$300 ONE MONTH GROCERY HAUL | FEEDING A FAMILY OF 6 FOR $75/WEEK
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- I've been documenting my grocery hauls for all of 2022 and so far I am averaging $399 a month for my family of 6. Will I continue with this low budget for the rest of 2022? Will I blow the grocery budget during the holiday? Subscribe to find out!
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It's a little too late to share this frugal tip, but on a particularly tight year I spent $5 at the Dollar Tree (yes, when it was still just a $1). I bought 3 bags of Tootsie Roll pops, a box of white tissue and some thin black ribbon. I had a black marker at home already. I made ghosts, tying a tissue around the lollipop with the black ribbon and dotting two eyes with a black marker. I spent the evening at my sisters (I lived in an older neighborhood that did not have a lot of kids) so that my two young boys could enjoy trick or treating with their cousins. My sister likes to go all out. All chocolate. Reeses, Hersheys, Kit Kats, the works. Half way through the night all the kids knocking kept asking if, "this was the house with the ghost lollipops?" I've never seen my sister so upset with me. 🤣
What a fun idea!! Thanks for sharing 💜
Looove this story on so many levels 👻 I love a bit of sibling rivalry 😆
@@Charlotte-bc7vj she usually wins so I'll take it where I can get it. 🙃
@@yvonnepalmquist8676 😂💕
Love it! Would be fun for kids to make too!
By the way I love the monthly recap hauls! We spent $300 this month and all we bought were fresh fruits and veg and a couple of bread products. I had knee replacement so my husband did all the shopping for the first time in our marriage of 7 years. His comment: “they’re trying to kill us with these prices! I see why you insisted on building a pantry.”
"You are an eleven." 😃
These monthly grocery shopping tallies are my favorite.
What a relief to know in advance you will be touching all the things. Now I can watch in peace.
Out of onions for a week ? 😱I feel like I don't know how to cook anything for dinner without onions 😆🧅
I'm like that with garlic powder and onion powder, 😆
Just bought another 10lb bag of onions (for 1.99) so I don't run out for a while I try to stock up when I can But I don't think I am as frugal as I used to be
Me too! Everything starts with onions
Every meal begins with cutting up an onion
SAME! Onions and garlic are a must!
I am trying so hard to cut our grocery budget. Succeeding but I just have to keep telling myself “Christine says you have food at home” 😂 and it is ok to be without things for a time
🤣 I need to start telling myself that!
Been saying that to myself and family a lot more these days or "you don't need it, use what you have at home"
Might start using that one! 🤣 I try to tell myself when I see reduced stuff I don't need that a 40% saving is great but not buying it at all is a 100% saving which is better
@@clusterbungle same!
We store our butternut squash all winter in the garage against the inside wall
Is anyone else obsessed with Christines hair right now? Best style thus far I reckon! You’re killing it lady! Love from Aus xx
she’s got extensions. not sure why it’s a big secret, i’ve been shadowblocked for asking her about it. i thought they looked good too but obviously it’s a taboo topic. so weird. i’m in australia too 😁
Hi hope you are fine
I did my very first monthly grocery shopping haul. We are trying to stay under $400 for our family of 5 this month. I spent about $350 in the big haul with the other $50 going towards produce as the month goes on. Thanks for all your suggestions!! I've learned a ton from you over the last few years. ❤️
How exciting! Good luck with your budget!
No wonder my local grocery store hasn't had frozen corn for months - Christine has been buying it all!
Nevermind that I don't live in the same state, nor the same country 😂🤣
😂😂😂
I LOVE fruits and veggies and herbs from the garden!! Lemons fresh from the tree taste SO MUCH BETTER than lemons from the store.
I’m jealous of ALLLLLL the butternut squash. 😋
I’ve been watching for years and haven’t commented but can I just tell you how much I live for your pop culture references - because this is literally how I communicate in my life lol 75% of how I communicate is quotes from shows, movies, commercials…song lyrics lol 🤣🤣 I just love all of them.
Cleaned out and organized my upstairs freezer on Saturday. Made my weekly food plan from what was in there: slow cooker bolognese, sausage and pierogies, chicken stir fry, breakfast for dinner, soup and sandwiches and leftovers. Made tomato sauce from the tomatoes that were thrown in there from the garden this summer, used up.some bananas in baked oatmeal muffins.Will use up quite a bit of what was hidden.
Nothing more better than a good content to get you back in shape 😅nice video ...
