Ballooning expenses for daily essentials have finally started to stabilize at the grocery store and beyond.
However, staples like meat, eggs and dairy products are unlikely to fall back to previous prices.
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The USDAs budget recommends spending at least$129.30 per weekfor two adults to meet daily nutritional needs.
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It also requires that you have space and a stove to cook with toreduce food waste and save money.
Note that prices were current as of mid-June and compiled from online store directories for Walmart and Target.
Weve also allowed a small buffer to account for fluctuating food prices.
Plan Ahead
Meal planning can save time and money.
Caught in the weeknight takeout cycle?
Plan meals ahead and do prep on the weekends.
Skip the Delivery
Its convenient to get groceries delivered to your door, but itll cost you.
Instead, avoid delivery fees and stick to a moderate grocery budget by opting forcurbside pickup.
The more money you save on shopping for groceries, the more you have to spend on food.
Heres exactly how to get 84 meals for two out of your two-week $70 grocery budget plan.
Thats a cost of 83 cents per meal or $2.50 per day per person.
Keep in mind food assistance is widely available and can help supplement your grocery budget.
Here are some resources to help:
See if you qualify forfood stamps (SNAP program).
Find afood bank or community assistancenear you.
Kaz Weida is a senior staff writer at The Penny Hoarder covering saving money and budgeting.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…
