My grocery bill is steadily climbing and I am not sure what to do. I make too much for SNAP. Any tips or tricks? It’s just me in my household, so would buying in bulk be worth it?
Edit: I want to thank everyone for their responses. I have a lot to think about.
Investing, assuming you have some spare room for storage.
I own 2x50 lb bags of rice, 25lbs of dry black beans, 40 lbs of pizza flour, 50lbs of masa flour, 100lbs of AP flour. Bulk pasta.
At those bag sizes, the cost per serving is tiny.
Rebag all the flours, freeze the individual bags, then store them in Beren’s cans. I fit most of that in 2 cans.
Buy and freeze protein when it’s on sale.
Learn how to make pancake/waffle mix, pizza crust. bread, chicken breading.
Shop for perishables at Aldi or Lidl, Walmart if need be.
You save so much on non-perisable bulk that you can start out with one or two things and slowly grow you pantry to the point there you can afford to bulk buy easily, but you must save for it and reinvest.