Fair enough..it wouldn't be bad to get some extra cash this period
It is so satisfying when you clear out your freezer! I always love seeing you do it. I so need to work through mine but I keep finding awesome deals
I am having the same struggle, too many great deals to get the freezer cleaned out.
Try putting Butternut squash in a dark place (unfinished basement or something like that, which is cold even in hot seasons)
Butternut squash is an amazing crop to grow- you could plant 1 seed and get as many as 4-6 squah off of 1 vine.
This is my favorite video each month! I love seeing how frugal you can be. It's inspiring!
Yay! Thank you!
I’m in absolute shock…we spend over $1200 a month for our family of 4 in Vancouver 🇨🇦 and I’m watching how much we spend. Sample prices for Costco here: 1 gallon of milk is $4.99, frozen chicken is $47.99 for 4kg, eggs are $8.49 for 2.5 dozen, $8.49/3 loaves of ancient grain bread, $13.49 for Kirkland frozen blueberries ; prices are rising every week…I do take inspiration from you so thank you for that!!
Ouch!
It'd pretty expensive in Toronto as well. I feel like US has a lot more shopping options.
@@vinthiya I agree for sure!
@@TDAEON yup 😒
@@ddcjenn I am beginning to wonder what Costco does with all the Canadian returns. I haven't seen anything like this around. Also coupons, we hardly have them. It's only price matching flyers.
You continue to inspire and teach me! Thank you. You are the queen! And “The Parent Tax” had me dying! 😂🤣
I ran out of butter and had to spend $4 for one pound so I'm a bit cranky today. If condiments were food I wouldn't have to go to the store until January. These grocery prices have sucked the joy out of shopping.
We pay $7 for a 500gm of butter 🧈 🙄💐
A lb of butter is costing about the same as a gallon of gas!
Awesome produce!!!! Wish my neighbors had gardens. On that note, wish I did too! If only it wasn’t so much work.
I love your videos. I am so impressed with your neighbors garden. I garden but not at that scale. Amazing that you benefit to that extent. I know you grow tomatoes. Can you share a peak at your garden next summer since it is part of your food haul. Thanks for all your great ideas.
Whats not to love about your videos, so informative, I have learned a lot from watching you. Thank you for all your ideas!!
Four hundred dollars a month is outstanding for a family that large! Good use of money! We are trying now to just buy what is on sale at a good price, and a few staples.
I do not buy organic items, unless something just happens to be. But, I have been buying the organic 2% milk from Walmart for a long while now. We used to have to throw milk out because it would go bad, but the organic variety lasts a LOT longer once opened. And unopened the date is months away. It is more expensive yes, but when we don't waste and throw it out, in the long run it is much cheaper. The quality of the organic milk is actually noticeable too. Well worth it for our family.
I buy the Welch's Fruit Snacks from Sams to give out for Halloween. Here in Fort Worth it runs $13.94 for 90 count.
Hi 👋 contributions for the handy tips : the day after a holiday such as Easter,Halloween, Christmas all our supermarkets put their chocolates on sale up to 75% off so I go and buy it and bring home and freeze it and use it in my baking of cookies ect. Great savings 👌 😉
Hope you are fine
Hi Christine 👋
Holy moly asparagus is 9.99 here in garbage Canada now
Moving to the United States next year! Super happy we found our forever house we bought and his job moved him to Texas finally get to leave here. Love your content fellow Christine xo
Awesome! Amazing Video with great content. Also your hair looks amazing!
I loooooove this format (the whole month of hauls in one go)!! Congrats on coming in under $400/month!! Look out Turkey Day!!
I just love your grocery budget, haul, and freezer / pantry cleanout meal idea videos!! Your channel has been life changing for me and my family...we are plant-based, and so many of your ideas are adaptable to our needs. Btw, I love, love, love your hair style in this video! So pretty 💜
This is the first year I spent money on candy because we participated in a trunk or treat. We have a lot of family birthdays in September/ October, so we just save candy from treat bags and pinatas and give that out. I know it's so cheap, but it works for us.
I am so happy with your videos!!! Keep it up! 😍
These monthly grocery recaps make me so happy.
