Saving money on food

[Anonymous No.53239319]

What’s the best way to save money on food?
Inflation is kicking my ass. Food is getting a luxury. Soup is a good money saver I think is there anything else

[Anonymous No.53239336]

>>53239319
call food manufacturers and complain until you get free shit. call out their social media accounts for extra visibility. steal intelligently and in moderation from grocery stores. apply for SNAP/EBT gibs, worst they can do is deny you. hit up food banks.

[Jealous No.53239349]

>>53239319
>What’s the best way to save money on food?
Buy ingredients and cook things but don't throw 90% of it away due to poisoner jews.

[Anonymous No.53239404]

>>53239319
Rice, salt, pepper, butter and rice.

[Anonymous No.53239459]

>>53239319
how important is protein bros? im 6'2" 220 so i can stand to lose a few lbs. am i gonna fuck myself eating low protein cuz its cheaper? really tryin to acoomulate this bear market.

[Anonymous No.53239507]

>>53239459
Carbohydrate puts weight on you, not protein. Cut out bread, potatoes, pasta, sugar etc

[Anonymous No.53239566]

>>53239319
If you get a rotisserie chicken, you can use the bones and skin to make a fatty broth yourself. Leftover meat, veg, and spices give you a fat better soup than what is in the can and bigger portions too.

[Anonymous No.53239586]

>>53239507
>muh protein
yeah it's 2023, we run on sugar here babe

[Anonymous No.53239617]

>>53239319
I just learned how to code and got a 95k WFH job, haven't worried about food costs since

[Anonymous No.53239652]

>>53239319
Who the fuck spends money on food? Just dumpster dive and get it for free.

>It's disgusting and it's been in the bin.
Blow the dirt off the packaging and it's good for human consumption
>I might get sick.
You won't die from eating food that's just been discarded on the day. If you die then it's natural selection and it's confirmed you're an unevolved monkey.
>People might judge me.
Stop being a pussy and start having a mindset of not giving a fuck what people thinks.
>I might get caught and arrested.
All the more reason you should dumpster dive. If you get caught then you get a roof over your head and most importantly, you get fed.a

[Anonymous No.53239663]

>>53239319
>Get a door dash job
>Take a bite of everyone's food, and spit in it
>profit

[Anonymous No.53240533]

>>53239404
>butter
Have you bought butter lately?

[Anonymous No.53240616]

>>53239319
Get a part time job where you can eat for free or steal food. Go to food pantry for the poor, free groceries to supplement what you buy.

[Anonymous No.53242111]

>>53240616
It’s good advice. If I get a part time gig delivering groceries I could steal some. It’s not like those big supermarket chains could notice it anyway.

[Anonymous No.53242152]

>>53239319
I buy alot of beans and chili and stuff like that. not overly expensive tho avoid the really cheap stuff due to shit aftertaste and taste. tons of stuff is massively overpriced now

[Anonymous No.53242160]

>>53239319
convenience store dumpsters where they throw out stuff past the sell-by date. sell-by or best-by isn't an expiration date and you may be able to score cheapies. last month my work threw out 15 lbs of chocolate candy one day which I just donated to the local mission

[Anonymous No.53242207]

I steal like 80% of my food. I used to have fancy strats and shit but now I just put it in my pockets when in a quiet corner.
I have big pockets so I can put decently big stuff inside. I just pay the big and cheap stuff like vegetables and rice.

Last weekend I had very expensive beef and organic salmon for free. Shit was CASH.

[Anonymous No.53242251]

>>53242160
This this this this this this this this. This trash raccoon is speaking the truth. Shops WANT to give the food away but can't because of health and safety. They don't do it in fear that someone might get ill and will sue the living shit out of the company. Embrace your inner self and become the trash raccoon you are born to be.

[Anonymous No.53242336]

>>53242251
Become the trash raccoon you were born to be*

Sorry, I've been consuming sell-by date food.

[Anonymous No.53242405]

>>53239459
Try vegetable alternatives such as peas or bens.

