r/32dollars

Before ya’ll start in the comments about “where are the vegetables” and “what a garbage diet” blah blah blah, read the title - this is literally just restocking some pantry snacks, this is not our *grocery* haul.

$4.49 salsa

$4.98 ($2.49 x 2) 6 pack peach cups

$2.99 tortilla chips

$5.49 mini croissants

$1.67 Nongshim Shin Ramyun

$1.29 Mr. Noodles

$2.49 unsweetened raspberry apple sauce

$4.98 banana choc chip muffins

$4.98 carrot muffins

My daughter and I couldn’t come to an agreement on the muffin flavour (I’m a die-hard carrot muffin gal) so I bought both, I figure I can just freeze a few of each.

I’m a solo mom (dad isn’t involved) to a moderate-needs autistic kiddo, so I really value having some quick snacks and grab-and-go items on hand during the week. We already have some easy snacks in the fridge - fruits and veg washed and prepped, drinkable yogurts, turkey pepperonis, cheese sticks, and apple sauce pouches - but our pantry snacks were running low on options.

So I'm going on vacation in 9 days and trying to use up the rest of the veg and fruit that I have before clearing out my fridge. I needed a few things for the trip like those little tuna and cracker kits, and I don't want to run out to the store anymore before I leave so I got extra chocolate (it won't go bad by the time I return) lol. This was an Aldi run in Connecticut and I did find the cassette coin holder keychain - it was the last one! And I have a lot of frozen super cubed soups and meals in my freezer, so I am well covered. I'm honestly surprised this cost as much as it did. I think it was the chickpea lentil orzo and the bars of chocolate that made this order as high priced as it ended up being. I'm definitely going to make a tortellini salad, maybe some homemade mac and cheese with all my leftover cheese that I can freeze leftovers. The berries are for yogurt I have at home and overnight oats. Avocado toast as well.

Army Navy price match baby. I know this isn't a lot of stuff, but the grapes were 3.94, cantaloupe price matched at 1.98, and the chicken breasts are on sale and I got that doe 12.18. I hate Loblaws but RCSS always price matches everything, and they have the best sale on meat, I got club packs of chicken thighs last week for 5 dollars per pack, and thick cut 1 kg bacon packages for 5 dollars a pack the week before.

I go to different supermarkets, maybe twice a week, and only buy things that are on sale or significantly cheaper than normal.

There aren't any green vegetables here, but if you're on a really tight budget, this food can last a family of four at least a week and can be stretched (sans meat) to two weeks or more.

Prices: ground chicken 454 g $3.38, strawberries $1.98, assorted pasta $1.68 each, chips $1.49, red lentils 1.8 kg $3.99, mung beans 1.8 kg $5.99

I usually spend less, but I ran out of rice, eggs, mayo and oil (things I don’t use daily) all at the same time 🫠

Was this good value? Earned a little over 12000 points too

to be clear I was shopping for some specific meals and not trying to specifically only buy sustenance at the cheapest possible price. in my opinion, not bad (nowadays) for what I got.

also before you come at me about the eggs, this 6 pack was actually less than the 12 pack of the same brand 😂 and I was biking so everything had to fit in my backpack.

the thing that hurt me the most was the goddamn TORTILLAS!!!!!! To the point where I almost didn't buy them but just thought fuck it because I was craving some chicken Caesar wraps lol.

All of this meat came to just over $100 and will feed our family of 4 for the next 2 weeks.

It’s just me. I hate cooking for one but I love me some wraps. All necessary spices and sauces in my fridge. Used a $10 coupon. 8 meals I think. $4 a wrap is a use a bit of everything

What do you think?

Free pie and chocolate bar again from Freshco (scene+ grocery giveaway)

Bananas, apples, celery and carrots came to $20.81.

Everything else was from flashfood. $2/lb ground pork! Didn't need all the cookies but made a second order at pickup after seeing how many there are. Ovaltines are nice with my tea, and with 6 kids, being able to get a big bag of cookies for 75¢ is a welcome cheap snack. Can't make them for that

I was getting three bags of peppers for myself - gonna spend tomorrow making and canning Ajvar, one of my favorite foods.

On the way, I stopped to talk to a neighbor, told her what I was up to, and next thing you know, I'm ordering a couple bags with oranges, apples and some sweet potatoes for her. That's why those ones are still closed in the photo, I didn't want to unstaple her stuff.

Luckily I had some bungee cords with me, and the ride home is mostly downhill. The best part of the trip was coasting downhill on the bike and the spotify daily mix I was listening to started playing "Free Fallin'."

This is my first time posting on this sub. Proteins were affordable this week, so I was able to splurge on some things that I liked (cotton candy grapes).

I went to a lot of stores this week, but most were close to each other:

Blue - Walmart

Red - Independent

Brown - Farm Boy

Black - Local Store

Green - Dollarama

Teal - Rexall

For the Americans, this would be: ($110 = $80, $100 = $72)

For me and my sister, this will last about a week and a half (two weeks). We eat quite a bit of vegetarian meals, and essentials like rice, flour, lentils and frozen veggies are typically occasional purchases rather than biweekly.

What is it like where you live?