I love that you’re documenting how much you’re spending on groceries. I think it’s probably helping to keep those haters at bay. Lol
We spend very little money on candy for Halloween. We live in a small neighborhood with only 25 houses. I like to call it an enclave. 😂 There are fewer than 10 children in our neighborhood. I usually just make up little bags for each kid. Also, the city center of the town that I live in, which is a 5 minute walk from our house, has a huge Halloween gathering every year. So most families go to that!🎃
I've been loving this series! I hope you continue this next year also! I love trying to stay on budget with groceries and I love going to discount stores when I can. We've been averaging 400 a month with our family of 4 plus extra kids I babysit
We don't celebrate Halloween so we spend nothing, BUT we go the day after Halloween when the candy is 50%-75% off, coupons in hand to boot, and buy a stash of candy for Christmas stockings. It's become a tradition to have skeleton and eyeball candy on Christmas. Good times!
Loving the hair!🔥
Love these hauls! The "bad milk" issue - that's a regular issue with my Walmarts. I never buy milk from any of my local Walmarts. Always goes bad well before the exp dates.
Ultra pasteurized almond milk lasts a couple months
I will only buy Central Dairy brand milk at Walmart, but the store brand from Gerbes seems to last well.
@@hannahheartsedward I love Central Dairy Ice Cream!! :)
FREEZE the milk...
@@andielliott7721 doesn't work for us... the taste is off. Everytime I froze milk..
omg all that garden produce! 😍 you are so lucky!
Hi Lauren how are you??
Your hair is looking absolutely GORGEOUS in this video 😊
Peach IS the best flavor!🥰
I live in Canada so your groceries hauls really don't help me. I just watch because you are so entertaining Christine. Love your channel!!!
Thank you so much!
Canadian here too😊🇨🇦. I tried Christine's tip and tried to Google the nearest bread outlet store and it was 700 km away in Spokane WA 😅
I used to watch her but I find her exhausting a little over the top for me.
@@pathartwig4439 Seems like you still watch her. Or did you just come here just to comment that you don't watch her?
This is so impressive! I've been looking for honey for months and I refuse to pay a fortune for it! Super happy for you!
My Walmart sells a jug of honey for $14. Super good. I also buy my regional honey, but the 2 jugs are in my long term pantry.
i work at the Albertsons in Rexburg and i know it’s annoying but if the milk is bad you can always return it, no questions asked. I agree the milk has been gross for awhile so I normally drink oat or almond because it lasts much longer but yeah if anything is ever gross or you just do the like it then you can definitely bring it back!
I wish the discount store was better in my area! I only spent $175 on groceries this month for my family of three. We had so many good sales on food and I had some awesome clearance finds.
I just recently bought a can of hearts of palm "lasagna" pasta. It was on clearance so my curiosity got the best of me. I like hearts of palm and have made faux crab cakes with a can of them (I used my normal Maryland crab cake recipe and just substituted roughly chopped hearts of palm. It was delicious 😋
Very interesting video, as always! Always like when your videos pop up!
Here we don’t spend anything on Halloween candies because we’re christian, so no Halloween celebration ☺️
Same with us!💛
Our church does an alternative with a Fall Fun Fest, open to the public, free candy and game booths, Frito pies, nachos, and cotton candy. We hand out Bibles/tracts/etc., it's been a great outreach to the neighborhood around us.
About the organic milk, your lovely family might not go back to regular milk. I went out to "sprout " for their less expensive eggs, since then have been trying to go back to any eggs. The yokes are not as delicious, they are a tad orange, so probably more nutritious.
May not because your babies are not spoiled like mine are.
For those of you who are having the spoiled milk issue and with the price of milk, yikes! Learn to make your own milk with oats. Oats are still relatively affordable so stick up now before they go through the roof. Buy organic oats if you can because if they’re not organic, they’ve been sprayed with chemicals right before harvest to dry them out
I always love your videos Christine!🙂 We have the same issue in my small town, local store with not only milk but other food as well going bad before the expiration date! Also the "sale" price of eggs locally is $5.99 a dozen regular price $7.99 Thank goodness for a family member that has chickens 🐔
This is a great video! would you consider doing a budgeting video with the topic being on paper goods/toiletries? That's whats been my biggest challenge when budgeting; granted I do have two in diapers still😅
Your hair looks fabulous
I love the funny inserts you add to your videos so funny. 🥰
My AIM screenname circa 2002 was PeachYogurt! Needless to say, I agree with you that peach is the best flavor yogurt!
I love all your amazing finds. The "grocery store milk" is mostly water. I buy milk at Braum's here in Texas and it will last long past the expiration date. So glad I live in the country. Houses to far apart. Our local antique car club along with a lot of other organizations are have a Trick in the Trunk in the grocery store parking lot. Snow! you have got to be kidding.
