How often do you get Groceries?

United States
January 18, 2007 7:08pm CST
I've been trying to go shopping for food less because I end up spending less if I get it all at one time though. It is hard though because there are only two of us inthe house. If I get vegetables to last for a week they go bad before we eat them. We run out of things that we love and I still end up going back before I said I would. How often do you shop?
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@Reigns (126)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
I get my groceries every week
• United States
23 Jan 07
right now i go once a week because i'm a waitress so i don't make a whole lot. my boyfriend gets paid once a month and that's at the beginning of the month so we pay rent and things with that. when he starts earning commision next month then it will be much easier.
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
19 Jan 07
We go for gricery chopping once a week. Because if we go weekly we can eat little fresh vegetables.
@cowlady (270)
• United States
20 Jan 07
i work at an osco inside a jewel i go big time shopping once a week but pick up odds and ends every day
@babyhar (1335)
• Canada
20 Jan 07
We tend to go grocery shopping every two weeks. Every time we get paid we will get new groceries the next day or that weekend as well. The only thing is though.. We always end up getting flyers the week we don't get paid.. And then we end up seeing the good deals on things.. And end up spending more money then we actually should since.. We already had bought our groceries for all the meals we would be cooking for the next two weeks.. I mean for example recently all the grocery stores have been having dollar days here.. And we had just finished doing our grocery shopping last week & now there are better deals going on.. I dislike when this happens.. And it seems to always happen the week after that isn't close to pay day.. For example one of the main stores we buy our groceries just had dollar days on when we had gone shopping for our groceries.. And now this weekend another place we like to shop at has dollar days to.. It's funny how one place will have dollar days & then another place will shortly after.. But it's kind of nice there is dollar days going on as well because it's cheap to get the fruit we may like, or other items our hearts may desire.. Another thing I've noticed is..Often we seem to forget getting something.. And sometimes it is the very thing we had gone to the store for! haha.. Don't you hate when that happens?! . . I've noticed sometimes you can make a list for everything you may need for that pay day.. And then you overlook items by accident. All in all we try to stick to just buying everything all at once when we go grocery shopping.. But then like I had stated above.. We will end up getting the flyers the next weekend & see even better deals.. Over-all we don't spend all to much on groceries so that is good.. But I find we shop on a regular basis it seems..
• United States
20 Jan 07
I shop about once a week and then 1 time a month at Sams Club, we buy what we can in bulk at Sams. saves a little money I guess
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Once a week veggies and meats, once a month dry rations. Try to use a list and stick to it. If you go to purchase veggies, dont purchase anything else. Dont take the cart. Stick to the basket. veggies, you can wrap in newspapers seperately and put in the fridge. Do not wrap in celophane or polythene. Good luck
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
19 Jan 07
i go shopping once a week. Usually once a month It is a really big shopping trip but the other 3 weeks are just nessecities that we need.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
19 Jan 07
I like to do my main shopping once a fortnight but if there are daily things that I need like milk then I get that on the off fortnight to carry me through to the main shopping day. That way I spend less as there are only two in my home as well now. Oh my vegetables do not go bad they last about 8 days this is due to putting a lot of them in the refigerator or in a brown bag as this is what I was told will retain them and not make them go off.
• United States
19 Jan 07
It is crazy and I try so hard not to but I seem to end up at the grocerey store like twice a week. We seem to always be running out of something. It really kills our budget becaus ethen I end up getting more then that one thing I went for.
@ameenmaj (90)
• India
19 Jan 07
i get my groceries 2-3 times a week.
@Laesy777 (62)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Once a month for the meat, we buy a lot and put in a freezer. I usually have to run in for veggies at least every two maybe once a week depending on what I'm cooking.
@sproutz (260)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
We make bigger trips 2x a month and fill in when we needs to whenever we needs to.
• United States
19 Jan 07
i go to groceries once a week ...my husband comes for lunch ..so hardly we get the grcries for 1 week and mostly in the weekedns we go fro groceries
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
19 Jan 07
My wife buys groceries once in fortnight. If some items are exhausted, it is replenished in 10 minutes from nearby store.
• United States
19 Jan 07
I go grocery shopping every two weeks but I drive about 40 miles to get there as I live in a small town.It's cheaper to shop this way rather in town. We do have 2 grocery stores in town and I go there for things I forget or need in any given moment. I try to make things that will spoil first but it's not always successful.
• United States
19 Jan 07
I shop usually once per week and make a few smaller trips for bread & milk during the week. I sometimes stretch it till 2 weeks but I usually find I am really getting low on things and making a meal gets tricky. :)
@drashima (224)
• United States
19 Jan 07
i get my groceries about twice a week,that way the fresh produce doesnt rot.