Aldi has chicken legs/thighs for .89 this week,hams for 1.19 a pound.I think if a person shops smart,29 bucks a week is more than enough.
I just checked my freezer and the ham shanks were $2.99 lb.
WTH??? I was robbed!!!
Anyway, after viewing the pic of her groceries I would also recommend skipping the ear of corn and the avocado. The former is not worth the money and the second is good but pricey. She also bought seven limes. I’d make it three and put that savings on something else.
All in all she did pretty good for her first hobo rodeo.
Then again maybe she started out poor.
I eat like a king for about $35/week. Mind you, having a neighbour who is a personal friend of a butcher certainly helps :)
Costco has pork loin (about as nice a cut as you can get, and darned near fat-free) for $1.79/lb.
And Walmart usually has 10lbs chicken pieces for $0.50-.60/lb.
Aldi’s is our twice a month store and I love it. Really good fresh fruits and vegetables. By shopping there I feed two adults and an always hungry homeschooled teenager for about $175.00 a month—and we eat well. Along with Aldi’s I take advantage of Dollar General’s $5.00 off $25.00 coupon that they offer every week or two. By doing that we spend only about $100.00 or so each month for paper products, laundry soaps, extra coffee and milk, and my hopefully soon-to-be-broken Coca-Cola habit. If we went on food stamps we would be getting $348.00 per month—that’s more than I’m now spending in even the most expensive months of the year!
Ah, see, and I posted ham at $1.47 and chicken at $1. Your $29 would go even further. I still say she lied that that was as far as her $29 would stretch. See my post up thread with my total of her purchases being $12.73.
Particularly if you're cooking for a family. "Family packs" of meat are cheaper than single servings. If you're single, get together with friends and alternate having meals at each others homes.