73 her yesterday. Have a spooky night.
What store is this, and why don't I have one where I live? I'd totally buy expired food at a discount. I'll do almost anything to keep good food from being thrown away.
OMG I'm so glad I heard you bring up bad milk issue thats wide spread...We've had the same issue for quite awhile too, doesnt matter the store, the brand, or expiry date - we seem to get at least one bad one every time we buy
I’ve seen this on other channels too.
@@lisamartin3346 Kroger guarantees their milk for 10 days past the sell by date.
@@timestax Thanks. I don’t often buy it but other UA-camrs have complained of bad milk esp from Walmart. 🤷♀️
I'm seeing shorter expiration dates, and the milk goes bad before the dates (sell by dates). Same problem with the half and half. I'm in PA.
We do not usually get our milk from Walmart, but do buy from other local and chain stores.
Excited for another video. Your hauls give me ideas on how to save money and stock up our home
Love these videos. Such a great challenge. Open freezer and meal plan. We all need to use up stuff before it goes bad.
Please everyone check your Halloween candy. Fentinyl has been found in candy packages at airports. Please Please double and triple check. Toss if unsure. But the rainbow Fentinyl looks like candy. It is highly lethal.
Are you in Florida? I have seen this on our news channel for the last 2 days
Hi Rachel how are you?
I really enjoy seeing what you do with your freezer stash......creating meal plans with what I already have is my goal right now! Love the hair btw.
I like your hair! Super flattering
Oh thank you!
My neighborhood is the go-to for trick-or-treaters too!! 370 kids this year. We give GOOD candy and the word is out! We did Sam's this year for our Halloween candy. Candy, bags, stickers, and temp tattoos...$120.00 we got away cheap this year!
1.) I spend zero on Halloween candy. We don’t get trick or treaters
2.) I’m in OH and have had the same souring problem with milk in Meijer & Kroger during August and September. Seems to be better lately.
3.) don’t knock tootsie rolls (that’s what I always collect as a parent tax- I love ‘em!😊)
The Special K and Honey Bunches of oats goes on sale at Sams twice a year. Last time we got it $4.98 for the honey bunch of oats and, $5.98 for special K strawberry my hubby favorite. Also when they do the instant savings sometimes th week before its actually the same price as the instant savings. They raise the prices up that day to look like your saving. I know casue I use to work there. ❤️ Congrats on your finds
We spent $160+ on Halloween candy. We buy full size candy bars. I love being thatttt house.
We wrapped some birthday gifts for my daughter yesterday and my husband asked me "was this wrapping paper on sale?" Something I brag about now that I've gotten on the frugal fit mom train. He was right. It was. Lol
OMG - the Milk!!!! Yes! I thought maybe it was a regional thing or even Indiana thing. It is sooo bad and frustrating! Thank you for talking about it.
same here in WV
We spent $45 on Halloween candy. It’s our first year living in an area where there’s lots of trick or treaters. Neighbours say we average 150 kids. So I got 380 pieces of candy so my kids and husband can enjoy some too.
Update us on how many kids you get tonight
I loved tootsie rolls just hated the houses that gave Smarties and grandma candy
I wish we had a store like that here🥺
We have easily spent 1K$ on candy this year! BUT we do trick or treating alllllll month long every single night. And we do non-food bags which cost a lot to get really good stuff to put in them. Totally worth it though! LOVE HALLOMONTH!!!!!
That is something your neighborhood does?
Oh wow. Where is this?
@@DaniElle-di4ho No just our home. We go all out and everyone comes to see the decorations!
Nice job. Thanks for the Garfield high lights. Happy Halloween.
So what is the discount store called that you bought all the discounted Costco items at? Wondering if there is something similar here in North Western Virginia. Love your channel
I was wondering that too
Do you have a sharp shopper nearby? Those are in VA. While not Costco stuff, pretty awesome.
@@cnk2hoo we do the closest to me is 36miles away. Might be worth a Saturday drive to check it out for sure. Thank you
Could you test a plant milk machine and make e.g. homemade oat milk? It may save a ton of packages and money if it's good. I thought of getting one but I am not sure.
The milk may go bad because it wasn't pasteurised properly. 😕
You have an amazing neighbour.
I worked in the grocery business for 15 years. If at anytime milk becomes room temperature, for every hour it stays like this, it looses a day of shelf life. This can happen many times before you ever get it.
