Good for you ~ you must be doing an amazing job to keep your food costs that low! Sorry you’re struggling like that and I hope something changes to improve things soon.
Your family is lucky to have someone like you that can stretch a dollar that far! Good luck - I’m sure there are some positive changes in your future :-)
I am a real bargain hunter and getting very good at using coupons for our grocery shopping. Also doing a lot of grocery shopping for meat at a restaurant supply store near where we live. I bought 20 lb. package of pork shoulder the other day for $1.49 per pound. Brought it home and broke it down into four packages and put three in the freezer. Hubby is cooking the first piece today low and slow on the BBQ and tonight we are having pulled pork burritos because I found flour tortillas on sale for .50 per package of 6 tortillas by doubling some coupons I got the tortillas free. I have home made pinto beans and Spanish rice to go with it and all the fixins for the burritos such as shredded cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes, black olives, green onions, sour cream, salsa, shredded lettuce, etc.
Tomorrow night we will have pulled pork sandwiches, and there should still be plenty of leftovers to have pork enchiladas the next night for dinner. All three meals will average out to less than $5.00 each. I am sure there will still be leftover meat even after that, so I will be coming up with more dishes to use the rest of the leftover meat after that. Perhaps tamale pie, empanadas, or even BBQ pork stuffed hum bao.
With a little creativity, we are still eating very well, on a very low budget.