Haha I hopped in this thread thinking there was going to be some Bitcoin related discussion about cutting food costs, but I don't see too much of that. Let me propose something pretty unrealistic, but at least it involves Bitcoin.
I do a fair amount of gardening, and it's frustrating when there's a plant you want to cultivate that just doesn't quite handle the cold in your region. I've wondered about setting up a Bitcoin miner in a way where the heat could then be funneled to the plant to help it make it through the sub-zero temperatures that kill that certain type. Extrapolating that, pretty much any ideas of recycling the heat produced by Bitcoin miners towards anything that needs heat (in this thread, certain crops) is an interesting idea. Not sure on the best way of capturing that heat and redirecting it without losing a lot in the process, but it's just an interesting thing to think about. Any thoughts on how this specifically could be used to increase crop yields, which would cut food costs?
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From tomorrow I will cut sugar completely from my menu for 1 month. It will be tough but I will try.
This will definitely safe me a lot of money since all the small treats like sweets and drinks really mess up my body and my wallet.
Let's see how much I will actually safe after 1 month.
I would recommend you that you take a slower approach, the bodies of most people are used to huge sugar intakes and stopping all of a sudden could be bad for your health.This will definitely safe me a lot of money since all the small treats like sweets and drinks really mess up my body and my wallet.
Let's see how much I will actually safe after 1 month.
So instead of cutting sugar completely from your life it would be for the best for you to only consume half of what you consume already for a few weeks, then you could consume a quarter of what you consume now during the next weeks, and then you can finally eliminate sugar completely from your life.
methods like this do not apply or can be applied to all places and usually have terms and conditions, so the best advice in my opinion is to buy food that is cheaper than what you usually buy, so maybe you can buy more than the food you usually buy.
I think the easiest thing to overcome or reduce food costs is to reduce the portion or amount of food, if the ingredients we usually eat are expensive then look for other alternative sources, for example if our food is rice then we can replace it with cassava which is cheaper, if cassava is expensive then we can looking for cassava that is almost rotten and then we dry it in the sun so that it can last for a few days and can even last up to a year.
Another solution is not to eat meat but eat more leaves, we can eat almost all the leaves directly or boil first, apart from being healthier, of course, it is more economical.
Another solution is not to eat meat but eat more leaves, we can eat almost all the leaves directly or boil first, apart from being healthier, of course, it is more economical.
Most online app stores offer different vouchers which we can claim and use to save and have discounts when we purchase some of our necessities online. However, I don't think it's the wisest method to cut food costs. Cooking our own meal will be more ideal because an avoid service charges and we can also like the ingredients of our choice. We can also avoid service charges and other fees when we order or we eat out. Existence of promos doesn't mean that we have to purchase things online. We should still spend wisely and not be comfortable with promos offered to us when there are actually other alternatives to save.
Even on those known ecommerce sites which do offer some voucher which its expected that it is really just peanuts but considering that it is really still better rather than no having at all.There are people who are really that keen on spending on which even how small the discounter or voucher amounts that they could get but still they would really be minding
on acquiring it no matter what.
There's nothing wrong with that because we do really need to save as much as we could considering that we are living on a world where inflation and recession and other
economic problems do becomes even more worst.
Most online app stores offer different vouchers which we can claim and use to save and have discounts when we purchase some of our necessities online. However, I don't think it's the wisest method to cut food costs. Cooking our own meal will be more ideal because an avoid service charges and we can also like the ingredients of our choice. We can also avoid service charges and other fees when we order or we eat out. Existence of promos doesn't mean that we have to purchase things online. We should still spend wisely and not be comfortable with promos offered to us when there are actually other alternatives to save.
Eating or consumption is everyone's need and if we have a small income then the best solution is to cut the cost of eating, currently there are many restaurants that provide interesting food menus, but if we buy often it will certainly disrupt our finances, it's better to buy ingredients raw in the market and we have time to cook, there are many advantages if we cook it ourselves, first of course it is healthier because we know the ingredients of the food, and second is it is more economical.
A lot of people have been saying cooking the meal yourself is cheaper and better, I don't disagree but this is true only to an extent. Not everyone is a good cook, so if someone who is not good at cooking want to eat only food he prepares himself then he will be stuck to shitty meals. Even if you're a good cook, you might not always have the time to cook. Then there's the fact that some meals actually cost more to prepare at home than buying the already cooked meals from a restaurant. So just buying the ingredient raw from the market is not always the cheaper option, somethings before you know it you've spent way more than you budgeted for that particular meal
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What are other good methods of cutting costs on food items?
Yes, this saves enough to cut food costs, but promos like that usually don't exist every day and are usually only at certain times, for once or twice we can do it but are we going to event promos there will always be every day so that allows us to save our money in one month.What are other good methods of cutting costs on food items?
I guess it's a good trick for a few days.
But what is clear if we want to save money on food is that we have to know what we need from that food and ignore what is unnecessary and not important for the body, so that we can make a definite budget and minimize food money every day.
Eating or consumption is everyone's need and if we have a small income then the best solution is to cut the cost of eating, currently there are many restaurants that provide interesting food menus, but if we buy often it will certainly disrupt our finances, it's better to buy ingredients raw in the market and we have time to cook, there are many advantages if we cook it ourselves, first of course it is healthier because we know the ingredients of the food, and second is it is more economical.
Most residents here in our country do not buy the food they need online. Because most of them are poor people and cannot afford to buy from such an online food shop, or delivery fast food.
Here, most of the time that kind of style is not practical, I'm just talking about real talk, maybe in other countries it's possible but I'm also sure that not all countries have that kind of status.
