My sister budgets $700 a month for groceries and I feed four people on $380, here is what she gets wrong

Jessica Ross · 2026-10-03T10:40:03.156159+00:00

She shops once a week at that big store on Wadsworth and buys whatever looks good, then half of it goes soft in the fridge by Thursday. I go Sunday morning with a list built off what is already in my pantry and I only buy the produce I know we will eat in four days. Last month I spent $380 total for me, my husband, and two teenagers, and nobody complained once. The trick is I plan meals around what is on sale, not around recipes I found online. What is your weekly grocery number and do you shop with a list or just wing it?

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