. Something as simple as a green pepper is chosen carefully by me, as they can range in size greatly plus I make certain no blemishes. That was it! Then a couple of months later I was in produce choosing carefully a green pepper, and a tiny girl around 10 darted over, grabbed a pepper, and took it to her mom. Maybe I should have kept my big mouth shut, but I just had to take a teaching moment and try to show the little girl benefit of carefully choosing an available much larger pepper. Her mom chimed in and said, “Oh it’s okay, I do Instacart.”which says it all. None of these workers can be as selective and prideful as we are. I even have weighed bags of potatoes and can be 1/2 pound difference. Once young cashier leaning on scales inadvertently until finally lady in front of me caught it and said, “I don’t want to pay $5.00 for one onion.” Tawra can teach us a lot and her cookbook can save us hundreds. The cookbook cuts out eating out because home cooked better. Cookbook cuts out useless expensive ingredients we may use once. She always has sales for MoTher’s Day and Christmas. My cookbook was a request by me for Christmas gift. Hundreds of cookbooks out there, but a tightwad like me will invest in a gift that saves me money. Watch and learn.
They use a lot of Spam? That’s an odd food to have to load up on, lol.
Not if you areJapanese or Hawaiian. My Mexican friends also love it.
I was picking up an Amazon package. A lady not affiliated with Whole foods asked me if I would do a survey on their electric display motors in the store. She gave me a free $25 Whole food gift card. Bought a lot of vegetables and some fruit for $25.35. I was sooooo happy!!!! I had to do my happy dance. Thanks for the video!!!!
Awesome!
She needs to purchase your cook books to learn easy quick cheap meals but she is a beautiful lady who is super organized Thanks once again Tawra I am a very frugal 80 year old woman but still learning a lot from you Some of your money saving tips I have been doing for years though but I had to learn when money was tight and continued through my life. My kids and hubby never went hungry I am a very good Cajun cook that can make a cheap meal taste like gourmet However my only daughter did not learn from me. I could live off of what they waste and throw away
Im wondering if you would do a "buy this,not that" video? You see what people buy and can offer a money saving solution in a condensed video, maybe by Category. Like frozen goods, dry goods, meat section, etc.
Sort of all of your tips and ideas, by catergory or aisle???
Also, a video of what goes on sale by month? You seem to know when to buy what.
Wow! I've never heard of spending this amount of money on groceries for 3 people. I would think $300-$400 a month.
They only reason I would have groceries delivered to me is if I was sick and needed those get well soon supplies and couldn’t go to the store. But that is rare in my case. I am more of a planner when it comes to things like that.
I really think the gift card to the store will do amazing things for her.
My husband is gone a lot for work and I would say when he leaves we always have a plan for his food before he leaves then he goes shopping once he gets there.
A baked potato with butter, sour cream, bacon bits and cheese is a very economical and inexpensive lunch. You can bake a potato in the microwave in minutes or wrap in foil and put in the crock pot in the morning.
First I have to say that we do love your sweet tea recipe and make that quite often. Sometimes with flavored tea like the expensive stuff in the bottles. Yay! Also, my kids always liked the pizza lunchables that I had gotten a few times. I made extra dough last time I made pizza and made tiny crusts for them to make their own pizza lunchables. Shredded cheese, a couple of pepperoni's and a dab of sauce. They're all set and they really enjoy them. Easy and cheap!
I wonder if her Kroger grocery store has delivery? In my area we have Fred Meyer (Kroger) they offer delivery, the prices are the same as shopping in store and you also get the sales ad prices.
the lunchables with the pizza, you can buy pizza sauce, mini naans, and pizza mix shredded cheese to make those.
I grew up as lower income and have overcome that, but it taught me cooking from scratch saves money. But I still don't understand people who can't cook?
Do they go out every night?
Or make ready make frozen stuff?
No offense mean! 💕
I truly don't understand.
I knew people who didn’t cook, and yes - ate breakfast and lunch out and either ate out for dinner or lean cuisines they microwaved.
I have food allergies, so I only risk going out a couple times a year. But I have friends who don't cook a single meal, ever, in a month. They order out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The only thing you'll see in their fridge is drinks and condiments.
In the past couple of months, without actually downloading any apps, I've poked around some of the area store's on-,ine ordering and prices. The prices seemed expensive and, ive actually checked a couple seen on-line inside the stores in-person. Without doing anything like write down items and prices, it seems as if it is more expensive for the exact same items on-line.
Actually, Texas toast at Sam’s is comparable in price to buying the butter, garlic and bread separately. And much less waste if only one or two people want it, such as in my home.
Hey there, I know instacart is way more expensive. But sometimes we have to since we are blind and don’t drive, and we do most everything on our own, but some of the time I use the Sams app, and have it delivered to the house, but we have saved a lot of money here lately not buying, anything with sugar and processed foods, so we have saved a ton no chips, and no other crap like that it has been almost 3 months since we have had anything like that, and don’t really miss it. Also no diet sodas anymore either.
Good job! I really admire you for your efforts.
She’s got a lot of processed stuff.