[Anonymous No.53242445]

>>53242160
a lot of places near me have locked their dumpsters

[Anonymous No.53242472]

>>53242445
>He needs permission to dive into dumpsters.

[Anonymous No.53242508]

>>53242472
i can't even afford food and you think i can afford a bolt cutter?

[Anonymous No.53242543]

>>53239566
You can make broth out of all sorts of things like hambones and whatever and combine this with obtaining the food in more eclectic ways. Beans, rice, pasta are all good as they can absorb the broth and nutrients and stretch a meal out further. Look up stuff like “Hoover Stew” from the Great Depression. Sure you can go take food but you have to use it right too.

[Anonymous No.53242632]

>>53242508
The problem isn't affording it, it's that cutting a lock escalates it from dumpster diving to destruction of property, if not even breaking and entering.

[Anonymous No.53242666]

>>53242445
I dress all in black and break into dumpsters late at night

[Anonymous No.53242708]

Call up McDs and say they fucked up your order earlier today. Make up a whole sob story and make them listen to your bullshit. You're moving and didn't have time to cook so you took the whole family and all the kids through the drive through but you must've got the wrong order because it's wasn't at all what you ordered and you didn't find out until you got home and didn't have time to go back and so no one got to eat hardly anything because it wasn't enough food and not what anyone wanted. If they ask about a receipt or whatever just below your lid that you shouldn't have to even deal with this and start screaming. Tell them you're on your way to pick up the following list of stuff and order like $100 worth. Rotate through a different fast food place every day.
I knew someone who actually did this for years.

[Anonymous No.53242779]

>>53242708
I could hear the niggress screeching just from your description.

[Anonymous No.53242782]

>>53239319
Stealing it

[Anonymous No.53242822]

>>53242666
>I dress all in black
you don't need to dress in black. just don't smile.

[Anonymous No.53242860]

>want to eat rice beans and salsa everyday but don't want to be farty at work

[Anonymous No.53242875]

>>53242445
There's youtube vids that teach you how to effortlessly hack any padlock. I doubt there's burglar alarm sensors on dumpster lids lol

[Anonymous No.53243178]

>>53242860
There’s bean-x and similar. Instead, add in good spices and herbs, add in diced/minced onion and garlic, stuff that is relatively cheap and good for you and your immune system and other benefits.

[Anonymous No.53243223]

>>53239319
Spaghetti.

[Anonymous No.53243237]

Just eat ze bugs and live in a pod goy. You're clearly living above your means if you expect to eat animal meat.

[Anonymous No.53243246]

>>53239404
Why did you say rice twice?

[Anonymous No.53243266]

>>53239566
I've been on 4chin too long. At first glance I saw "roastie".

[Anonymous No.53243267]

>>53243178
Thanks bro I'm a beaner now

[Anonymous No.53243271]

>>53242666
hey thats my dumpster!

[Anonymous No.53243311]

>>53239663
Get an Ubereats job and do it late at night. Tons of completely wrong addresses and customers who won't bother to answer your texts. Free meals every night. 5000 DD deliveries, and that's not happened once. 4000 UE deliveries and it happens multiple times a week.

[Anonymous No.53243424]

>>53243267
>>53243266
I eat a lot of budget food. The chicken can be found at costco for example and often can compete with frozen chicken for what you get. A lot of dried herbs and spices and salt can be bought cheaply though the fresh herbs are a lot more potent and tastier, give and take. Having a large selection of them makes the rice, beans, chicken, veg taste very different between different meals so you don’t get sick of eating the same thing every meal as well as giving you different vitamins and minerals you need.

[Anonymous No.53243440]

>>53239319
Time to start raiding your neighbors for supplies.

[Anonymous No.53243465]

My dad used to buy chicken gizzards at Walmart for $1 when he was in his 20's

[Anonymous No.53243572]

>Breakfast:
Porridge with berries and nuts
Make your own orange juice from fresh.
>Lunch:
Rye bread with spreads
>Dinner:
Pasta
Do the tomato sauce or spinach sauce from fresh tomatoes or spinach yourself
You can make it with beef, tuna etc up to you

>Weekends
Make batches of chicken or beef stock or broth to make soups with during the week

>Supplements
Highest quality vitamin D3 and K2 tablets.

