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Old 02-04-2008, 09:04 PM
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We eat 95% organic and our monthly grocery bill is about $100 more than before. The trick is to regularly shop at several stores, watch for sales, and buy enough for the whole month.
Ex: Our primary stores are Trader Joes and Whole Foods. I go to Trader Joes about once a month and purchase 4 packages of wild caught salmon, 4 packages of wild caught white fish, like orange raoughy, or cod, or tilapia. So I buy 8 packages of fish, because we eat fish twice a week, one day salmon, another day one of the white fish. I also buy frozen chicken breasts, organic flour, sugar, maple syrup, oatmeal & cerials, all natural chicken nuggets, all natural oreo cookies, organic choc. syrup, etc. I buy everything that we'll need for the month.
Than I go to Whole foods, and buy byson meat ( great for burgets, meatloaves, meat pasta sauces ) pork meats, beef meats, etc., and I watch the sales. So again, I buy enough to have for the whole month. It's easy to cook at home whan you already have it in the freezer.
At Target I find the cheapest organic dairy products, buying enough for couple of weeks, as well as our all natural bread, enough for the whole month, which I freeze.
Organic fruits and vegetables are cheepest at a fruit market around the corner from us. We go there about 7-10 days.
You have to be organized and to keep a list of product prices from diferent stores, thats how you'll know if its a good deal.

Last edited by flavor : 02-27-2008 at 08:35 PM.
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