Monthly Eating Expenses
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I used to be eating out a lot before, but after a financial crisis last year I needed to make some changes. It is hard because in my family philosophy is more important get your work done and eat out or order that spend hours in the kitchen... but in my wife's family is more important to take the time to cook and eat out only special occasions...
Anyhow... the main factor to consider is where you buy food. Here in montreal there is a place that you can buy vegetables and fruit at half price of the other supermarkets and for example a hundred oranges for 4 dollars... all juice now is natural in the morning.
I got a costco membership and some laundry supplies, toilet paper and milk we got them from there.
Other thing is to buy a bigger freezer, there are some good offers for good beef, chicken or even cheese and you froze them to have a good backup You even can freeze some bread is really good when you put it in the oven right from the freezer and it gets as fresh baked.
We found a place where you buy like 150 good chicken pieces (legs with bones) for about 50$ we froze them and prepare, empanadas, tacos, grilled chicken and even share to my family. we buy that big box every 4-5 months. Fish is good too there is a greek place here where there are good deals.
What we learned after a year is that is worth it to follow some offers, mostly in stuff that we can freeze and save it for later. It really made a change for me, I learned a lot from my wife in this end and is crazy how now we saved.
rough with no restaurants in the month we can spend like 300$-400$ max in groceries.