I think online one could be benefit to poor people even more. You could buy in bulk online, you could buy rice up to a ton in my nation for example, A TON, of course nobody would buy a ton of rice for personal use, that is usually for companies, but that is a proof that you could get cheap food if you want to.Here, most of the time that kind of style is not practical, I'm just talking about real talk, maybe in other countries it's possible but I'm also sure that not all countries have that kind of status.
I personally do that, I buy three things mainly in bulk, and some other things that are condiments, one is rice, the other is pasta, and the third is potato. I buy these in bulk, and then stuff like salt, and pepper, and tomato etc etc, all in bulk as well but not as much, probably half as much, and this means I could live on 100$ a month of food, but it would be all the same food basically. I don't do that, I buy other food too, overspend on other days, but at least I got the food if I ever run out of money.
In generally food stuff are really expensive but it would be more lesser if you make them yourself maybe going to the market to source all cooking items than going to the restaurant to eat. One thing we don't spend much money on is fish and vegetable leaves, pepper.
What you posted are not commonly with the western world most especially the Africans because they believe on their local delicacies.
What you posted are not commonly with the western world most especially the Africans because they believe on their local delicacies.
Buying food is very expensive, yesterday I went to the mall and bought a juice drink worth $ 5, if I buy fruit in the market directly can get 5 kg to make 1 glass of drink in the mall, the best strategy to cut food costs is to buy raw materials then we process it ourselves, especially since my country's current economic condition is still in crisis, making it difficult to find alternative income.
In generally food stuff are really expensive but it would be more lesser if you make them yourself maybe going to the market to source all cooking items than going to the restaurant to eat. One thing we don't spend much money on is fish and vegetable leaves, pepper.
What you posted are not commonly with the western world most especially the Africans because they believe on their local delicacies.
What you posted are not commonly with the western world most especially the Africans because they believe on their local delicacies.
1) You need to know which store the product is cheaper and which is more expensive. For example, my house has a store of a very expensive retail chain, but there is always very cheap drinking water, cheese and cottage cheese.
2) Promotions. Often retail chains give cashback for a month for certain types of goods. I was lucky this month: I received cashback on all the products described above.
2) Promotions. Often retail chains give cashback for a month for certain types of goods. I was lucky this month: I received cashback on all the products described above.
Most residents here in our country do not buy the food they need online. Because most of them are poor people and cannot afford to buy from such an online food shop, or delivery fast food.
Here, most of the time that kind of style is not practical, I'm just talking about real talk, maybe in other countries it's possible but I'm also sure that not all countries have that kind of status.
Here, most of the time that kind of style is not practical, I'm just talking about real talk, maybe in other countries it's possible but I'm also sure that not all countries have that kind of status.
I would add Amazon subscribe & save for items that are necessity. If you have some land & water, plant fruit trees and crops there.
Eat less — we tend to eat much more than require solely cause of habit. Whenever you feel hungry, drink water first as to not mistake thirst for hunger.
Resist eating outside, avoid processed packed snacks — it's more or health related.
It's better for belly to be empty than filled with junk food.
Eat less — we tend to eat much more than require solely cause of habit. Whenever you feel hungry, drink water first as to not mistake thirst for hunger.
Resist eating outside, avoid processed packed snacks — it's more or health related.
It's better for belly to be empty than filled with junk food.
Avoiding sugar and fizzy drinks and eating at home would definitely save money and will be helpful for the health as well.
I have stopped eating out for last one year and I have saved a lot. I work from home and I too save spending too much money on hangouts. This is also helpful in saving so much money
The number one thing is to avoid eating out instead just prepare food at home, I spent alot of money eating out because I was too lazy to cook and it has alot of infect my pocket, when I had a visitor who came to stay with me for 6 months, she too over the kitchen and she said to me that as long she will be staying with me no more eating out and I should see how much I will save, and by the end of 3 months I realized that I was wasting alot of money eating out.I have stopped eating out for last one year and I have saved a lot. I work from home and I too save spending too much money on hangouts. This is also helpful in saving so much money
By cooking at home, we are able to ensure food safety and hygiene, as well as save money and prepare a varied and nutritious meal. But on the contrary, we will spend a lot of time shopping, cooking, and cleaning, that's why students and busy people choose to eat out.
For me, in eating and drinking should not be too frugal because excessive saving only harms health, and does not ensure nutrition to work. Especially those who do heavy work, they have to eat and drink more to ensure their health. Saving in food is just buying enough to eat, not leaving excess.
If the government can help the farmers by reducing the price of fertilizers and other equipments that are needed for agricultural produce then things is going to get better with time. We are going to see great impact in food production that what we have been seeing all these years making the food supply to be shortage because of many factors and the war going on.
They cant control it right now its because all prices are high even the fuel it is still high right now even the government try to hold it but again those supplier and other merchants would this agree though if they can help those farmers like providing fertilizer and having a big budget for agriculture sector it is possible that it will drop the price but again its because of war it is not yet possible so we have no choice to continue buying it and if we have a chance then find another source of income
Food cost has been soaring since the pandemic and it has refused to reduce in price even slightly, it is ridiculous I think we would have to cope with high food cost for much longer.
If the government can help the farmers by reducing the price of fertilizers and other equipments that are needed for agricultural produce then things is going to get better with time. We are going to see great impact in food production that what we have been seeing all these years making the food supply to be shortage because of many factors and the war going on.
Great I also think changing ones eating habits and what kind of foods one takes can help cut cost almost immediately.
Besides this you could further cut costs for home cooked meals by supplementing this with some home gardening to depend more on your home produce than always going to your local grocery stores and the alike.
Besides this you could further cut costs for home cooked meals by supplementing this with some home gardening to depend more on your home produce than always going to your local grocery stores and the alike.
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