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Thank you for sharing your groceries and Tara’s knowledge
I am so excited for this
I worked from home for 5 years I always at leftovers or made something quick. On the days I had to travel I would pack my lunch. If it was an overnight travel always pack snacks and drinks. Eat breakfast at the hotel or take bagels, yogurt etc.
Hi love from the UK. Just found your channel: binge watching this playlist so helpful. I didn't grow up learning discipline and food shopping easily gets out of hand. On a mindset shift and excited to try your recipe book as love cooking even as a single person got to cook like this to save money too easy to being lazy 😅 thanks
Tawra your book helped me learn how to cook during covid. If I can do it anybody can! They will retire early good for them!
Here prices are higher through instacart than if I go purchase at the store. Especially with Aldi.
Your iced tea recipe is awesome! Ive been reusing my iced tea jars i did buy to store in the fridge😊
I don't know about other areas, but around here Instacart prices on some items can be as much as two to three times as much as in the store, most a dollar or two more. I genuinely can't afford it. I'm disabled and have to get groceries delivered but Walmart+ is 'way cheaper. I'm trying to feed two people and a dog on about $200 a month or less if possible. Anyway, if you're young and able to get to the store, count your blessings, and go to the store. Save that money while you're able.
You must visit the Spam museum, Austin, Minnesota
I never used insta cart I will never there prices are crazy.thanks I loving your new volgs there eye opening ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Since most of us are not working in a 16 hour day factory job or doing extensive physical physical labor, we probably could get away with just have a good evening meal, or hearty breakfast meal and just eat light the rest of the time. And kids need a good balance of nutrition because they are growing. If we're home and not ultra physical, treadmill while you work, then ... that's a food saver there. of course we get board, so have a good 1/2 pound of meat a day and eat less oxalate foods.
Hi,I’m watching this video in awe.We live in Australia and our grocery bills are between $300 and $400 a week and there’s only 2 of us.Our groceries are so expensive.Our chicken is a good example are around $15 kg.Our groceries have gone up at least 40% since Covid.Why we don’t know.Its just so expensive in this country.
I was at our local Dollar Tree and they had 5 flavors of "Pop Tart" alternatives (my husband says they are not bad) and at $1.25...it would help. They had 8 per box and seemed to be in good supply. Perhaps before traveling, locate a Dollar Tree in the city they will be arriving in and go grab some cheap snacks for their hotel room. Every little bit helps... :)
Trust me on the spam. Dont get the knock off. Spam. Period
Even when we had 4 teenagers under the roof, we didn't spend anywhere CLOSE to that much in a month for groceries! That would maybe be 3 months of groceries. Now that we're empty nesters that's closer to 6 months of groceries for us. I was traveling regularly for work the first half of this year, so to actually come out ahead, I would do a grocery order (yes, on instacart... Lol) as soon as I checked in at the hotel to get foods to bring my lunch to work instead of eating out with everyone else. So my per diem would end up mostly going into savings instead of paying for meals out.
I've got you beat on the $1400 per month for 3 people. I had a client 12 years ago who was spending $2000 a month for 2 adults and 2 children. Consider how much less groceries cost 12 years ago!
What is their budget? 😂😂😂😂 SMH rediculous. Would be nice to hear an update on how she changed and her savings
You always have some great ideas but the prices the quote really depends on where you live. I know when I visit many places I’m always so amazed.
You can make the pizza lunch tables using the non bread. My youngest loves it.
Excellent and helpful! You covered a lot of territory
I wish that I could find a dozen eggs for $ 2.00. Here in Nova Scotia, where I
I live, a dozen eggs are just under $ 5.00 and that is just for regular ones not free range or organic!
Cheaper to hop in the car unless you're disabled or no car and no ride at the time to use Insta cart. You may see something different and cheaper or unadvertised sale. Get the food once or twice a month then. I look for the cheapest packs of meat. Those dollars add up.
Oh my goodness that picture of the turkey "falling off the bone." 🤣🤣
We just made your turkey yesterday (emptying a freezer to defrost and refill during sales next month).
Going to use the leftovers for pot pie and soup this week.😋😋
I love the basal you have behind the onions. What a great little garden. That's what I need, a little garden. Ours was too big and overwhelming. I love these videos. I so want to get my neighbors to agree to do a show. OMG, Tawra! She works from home and Doordashes her breakfast and lunch most days, just found out he gets a $10 meal from Culvers every night on the way to work. And they are struggling to pay the bills. So sad!
Holy cow!
@@LivingOnADime Let me tell you, Sista!
I just dont understand a woman in her 30's not being able to cook.
I'm wary of those apps. The 'deals' are dubious. Going shopping is my least favorite part of the week, but at least I can keep spending in check.
My favorite so far was the woman who shops at Grocery Outlet.
Yes the convenience foods! I have so much more food than they do , we have three people and spend probably 1/3-1/2 of what she does. I do understand if you have a very busy and stressful job that limits time to cook from scratch, I have health issues but still cool from scratch. I just have to break up the jobs involved, plan ahead.
