Roaming Buffalo Ranch: Tips To Reduce Your Grocery Bills

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Tips To Reduce Your Grocery Bills - Make Your Own And Save....

This stuff is awesome! It wasn't on our list, but we just had to try it out. I ordered a couple more. It is a limited time offering, so I wanted to have an extra bottle or two.

Don't Be Afraid To Use Spices to make your foods more flavorful!

We went into the city yesterday. Ugh! Number One figured out that the differences in gas prices between city and town was so great that it was worth it. There is also no tax on food in the city unlike the closest town that takes advantage of its citizens by charging city taxes on food. So, we also did a little grocery shopping while we were there.

No Tax On Groceries

And I do mean a "little" shopping although the price tag did not reflect it. It was crazy! Items that we purchase quarterly, like chocolate chips, have increased by $3 bucks a package. We saw a lot of price increases like this. Most items have doubled or worse over the last three years or so.

Beating Inflation

Make Your Own Baked Goods...

Oh my, meat prices are rising again! There were also shortages in the meat section, and we were unable to find certain cheaper cuts of meat that we grind make to sausage. After searching two stores, we ended up purchasing a more expensive alternative. It was still less expensive than purchasing the pre-made stuff by far. I can make sausage for about $1.30 a pound compared to $5 a pound for the store-bought stuff.

Did you know that you are paying the same price per pound for the packaging that you are paying for the meat itself?
Do not buy the
15% added water, salt and other ingredient chicken. It is not worth it.

We also make most of our lunchmeats and sausages.
We season meat the way we like it then we grill or bake it. Lunchmeat is so expensive, but we can make chicken lunchmeat for as little as $3 a pound. It also does not include all the nitrates and other unhealthy ingredients.

Slice it up and make a grand sandwich.

I bagged up and froze the extra meat this morning. I portioned it out to fit our needs.

Follow Your List! It cost us an extra $15 bucks because I did not follow this rule.

I am pretty focused on the task at hand and our list when shopping. I want to get in and out as fast as possible, so I did not check out too many sections in the stores we visited. What I did see sent chills right up my spine. What if the prices continue to serge? What if they never go back down? What if? You can fill in the blank ...