How many times do you you buy groceries in a month

Groceries to buy - Groceries
India
December 8, 2009 11:04am CST
Hi friends . How many times do you people buy the groceries in a month. In our home we buy the rice at a time so that we get it for a period of 6 months. Dals and all we buy it every three months once and the other things like toilet items we buy it every month. Coffe powders we get it fresh very week. Wat about you frens how do you prefer to buy. share your views friends.
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27 responses
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
9 Dec 09
Hi deepa We buy 1 bag of rice which comes for 1 month. Pulses,toileteries, soaps, detergents and sanitarywares like phenyl etc we buy in the wholesale market which lasts for 3 months. Vegetables and fruits we buy from reliance fresh once in a week.
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@Baluyadav (3643)
• India
9 Dec 09
hi,friend,Are they maintaining fresh and quality vegetables in showroom..
• India
13 Dec 09
Hi Aunty, Thanks for your response. Even we buy 1 bag of rice which lasts for 3 months. pulses,toileteries, soaps and other things we buy it every month. Vegetables and fruits we buy it every day. Have a great day.
@Baluyadav (3643)
• India
8 Dec 09
hi,Deepa,we used to by all grocery items monthly...majority items including rice from super markets and few itens like soaps,pastes etc...from Milatery canteen.But in the case of pickels like Mango,riped chilli,amla,tomato..we used to prepare at a time in our house for entire year. Have a nice time.
• India
13 Dec 09
Hi Baluyadav, Thanks for your response. All kinds of pickles we prepare at home itself. Sometimes even we get groceries like soaps, pastes etc from military canteen. Rice and all kinds of dals we buy it at a time for 3-6 months. Have a great day.
• India
14 Dec 09
yes. They are maintaining fresh only. The old ones and the rotten ones, they are keeping separately for the disposal and not for sale
@SViswan (12051)
• India
16 Mar 10
I usually do the grocery shopping once a month. Vegetables and perishable goods I buy every week. I prefer it this way rather than longer periods.
• India
16 Mar 10
Hi Sviswan, Thanks for your response, We do buy groceries once in a month. Vegetables we will get it freshly 2 days once in order to sure sure its fresh. Fruits and Coffee powders we buy it once in a week. Thanks for sharing ur views. Have a great day
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
11 Dec 09
Hi deepa! We buy our grocieries every month, rather at the end of the month. We need to buy groceries once in every month, because it is difficult to store larger quantities and there is always danger of pulses etc. getting spoiled due to moisture or otherwise.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi deepak, Thanks for your response, Pulses and all we buy it 3 months once and stock them in the fridge so that nothing will happen if you store it for 3 - 4 months. Since we don't have any near buy groceries shop we buy them pulses once in 3 months and other items like toiletries once in a month. Have a great dat.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 09
I live on the edge of a coastal town. I buy groceries from five different supermarkets. I like to go shopping at the relatively new Waitrose twice a week. I go to Morissions once every two weeks. I go to Sainsburies once every two weeks. I go to Asda once every two weeks. I go to the co-op once a month. I can go shopping up to 12 times each month. I am vegan and I like to buy fresh fruit plus vegetables. I am a very fussy eater.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi maximax, Thanks for your response, I hope you are enjoying your groceries shopping so only you prefer shopping 12 times a month. have a great day.
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
26 Mar 10
Since we are being payed twice a month with my job i just cant afford to buy groceries once per month. I tend to buy stuff twice a month everytime we got payed.Yeah its a lil bit time consuming but what can we do? i mean i dont like using credit cards, because i will end up having lots od debts. ;)
• India
26 Mar 10
Hi setsuna, Thanks for your response, why so like that getting paid twice in your job. Any way so you enjoy your grocery shopping twice a week. Even i dont use credit cards as like you i will end up with debts. Have a great day
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
9 Dec 09
Hi deepa, Since the grocery store is near to our home, there is no question of any difficulty for shopping. So I prefer to get the items according to the necessity. I don’t have the habit of ordering in bulk since our family is small, if I purchase the same in bulk it may got damage later. Rice, I am buying it for 15 days and when finish the same I buy it again. So my grocery shopping may be countless in a month.
• India
25 Dec 09
Hi sreekala , Thanks for your response, Since the grocery store is near by to you feel to buy groceries according to your needs. The place place we stay is very interior and more over there is no shops near by so i prefer to buy them monthly once and other rice and pulses 3 months once. have a great day.
@mikeysmom (2088)
• United States
9 Dec 09
we have had to cut way down on our food shopping as a way to save money. i used to shop once per week faithfully but now i go maybe twice per month and it is usually a fill in shopping and not a large shopping like i used to do.
• India
25 Dec 09
Hi Mikeysomom Thanks for your response, Even i have cut down my shoppings to a maximum extent on some items, If i require them then i buy it or else i dont feel like spending money unnecessarily. Thanks for sharing your views. Have a great day.
@blablablu (221)
• Indonesia
9 Dec 09
Once a month. But it is not always like that. Maybe we are in need of more groceries for a party, then we will go to groceries store. But usually once a month to buy some snack, bathing kit, housing kit, cleaner, etc. We don't buy rice and other food stuff on groceries store, but we buy it in traditional market instead. So whenever we in need of such ingredients or stuff, we go to traditional market.
