Grocery prices went up

[mom-from-missouri]

I went to Aldi yesterday, and bought my usual every 6-8 week groceries --mostly canned goods by the case, drink mixes, frozen juices. and a few frozen items like chicken, salsbury steak. It was $40 higher than last time.

Price differences I noticed were:

ogurt -was .29 each now .43
frozen juice was .76 now .85
quick oats were .89 now 1.69

I plan to go through my receipt and see what I can cut out and where. It cost me $242.70 this trip. Normally it is between $195 and $200.

Still, all we will still be buying is milk, probably more cheeses, fruits and a few meats. So, I am still feeding us for around $250 a month. We do get most of our milk, cream and liquid dairy items from the local dairy-basically just to help support another local business and farmer.

[sweeps]

I'm shocked at how low milk is with everything else going up. $2.39/gal today.

[mom-from-missouri]

??? WOW. Our milk is now over $5 a gallon in the grocery store, but we normally get it at the dairy for $2.00 a 1/2 gallon.

[ThriftoRama]

I'm trying to reign in the food budget and boost our healthy eating by circumventing the grocery store whenever possible. We've started buying our eggs from a family that has chickens in their backyard (gourmet, organic and $1 a dozen!) and we signed up for a farm co-op to supply all of our veggies from may to October. And, we are getting ready to plant our tomato and pepper beds, which supplied us with about 50 pounds of veggies last year, which turned into enough pasta sauce to last until a few weeks ago.

It doesn't cover everything, but we do the best we can.