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.
CSA is great and ethical consumption, and I am thinking about getting one from my local community farm. The only obstacle is that I need to drive there and that is annoying.
That being said, from my personal experience, CSA will be more expensive than big box stores.
Probably, yeah, and I don’t want to minimize that. However, chances are also that the food is either more unique (heirloom varieties that taste better but either don’t travel well or “looked ugly”), or it’s fresher and will last longer (because they’re not being sent to a sort-and-pack facility, put in a warehouse, sent to a regional warehouse, a local warehouse, and then the back of a store).
I also like that it forces me to eat more vegetables than I would in my ‘normal’ diet.