OK, so I'm trying to get my monthly "gastos" down and my food bill seems to be a very large one. I'd just like to take a poll in Santiago, where do you guys shop? How many are you buying for? How much do you spend monthly?
I still find myself spending 10,000rd a shopping trip, even though I feel like I'm just buying what we need. I managed to lower it to 30,000rd last month instead of 40,000rd but I'd like to see if I can get it down to 5,000rd-6,000rd per week.
Basically 2 adults and 3 kids (and none of them eat much) and I usually shop at Bravo and La Sirena (Duarte) with the occasional hop to Nacional. I mean, any tips...special days of the week to shop? Better, cheaper place to buy fruits, and vegetables? We did bring the bill down significantly when Bertania told me to stop buying that "porqueria" juice and gave me a list of fruits and now she makes all the juices but still....30,000rd/mo??? Thats a food bill for several months for some families.
And they don't take coupons here :-(
I had stop smuggling in the Tombstone frozen pizzas from NY but I think I will start that up again because the only frozen pizza they like now is one from Bravo that sets me back almost 500rd each. And the Tombstone full-size here is only $4.99, sometimes on sale for 3/$10.
Any tips?
SHALENA
I still find myself spending 10,000rd a shopping trip, even though I feel like I'm just buying what we need. I managed to lower it to 30,000rd last month instead of 40,000rd but I'd like to see if I can get it down to 5,000rd-6,000rd per week.
Basically 2 adults and 3 kids (and none of them eat much) and I usually shop at Bravo and La Sirena (Duarte) with the occasional hop to Nacional. I mean, any tips...special days of the week to shop? Better, cheaper place to buy fruits, and vegetables? We did bring the bill down significantly when Bertania told me to stop buying that "porqueria" juice and gave me a list of fruits and now she makes all the juices but still....30,000rd/mo??? Thats a food bill for several months for some families.
And they don't take coupons here :-(
I had stop smuggling in the Tombstone frozen pizzas from NY but I think I will start that up again because the only frozen pizza they like now is one from Bravo that sets me back almost 500rd each. And the Tombstone full-size here is only $4.99, sometimes on sale for 3/$10.
Any tips?
SHALENA