I'm not sure about where everyone else lives, but chicken is very expensive here. I love it but only buy it when it's on sale otherwise it's too expensive.
Chicken is.very reasonable here. Meat is ridiculous.
Meat is mostly imported. And has to be Koshered. Prices are ridiculous. When I used to cook if buy a large piece which cost almost $100.
Chicken has gone up in price here! And I live surrounded by chicken farms all over the area. When I was a kid; it was the cheaper meat so we at a lot of it! Now beef is cheaper. I don't use pork unless it's ground pork to mix with beef for meatballs or the occasional ham or bacon.
I do eat more chicken and ground turkey than anything else, but I have to have red meat at least twice a week. I have recurrent anemia, and they don't know quite why, but the red meat keeps it down to a low roar. I really prefer to eat just chicken and turkey. And veggies, or course. Most of the frozens are just fine, but I have a real love of bell peppers, green, red, and yellow. Not the orange quite so much, although I do like it. Also squash and avocados, not available frozen in a form I like. Ordering off of internet is a possibility. There aren't many options in my area, but I hear that a local produce market I'm fond of is going online for delivery this next spring. I'll give that a try.
Actually this is a very good way to save money. You get an ongoing balance and that alone will help curtail those impulse purchases. Every time I go the store, which is about twice a week, I get more stuff than I came for. So, ordering online can save you money in the long run even though you have to pay someone else to do it.
As long as you get rotten stuff or stuff you didn't order. My sister seems happy but not for much longer. She's coming here soon.
I take my grocery list to the dollar store first. I am amazed at the name brands they pack in at discount prices.
I've never found much in the way of bargains at the Dollar Store, except for things like utensils. As for food, doesn't seem that much cheaper than finding it on sale or going to Walmart. Maybe I have a bad Dollar Store here?
Just check the use by date. A lot of these shops sell either out of date or nearly out of date, except in can't understand what could happen if tinned stuff is a little out of date. After all, what happened before dates were put on? Nothing! OK. Forget I spoke.
As long as you don't......