We don’t do Halloween so the only candy I bought stayed here with us 😆 Also I find it interesting you spend so little on groceries but have so much junk food piled up there from the first haul, it’s just the 2 of us and we barely buy junk food and we spend more than you do on 6 people. Interesting!!! Also hope your friend who thinks you aren’t giving your kids enough junk food watched this one 😆😆😆😆
Hi Diana how are you?
I have to say ur hair looks awesome ❤
I'm from South Louisiana also.
Yes!!!!! I'm in the UK and I've noticed the last few large milk I've purchased curdled very quickly
NORM!!! Turd Ferguson!!! love you more now!
I never know how much Halloween candy to get. Some years we are slammed and I don't have enough. Other years we barely get anyone. I bought the 5.5 pound bag of non-chocolate candy from Costco ($15) and still have most left. So I will be pawning it off on my students and my kids sports teams soon.
Loving the longer hair look on you 😊 although, your hair is always really pretty!
Thank you so much
Agreed very pretty
I know you're allergic to bananas but....I peel my bananas and break them in half and freeze them in plastic baggies or a freezer safe dish and they thaw so much easier or I can pop them in smoothies.
Your discount grocery haul videos are my favorite!!!
Yay! Thank you!
Hi Jenny how are you?
last year 2023 we spent $120 on candy for Halloween and we ran out of candy!!! our neighborhood is the place to go trick or treating!!!
Yes, I’ve been getting organic milk since before summer because the “regular” milk was going bad so fast and I felt like I was wasting money!
I make my own oat milk from my pantry stock of oats. I’ve saved a ton!
I purchase for my 83 year old grandmother and she is not for that oakmilk life! 🤣
Same here...totally blew my mine that her walmart had it in gallons though. Mine only has the half gallons.
love
I spent $90 on Halloween candy this year! We usually get 25 to 30 kids. 😂 I get full size or king size bars though.
I want to trick or treat at your house!🎃
And what is your address? 😂😂
@@debimorsette1685 😂🤣😂
$90 for 30 kids??!! $3 per kid… lucky you have a small neighborhood!
Nice! I did $150 for a house of two. (My other half and I) and we got ALL organic products for the entire month. Stomach sensitive couple here, it was a awesome haul! Coupons!
What makes a difference in your stomach for organic? I have a super sensitive stomach and just wash all my stuff and I'm fine.
@@hannahkayee831 I mentioned organic products because they cost more. So to get as much as I did, for $150 was awesome. Good for you and your stomach though.
We help my parents pass out candy at their house, and we go through about $200 between us. They literally have a line up the sidewalk for 3 hours every Halloween, and we run out every year well before the kids are done. It's a bit overwhelming, but I can't blame parents for wanting to drive to a well lit, safe neighborhood, and we enjoy seeing all the creative costumes.
The only request I would make to parents visiting busy trick or treating neighborhoods, is to please park your cars and walk your kids around. It's very dangerous to the children, for to people drive in packed streets. A car almost backed into my cousin's 3 year old. She literally had to yank her out of the way by one arm, and the car missed her by inches. I'll never forget the feeling of panic we had. Please be safe out there, and have fun.
I guess I am over generous. I could NEVER just but those three bags of candy for an expected 300 kids. I would buy at least twice that. What do you do? Give each kid one bite size candy? I also for went that kind of treat. I last did rice krispy treats and cookie pkgs (2 cookies ea). However since Covid started we don’t get kids now. I sat outside last year with 120 krispy treats and 120 cookie pkgs for two hours and gave fistfuls to the dozen kids I had. We are both diabetic and the leftovers nearly killed us. I sent a LOT to work with hubs, but his dept is only 6 people so that wasn’t much help. We finished the cookies after the new year. The krispys went to work, the nieces and nephews Christmas boxes, and the neighbors doorsteps.
Hi Nancy how are you?
My meat prices are what cost me so much. And since you essentially didn’t buy any meat(since you used your stash) I’d be curious to know how much you would have spent with the meat included. Great discount halls!
Bread has gotten SO PRICEY! We have a bread outlet just down the road from us amd we have started getting bread there exclusively.
I have been canning a lot of meat from my freezer. Just in time for deer hunting season. Husband will be filling up the freezer again.
With the way things are going, we need to keep prepping!
The Joe-flation is so real 😭😭😭😭🙏🏻 Groceries are insane right now, it’s so devastating
Hope you are fine