• India
25 Dec 09
Hi blablablu, Thanks for your response, Merry Christmas, It depends on each individual requirement and if their is any need to buy them. Toiletries and other snacks we buy it monthly once. have a great day.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
10 Dec 09
For my in-laws household they go to the grocery every sunday to buy stuff for a weeks time only. They would rather do that and track how much quantity do they use for a weeks time so they know at some point how much do they need for a month. So far they do it weekly just so they do not miss any important ingredients needed for the coming weeks. For rice though it is different. They buy a sack of rice from the mountains and once that gets finished they would need to buy a few kilos from a nearby market while they wait for the next shipment of a sack of mountain rice that is full of vitamins.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi sublime, Thanks for your response, Good idea, So we that we can know what quantity we require for a weeks time so that we can shop accordingly if we are shopping it every week. If helps us so that nothing will be left out to stock them for next week, we can shop again them freshly. have a great day.
• India
10 Dec 09
We too buy coffee powders twice a month. Rice is bought in bulk from wholesale that it lasts for five to six months. The other groceries we buy in instalments that we go for shopping three to four times a month. We also wait for offers during weekends in big supermarkets where you can save money. Happy mylotting.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi bewitched, Thanks for your response, We buy coffee powders 4 times in a month. Toiletries we buy it every month. In the place where we live we don't have any near by supermarkets. Near to my office we have a super market so sometimes when i require anything on my way back i shop there, For me there is no particular day to me to shop. Have a great day.
@nhagen (30)
• United States
9 Dec 09
Hi Deepa, In my household, we usually go grocery shopping every other week. We don't usually buy a lot at a time, but we like everything fresh. Paper products, such as toilet paper and paper towels, we buy every 3 months or so because it lasts forever in my house. It is just my husband and I and we don't go through a lot of food or paper products. Now our coffee is FRESH as we can get it. We love coffee and go through it pretty frequent...which allows for us to keep fresh coffee in the house.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi nhagen, Thanks for your response. Even i like the fresh fragrance of the coffee. So only we buy it every week. Usually i buy it on Saturday as i will be free on that day. Toiletries we buy buy it every month. Thanks for for views. have a great day.
• United States
11 Dec 09
probably three times. two or three.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi apple3 cranberry, Thanks for your response. Have a great day.
• Canada
9 Dec 09
I am single and without a car so I buy groceries almost weekly. Sometimes daily but I have discovered that this is not the most economic way to do things. So now what I am doing is making a list, with recipe and meal planning in mind and I shop biweekly. I already found that this has helped me cut down on convienience foods and my budget.
• India
27 Dec 09
Hi Lynkshadow, Thanks for your response. Good idea. Its better to always plan accordingly and make a list and buy it accordingly what we want. so by this we can always avoid unnecessary expense and so we can buy it within our budget. Thanks for sharing your views. have a great day.
@neelimaravi (1793)
• India
8 Dec 09
hi deepa, well, before i use to buy once in a month,, now a days everything became costly, so i though to buy 3months once, last time i bought my gorceries in metro. it quite better than normal provisional shop, what is the main thing is, in that store, we have to purchase above 1000 rs.. when i go ther for purchase groceries...i will purchase above 8000rs... for three months. it quite useful and save our money also.. thankyou, have a good day.
• India
13 Dec 09
Hi neelima, Thanks for your response. You are correct now a days the prices and becoming so costlier. Even use buy groceries sometimes at metro. But rice and all we dont buy in metro. soaps and other items like stationaries etc we buy them there. Have a great day.
@mawong79 (215)
• Malaysia
9 Dec 09
Well, I love to do shopping for household item and hypermarket is very near to my place. For fresh vegetables and fruit, I will buy in weekly. For pantry & toiletries item, I will buy when necessary, normally once a month.
• India
24 Dec 09
Hi mawong, Thanks for your response, I also love to shop for the household items. But near our place we don't have any super markets or hypermarkets. Even i buy the toiletries and pantry items monthly once. But fruits and vegetables i buy them 2 days once. Have a great day.
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
Hi there, I do the grocery in our household. I usually buy our groceries once a week. In a month, I was able to go on the grocery store for about three to four times.
• India
24 Dec 09
Hi krystalheart, Thanks for your response, It depends on each individuals how they prefer to buy. Few people don't like to stock them few stock them. But i usually them them once in a month. Have a great day.
@Yaminz (32)
• Malaysia
9 Dec 09
i buy my groceries quite couple of times in a month, mostly buy at supermarket n hypermarket...
• India
24 Dec 09
Hi yaminz, Thanks for your response, We don't have any supermarkets or hyper markets nearby to our home. But near to my workplace i have a supermarket so sometimes if i require any thing on my way back home i purchase them. Have a great day.
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
We buy groceries weekly or twice a week...
• India
13 Dec 09
Hi greyze, Thanks for your response. Good i think you enjoy groceries shopping weekly twice. Have a great day.
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
hi deepasubramani, we buy everyday food...everyday also to ensure freshness. toiletries and others is every month...in emergency cases we bought things at hand when needed it. cheers!!!~~bea~~
• India
25 Dec 09
Hi beabenitez, Thanks for your response. We also buy every day or 2 days once fruits and vegetable so that we get them freshly. I don't like these two to keep stock as the their will be know freshness we stock them weeks or days together. Have a great day. Merry Christmas.