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~ I do not eat out. Period.

~ Fresh food, no processed food, no vegetable seed oils, no sugar.

~Being about 95-98% carnivore, I eat meat, dairy & eggs. I buy meat in bulk or on sale & freeze until I need it. I have a relative who hunts so I usually have venison as well. Red ruminant meat is what I mostly eat although in the interest of ‘food security’, I just bought a half hog from a regenerative farmer - raised on pasture and some feed that is non-GMO, no soybeans, & milled local to the farm.

~ For veggies (mostly for family) I have a garden.

~ Do not buy any soda type drinks - cold brew my own tea, make my own ‘electrolyte’ drinks. Brew my own coffee - never buy it ‘out’.

~ Find local sources of food (farmer’s markets, etc.) & buy food from them. While not necessarily the cheapest, local food retains a lot more nutrition since it’s not traveling long distances/in storage until it can be sold in a grocery store.

~ Go for foods with “nutrient density” rather than merely ‘calories’

What Is Nutrient Density and Why Is It Important?
https://chriskresser.com/what-is-nutrient-density-and-why-is-it-important/

Bottom line, I make my dollars count with the best nutrition I can buy, taking into account sales, bulk purchases, coupons if I can find them AND cultivating local sources so I don’t rely on grocery stores as a primary food source.