[Anonymous No.53243771]

>>53239319
the secret ingredient ........... is crime

[Anonymous No.53243792]

beans rice and chicken, some trail mix and maybe some breakfast bars and eggs, should be good to go, add in any seasonings of your choice

[Anonymous No.53243824]

Figure out when your supermarket discounts the things that are about to expire, take those.
It keeps your diet diverse, buy more to freeze at home.
Even better if they just throw them away, you can collect them for free.
This trick also works on markets, just go close to closing time or even past closing time, you'll get great discounts.
You'll have to be creative in the kitchen, but that again is a useful skill, and not being picky helps.

[Anonymous No.53245336]

>>53243266
Enjoying another /biz/ food thread again, sergey?

[Anonymous No.53245560]

This poverty meal is tasty and nutritious.

[Anonymous No.53245566]

This was my lunch yesterday. Also delicious, filling, and cheap!

[Anonymous No.53245578]

>>53245566
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.53245698]

Bulk buy lentils, rice, beans

[Anonymous No.53245701]

>$4/serving

[Anonymous No.53245726]

>>53245701
>Thinking about dos frijoles

[Anonymous No.53245772]

>>53245726
Wtf are you trying to say gringo?

[Anonymous No.53246124]

>>53245772
Es El maymay tu dip

[Anonymous No.53246169]

>>53240533
stop being poor

[Anonymous No.53246230]

>>53243246
Twice the rice is twice as nice

[Anonymous No.53246294]

>>53239586
Kek

[Anonymous No.53247242]

>>53239349
>>53239349
This. Cook and make portions sized so that you eat all the food you make. Better to have more to make more food than waste any. Also, your mind needs 20 mins to register you're full. Wait 30 mins before 2nds, you're probably not still hungry.

[Anonymous No.53247319]

Chicken breasts are $3 per lb at my local grocery. What shitholes do you guys live in where food is that expensive?

[Anonymous No.53247680]

>>53239586
Based sugar consoomer

[Anonymous No.53247737]

>>53247319
Dunno bro maybe they're just retarded I just bought chicken breasts for $4/lb funny that you mention it. Dinner for 3 days ez

[Anonymous No.53247836]

>>53239319
make own sourdough
get free/cheap organ meats from farms
make pate or heart stew
have brother who works at a farm and can give you fancy meats for free

>>53239566
based animal user. i have several gallons of beef+turkey broth frozen, and about 3 big-ass cow bones, each of which can make 3 gallons of broth

>>53240533
yes the 2lb amish logs are still like $8-10 each

[Anonymous No.53247928]

>>53239319

Ignore the plebs and ditch cereals/seed oils and eat things you can digest well:

Meat, butter, and certain soft veggies.

Ground beef is by far the cheapest food in a supermarket in terms of the amount of calories and bioavailable nutrients per momey unit spent.

Get a meat grinder and just get fat for free from the local butcher.

[Anonymous No.53247975]

>>53239459
dried beans are really cheap and a good source of protein

[Anonymous No.53248380]

>>53247975
They also have terrible nutritional density vs meats. You’re better off eating bugs.

[Anonymous No.53248702]

>>53245701
looks pretty decent ngl

[Anonymous No.53248705]

>>53245560
>>53245578
>>53245701
Link to a recipe like this? I'm just learning to cook recently and a step by step would be very helpful for me. I only know partly what i'm looking at

[Anonymous No.53248850]

>>53239319
I have several hundred pounds of shelf stable staples I restock every year or two. These form the foundation of most of my meals and I supplement with fresh foods.

The key is to make sure the bulk of any dish is made from foods with very high calorie/nutritional value per dollar. Cooking oil is the highest for calories, so use lots of that, flour is up there, rice beans oats potatoes etc. for the nutrition part.

Should go without saying but #1 rule is cook your own food and never eat out, that's the biggest jump and from there is just optimization.