I also agree that it’s instacart cost that’s killing her budget. Many stores do pick up groceries, if she could go do the pickup that would save so much.
Great tips as usual! The video was either at a fast speed on your end (mine was on normal) or you just talked fast...lol
I did speed it up but just barely.
I usually playback at 1.25 speed so I can watch more of them.
Thanks for helping them & me
Is it just me the audio seems really fast to me. I slowed to .75 and it sounds more normal to me. I’m listening on my iPhone.
I did speed it up but just barely...about 5%.
@@LivingOnADime thanks for sharing that. I thought I was going crazy.
Second comment - after I thought some more. Would food prep or glass food meal containers be helpful to her. Husband could make extra dinner and she would have a meal ready to go for lunch? I do that a lot with leftovers, I put them in the fridge with a sticky note of what it contains, it has really helped reduce our food waste.
Sometimes you have to think outside of he box or in other words buy some items for cheap at other places besides grocery stores. My husband & I do not drink soda drinks at all & our now grown kids were raised not drinking these. However the girlfriend of 1 of my sons does drink soda drinks & doesn’t like iced tea, hot tea, coffee, milk, or water. So we do buy soda drinks for her & her 2 teenagers when we have family get togethers. Our town only has 2 grocery stores & we do not have a Walgreens in our town. However a town 20 miles away does have a Walgreens & when Walgreens has their soda drinks on sale for 3 packs for $9. That is $3 for a 12 pack or 25 cents per can. I guess I should figure in the gas to drive there & back (40 miles round trip).
Interestingly this is how much the government gave my husband and his kids in food stamps each month when I met them. They were only spending about $120.
The only time ill shop for online groceries is when im on my death bed. Never will i shop this way!!!
Great review 😊
Thank you! 🤗
I went to the pumpkin patch thing. Fresh squeezed cider. So yummy. We got a pumpkin for 5 canned goods. I saw my three friends there. I get the same 6 things every week. I'd be interested in doing one of these. I have an Android phone. I already know what you are going to say though. I like the nacho launchable but can't justify the cost. I make my own Sargento snack things. Take cheese sticks, cut them up, get whatever chocolate chips you like and whatever peanuts you want. Thank you so much for telling me how to make sweet tea.
So you’re not eating the WHOLE of the green onion. It’s nice to grow more but we eat all of the green onion.
What app is it again where you can put in different things in your fridge and pantry it will give you a meal you can do ? I loved using it
The great value luncheon meat is the same as what was called Treat . It is not the same as Spam. Read the ingredients . (I did try it )
Texas Toast! Ha I buy that but I do not eat it as it not gluten free so & 8 slices lasts a long way here. I buy whatever is cheapest brand. We ( 3 of us in the house) only have it once a week maybe so it lasts several weeks or a month.
I use spam all the time in hamburger helper. Also to eat for breakfast in egg omelets.
Oh my, where are my Tablets. Lol.
I guess at least the Cilantro was a bargain.
This was a great Audit, & I'm so glad we don't eat Breakfast. 😊
TFS Tawra, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤️🙂🐶
I love this new video style! I have made much more progress with lowering my grocery bill since you have started these. Thank you! I'm curious to know if you have a list of the amount that we should be spending per person or by family size each month on average? I'm curious to know about how far I need to go with this to be at my best.
When I first married back in 2001, I already had a 4 yr old son, so we were a family of 3. I was able to get our bill as low as $125 a month. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $213 or $70.30 per person. I can't imagine being able to be that good now. I currently have 3 children still at home between the ages of 6-16, so I'm feeding a family of 5 on a regular basis.
If I’m correct, Tawra generally suggests $100/person/month.
Guessing it’s a bit less for younger children.
We budget $1,500 for groceries for 3, but this includes all industrial cleaners and paper products and cleaning supplies and pots, pans, kitchen towels, shampoo, perfume, antiperspirants, toothpaste, floss, toothbrushes, foil, baggies, soap, female pads, dish soap, kitchen brushes, toilet paper, paper towels, dryer sheets, etc., eating out and all entertainment and grocery food items is all in this one budget line item-we usually do not spend over $950, budget per mn., was $2,400, got down to $1,500, goal is $1,200 or less per mn.-so I am not sure what food actually is cost-wise bc we shop all items in all stores locally. We do tend to buy meat on sale and that is what we eat for the wk.
Great ideas and wow! how fast all those things add up. I too need to watch and shop the adds. QUESTION - I live in Southish Texas (College Station area) I have the hardest time with onions getting moldy in the pantry. I think you said to store in the fridge. Also I store potatoes in the fridge cause they just rot otherwise, but they do not last long there either. So .... how do you stock up on them? Im guessing maybe a month worth? Thanks for any suggestions on keeping these items as fresh as possible.
I store them in the fridge. You won't cry when you cut them either.
Individually wrap potatoes in newspaper. Put potatoes next to your chest freezer. To keep cool.
the 4 teas were 13.52, I like to make tea from scratch but my son likes the pure leaf large bottle. the 6 pack of pasta came to 1.59 a pound
No disrespect but you sure are talking fast.