Topic: Methods to cut food costs - page 2. (Read 1404 times)

when it comes to the need for food every day, it is indeed one of the biggest expenses in each month, I feel that I lack the monthly money that I get from work to meet my daily food needs. But even so, I apply several ways to save food money every day properly so that I have enough shopping money.

1. I always make a menu plan before shopping for the ingredients I need in a week or every day. That way I will buy groceries according to the menu that I have set to set the meal menu. That way I can prevent overspending on groceries I don't need.

2. Reducing meal times, for example from three times a day to two times a day. Because with this method, we can save a lot of money on food costs every day. This is not being stingy with yourself, it's just to be wise in financial matters.

3. Lowering the quality of food ingredients has also been my choice so far and I have started to change my lifestyle in consuming food. If in the past I always ate meat dishes, now I can replace tempeh and tofu side dishes or other cheap side dishes, or I also change the brand of ingredients such as oil or rice so they are cheaper, but the benefits and efficacy are still the same.

4. Cook yourself at home, because if you buy food outside you can add more expenses. So that you can save on cooking every day is a wise choice. So if I often shop for groceries at the market, I only spend $ 10, I can buy vegetables and side dishes. I can also cook two or three times a day.

5. The most important thing of all is that there must be commitment and discipline within us. For this reason, be committed and disciplined in using food costs according to plan, and not buying goods beyond the stated needs, even though they are in a promotional period.

This helps me a lot in saving on food costs, with these savings we have more funds to use for other useful things like investing in bitcoins.

I cut the cost of food by exploring the city where I live for cheap alternatives of ready meals. I reached to the conclusion it doesn't worth very much to prepare the meals myself, because besides the costs being almost the same I still spend a lot of time on it (preparing and cleaning everything later). I can have lunch for about 2,40$, and as it comes with a lot of food sometimes I still have a meal for the dinner (I just add 2 eggs and a portion of bacon, if possible, to reinforce the proteins).

There is also cheap pizza with 8 slices for 6$, which is enough for two meals, so each meal of pizza costs 3$. That is good, because when you get tired of a kind of food you have another cheap options to try.

Well cutting the cost of eating in a way that is not true will certainly be detrimental to our health. And the best investment is to keep our bodies fit and live healthy until old age. So of course maintaining a diet and intake of nutritious food is very necessary. So limiting certain foods is really not recommended. But cutting food costs can still be done as long as we are willing to work harder in this regard. Namely by growing their own plants that we usually consume. such as vegetables and fruits that we usually buy from the market. We can plant it ourselves in the yard or on the empty land that we have. And I have been doing this for a long time. I have plants in my yard. so I don't have to shop for vegetables at the market. And it can save my finances so I can save more But planting plants is not something everyone can do. Because the type of work and place of residence of each person is different. People who work late at night will certainly not have time to plant crops. and people who do not have a yard also have no place to plant. Well, the point is that for some people, the way I do can't be applied.

But I think people will do the opposite of what you say because people always value appearance, always want to be luxurious in the eyes of others.  therefore, they are willing to eat poor quality meals and even starve themselves to get beautiful clothes, high-end phones… or any jewelry others see. That's what's happening today, looks take precedence over health, which is especially true in Gen Z.

Proper nutrition is the foundation of good health. Good medicine is very expensive everywhere and the wrong diet can make you spend a lot of money on medicine later. It is better to rent cheaper accommodation or give up a car or entertainment. You can also save on other things, treat clothes more carefully.

There are lots of things you can do to cut food costs, it’s important too with the massive increase in cost of living. A good way to start is start by meal planning and creating a shopping list based on what you already have. Buy in bulk as it's often cheaper per unit. Shop for groceries during sales and use coupons whenever possible. Avoid buying pre packaged or convenience foods as they tend to be more expensive. Cook at home if you can instead of eating out and try to incorporate more plant based meals which are cheaper. You can reduce food waste by properly storing leftovers and using them in future meals.

We know that if there's a possible coming we people are accumulating a food as they can so we have a lot of resources and they don't need to go outside just to be part of the newcomers who are late to stock up with food in terms of conditioning of the family sources we can't deny this always happen there's some family consumes a lot of foods for their daily basis and its too hard to them to make stop immediately because of sudden lack of supplies so might bring them sick, at the early times better to make sure you are aware to the food consumption not always oversupply or over with the food is great there are tons of people now getting sick of due to obesity. If you have still consciousness with your self I guess its never been too late to manage food properly.

Hence why I said that a proper meal plan should be made. That includes knowing how far the food will last and how much you should be spending in a specific time span. Moreover, the meal plan will also tell you which ingredients should be replaced for a cheaper alternative and which can be completely drop. It is true that cooking everyday will be more expensive, hence I stated that one should be a responsible meal planner if they want to make their food by themselves.

Actually, making everything yourself isnt the best strategy to cut food costs either. Here is why. First of all, you need to buy lots of intermediate ingredients like spices. You dont usually buy them in bulk or in huge volumes. Restaurants or food producers buy them in huge volumes and with discounts. For example you buy 1kg of sugar for 2 EUR, while they buy 50kg sack for 30 EUR. The key to cut food cost is to make meals for whole week and only heat a part that you gonna eat. Making everything yourself, each day a new meal will make you bankrupt faster compared if you would eat at small restaurants daily.