[Anonymous No.53248873]

Costco

[Anonymous No.53249270]

>>53239319
Buy a delivery subscription from the grocery sto(10-20/month) and sell yo car. Also don't tip unless the driver has an electron vehicle.

[Anonymous No.53249390]

>>53239319
>he doesn't scam the self checkout

[Anonymous No.53249424]

>>53245578
>This was my lunch yesterday. Also delicious, filling, and cheap!

[Anonymous No.53249434]

>>53245578
>This was my lunch yesterday. Also delicious, filling, and cheap!

[Anonymous No.53249446]

>>53239319
Cook/bake your own food. Also if you have a store like WINCO in your area they are much cheaper than a lot of options. Also look into your local food bank. It's not a ton of food usually and it's not top shelf but it puts food in your cupboard for the price of gas.
Also PB&J's are cheap/healthy.

[Anonymous No.53249465]

>>53239319
I fast for 22 hours a day. I only drink tea and water.

[Anonymous No.53249467]

>he doesn't make fake receipts, scan items and quickly delete and pay for chocolate bar at self checkout at hardware store, then walk out with 600$ of free stuff, and if bothered present fake receipt.
>he doesn't buy a singular bin at a hardware store, fill it with the most expensive merchandise, and only scan the bin
I knew someone who actually did this for years.

[Anonymous No.53249490]

if you're a poor college student, eat rice, beans and chicken. cook it at home.

if you're a working adult and food is too expensive, stop eating out.

if you're a working adult and cooking (anything) at home is too expensive, get a better job and/or move somewhere less shitty.

brb gonna go buy some ribeyes

[Anonymous No.53249503]

>he doesn't commit armed robbery and assault random civilians
>he doesn't redirect traffic from 19 internet providers to steal bitcoins
I knew someone who actually did this for years.

[Anonymous No.53249517]

I eat sloppa to save money to buy more linkies

[Anonymous No.53249535]

>>53249517
I actually don't mean to make sloppa, but it always end up looking like sloppa. I guess being on /ck/ too much isn't good.

[Anonymous No.53249547]

>>53243223
And hot dogs

[Anonymous No.53249574]

>>53239319
Ignore just about everything posted above which involves dumpster diving or budget shopping at mr. Goldberg’s fodder co. First buy a modest sized chest freezer. Then cut out all middle men by finding your local cattle farmer and directly buying either a quarter or half of a cow(100 lbs. or 200 lbs.) from him. Grow everything else you need from seed. Profit.

[Anonymous No.53250468]

>>53239319
i just buy cheap things like canned tuna and canned beans and mince meat an just eat less. no need to overcomplicate things

[Anonymous No.53250522]

>>53239336
that's a good way to get your karma imbalanced.

[Anonymous No.53250743]

>>53239319
Rice, lost of rice, and potatoes. Also spices, they last very long, buy a bunch of different ones and you can make "any" meal "tasty" (plain rice or potatoes with spicy stuff salt and shit to make it edible) you can eat for like less than 50 dollars per month (not counting gas/electricity or water)

[Anonymous No.53250762]

>get slow cooker
>get quality tupperware
>google slow cooker recipes
>start slow cooker in the morning before work
>come home to cooked dinner
>save uneaten portion and store in tupperware to eat again

[Anonymous No.53250843]

>>53239319
Beans, rice, eggs, sausages, bread and coffee are all you need to live.

In third world countries they eat that every day.

[Anonymous No.53251082]

Slow cooker
Beef stock

Throw whatever cheap red meat you want in with whatever vegetables. Cook on low for 8 hours. You can't fuck it up.
If you have a few extra bucks you can buy a cheap bottle of red wine and go 50/50 wine to stock.
Pork shoulder, can of cola and some bbq sauce and you have the easiest pulled pork.

In fact, you should all own a slow cooker.

