I go to Walmart (close by) in the mornings about 7 and buy the newly marked down bread and meats. I freeze both and save 20-40% that way.
I cook everything from scratch. DH and I make a serving for 4 really be for 4, 2 meals for us.
We eat oatmeal or grits for breakfast. I also shop the local bent n dent store for big savings.
I make a cake once a week for our snack food. Sometimes a pie.
I shop the Dollar Tree or Walmart or Dollar Store clearance for all my consumables, shampoo, soap etc. I use shampoo for body wash, shampoo, and liquid hand soap. I buy the moisturizing kinds.
I think we spend about $1 each for breakfast, $3 each for lunch, and $2 for supper. So we are averaging $12 a day x 30 days or $360 a month. Wow! that's more than I thought...hmm
that really is true to our spending though. We have fruit 2 or 3 times a day.
We drink a gallon of milk a week, here it is $4 a gallon.