Don't do it, you would remorse to your action, you can cut food cost and goes for questionable food, artificial meats, labmade eggs, labmade vegetable, but your stomach would be very honest to your action, it would react accordingly and send you great (suffering) pleasure.

I agree, you do make a great suggestion here. Aside from the tools and basic supplies needed for cooking, the basic ingredients can be personally supplied. Essentially, to be able to cut food costs you need to be resourceful, clever and hard working. You need to make effort to think and plan your meals and ensure you are not going over the planned cost for that meal.

I think growing our own foods will cut the cost to the finest. If you have the ability and land to grow your own food, then that's the best way to save some money. Growing your own foods takes time, but once you start and get success, you will know how it's going to affect your life. Once the cycle starts, we can preserve foods for later use while growing new ones. Everything that we get from the market is filled with chemicals. Own food will ensure chemical-free items that are good for health too. 

Now many will say that they do not have enough space and land to grow their own. But do some research and you can find many ideas on how to grow food indoors. You can use many strategies to do it with success.

One more idea is to get it straight from the dealers and buy it in bulk. Those food items can be kept for a long time, you can buy them in bulk and store them for later use. This will cut the cost too. Not much but it will help for sure.

Nice take, mate. Food is essential, so cutting back should be a last choice. I believe we can be creative and constructive with our consumption without jeopardizing our health. Meal planning and cooking at home can save money, teach, and inspire. Potluck dinners may make it a social event. It may promote community. No promo codes or coupons? Have you considered blockchain technology's role? Imagine a blockchain-based food cooperative that allowed Bitcoin purchases from local farmers. Eliminating middlemen might cut costs and guarantee fresh, wholesome produce. It would redefine "farm-to-table"

Climate change is really affecting the way we use to know the weather and that is actually affecting planting season. The environment has changed and we are having late planting because you have to wait for the rain for quite a long time down to mid may and June before you begin to see more rain in July but in the past sometimes you begin to see the rain towards march ending gradually and April to May will be more severe rain fall. This change is having adverse effects on agriculture except those who do irrigation but that is still not sufficient for the country because more hands are needed to be involved in planting but because the rain is not sufficient, some people stay away from farming.

Most of the methods would depend on what country place etc, you are in but in my situation, most of this would not work in my opinion. There was no choice in this you can't really cut food costs I guess since it's food also you can't really sacrifice your health in the first place so you should either do something to earn a higher salary, or cut the cost of other things on the budget, food should be the last resort if you don't really earn enough.

I mean there are alternatives without sacrificing your health you could find healthy but cheaper food options instead of eating at a restaurant you could just prepare your own food or something like that.

Coupons and promo codes were really rare in my country I didn't even experience having one, student discount was great if you are a student I just realize that its really helpful because now I have work and this small discount is really useful, Amazon shipping will make the cost higher and probably not great for international, Food delivery here in my country cost a lot more compared when your going to buy it on the store, you cant hunt anything on urban places, working on food industry is not an option I cant sacrifice my not so good job just for a little bit of food.

Exactly. There are also other things you can cut costs like the unessential to your living. So why would you save so much money on food? I mean, you work hard to make money and have something on your table yet someone is being so frugal on their food. Instead cut costs from your shopping lists, on your branded shoes or clothes. Then put more money on foods that enter your stomach and make a better well-being.

I remember before that when the month of April to June takes place, it is very hot and all of us are going to the beach, but right now, they declare it a rainy season, which is true, and the rain is very heavy and can affect all the crops as well as cause floods. This is really due to climate change, which we should start to prevent by planting trees, but again, this will only be solved if we unite to do it.

It cannot be denied anymore that the price of food will continue to increase due to many factors, apart from the decreasing land for agriculture, another thing is the weather which is difficult to predict, in my country, which used to be the rainy season, but news of drought has occurred in many places, making it even more difficult for farmers.

Not all would really be having that kind of mindset or preferred things when it comes to food because there are people who do much prefer on eating warm and newly cooked food than on food which are stored already on the fridge which we know that reheating them would really be affecting its taste and we know that there are people who are really that sensitive when it comes to food taste. This is why they wont really be bothered on using up their gas tank on cooking as long they could really eat on what they do want to eat on whats been cooked on point and not something that its already be cold and then get some preheat.
Cost effective? not all wouldnt really be minding if the difference is really just that small and not all people would really be that lazy on not to cook their own food and the time being spent.
For some cases then it might be that relevant but not all the time people would really be loving its taste and this is why they do really cooked up on active manner.

Cooking a smaller portion isn’t really time effective but it could be considered cost effective and I had been replying to someone else who mentioned that they were single and I mentioned they could cook a smaller portion as it would be for just one individual.
Personally, I think it’s much better to cook in larger quantities and then store these foods in a freezer. Whenever you’re hungry, you could take the quantity needed and put the rest back.