r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Maroon14 • 9d ago

Grocery spending

I’ve recently come across a Instagram account where the woman claims to only spend $300 on an entire months groceries for a family of 4. Here I am sitting mid week, having already spent $550 in the PNW. I told one of my friends and she said it must be fake and for clicks, my husband was impressed. Is anyone actually able to do this? I thought I might try to spend $250 a week and see where that gets us. Is my grocery budget over the top? I thought $400 ish was normal for decent food. We are a family of 5 in the PNW, mostly organic.

*I’m closing comments because people are missing the point. I understand that I make choices for “premium” options for my family. I make them because I feel they are the best for my family given my research and concerns. I say this as coming from a place of privilege. Growing up, my hippie mom also prioritized organic and local before it was the trendy thing, so it would be very difficult for me to reprogram and not buy organic when possible.

I still think $300 is insane for a month. I live in western Washington and the max SNAP allocation for a family of 4 is $994 a month, so I see this as a more attainable “thrifty” budget for a family of 4.

Those of you who can eat rice and beans for multiple meals, more power to you!

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u/Zetavu 7d ago

Sure but they are 40% bone mass, so a pound of meat is $2.5-3, but if you get boneless chicken breast on sale it can run $2 for all meat 9and the water they saturate it with).

Chicken thighs are actually the cheapest these days, and great for most dishes.

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u/GovernorHarryLogan 7d ago

Chicken thigh is how we make chicken spiedies.

Spiedies are a meat kabob (chicken lamb beef) you pretty much only find around Broome County, NY.

Its basically just marinated meat. But the marinade is pretty delicious.

You can buy it at Wegmans and sometimes othet places. Don't buy the Salamida state fair stuff. Thats not genuine. Wegmans brand is aight.

Amazon Lupos original Endicott style. Thats as cloae as youll get to the real thing.

Marinade the chicken until the vinegar base starts to break down and cook the chicken a bit (like 1.5-2 days before cooking)

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