[Anonymous No.53251119]

>>53251082
>only one slowcooker
The shit is so good, why limit yourself? You can often find slowcookers in thrift shops and other places or on sale.
Sure you can do stews and stuff, but you can also do main courses like the pork and a side dish with a small one.
Or you can get a rice cooker (or one of those multipurpose cookers) for easy steamed rice you can not only eat then but fry it up later with leftover veggie and chicken bits.

[Anonymous No.53251138]

>>53251082
>>53251119
just buy a pot faggots

[Anonymous No.53251148]

>>53251138
The slow cooker can cook while you are away from home. That's the appeal. Not everyone can afford to sit on their ass all day.

[Anonymous No.53251188]

>>53239652
sounds good, but anon you are glowing?
care to explain

[Anonymous No.53251482]

>>53251148
this.

drop everything in the cooker, set to low, go for a drive to visit family, come home, food is done and ready to eat.

only con is that the slow cooker can be a bit of a bitch to clean. when my wife and i moved-in years ago, we were given an ancient one from a relative where the pot was permanently attached to the heating base. That shit was hot garbage and impossible to clean. you can get one super cheap with a removable glazed ceramic pot. the bigger the better; can eat for a week with that shit. going to do a stew this weekend.

[Anonymous No.53252504]

>he doesn't live off only bananas
>he fell for the rice filler with no nutritional value meme

[Anonymous No.53252511]

>>53251482

>this<

>reddit spacing<

Go back

[Anonymous No.53252645]

>>53251482
I've got a non stick one you can brown the meat over the hob and chuck everything in. I get cheap elec at night anyway and it's ready in the morning, I'll maybe then freeze some of it for later. Potatoes or pasta and some greens and you're good to go

[Anonymous No.53252667]

>>53239459
If you eat 80%carbs and 20% protein, it can mess with your hormones if you do it long term. It’s probably best to control portions and eat at a calorie deficit. Use a food scale

[Anonymous No.53252984]

Anyone eat eggs and rice?

[Anonymous No.53254625]

>>53239319
go to your local food bank

[Anonymous No.53255125]

If inflation is kicking your ass, you need to get a better job

[Anonymous No.53255666]

>>53239319
>Shop at several different stores
>Buy bulk
>Buy discounted food
Having some set recipes has helped me. I make Aglio e Olio several times per week. The ingredients are super cheap and it tastes amazing.
For higher protein, Chicken Tikka is a good choice and it's easy to do large batches.

[Anonymous No.53255677]

>>53239319
instapot pressure cooker
/thread

[Anonymous No.53255845]

>>53245336
This is now a quantitative eating thread.

[Anonymous No.53255885]

>>53247928
No, lentils are the most nutrient dense per dollar.

[Anonymous No.53256217]

Live like a hispanic person,

make your bread, tortillas, rice, beans, chicken thighs, as staples, I eat pears since they have a similar consistency to apples but cheaper, bananas cheaper than that.

If you want a filling soup
>pressure cooker ($5-20 in goodwill, but eventually youll want to upgrade- trust- especially this model if you can scrounge around)
>wash beans, don't need to soak, but better if you do
>add culantro, (not cilantro) garlic, onions must be cut finely
once soup is done
>pork lard (or bacon)
>chorizos (I buy the 3 for goya pack) cut them up
>cook more onions, cut up green peppers, chorizos, mix into the pork lard
>once onions are clear, add bean soup
>cook to boiling
>once ready to eat, crack two eggs right into the soup and however long you want for it to be as firm or runny as you want

>serve in a bowl, salt to taste, or add queso crema centroamericana(don't buy cream cheese, don't, go into the hispanic section of cheeses- they will have it) and white, crumbly cheese - honduran for more salt, maybe colombiano if you prefer it soft

eat with rice, makes a weeks worth of meals, make rice again after 3-4 days for better flavoring from the soup, itll be too dry in the fridge


I've been making sourdough bread for $2.47/lb which is half the price of the higher quality breads from the stores or 0.30-0.60 cents cheaper than the basic store brand bread (not the super cheat white bread) and is SIGNIFICANTLY tastier than the store brand bread.

[Anonymous No.53257131]

>>53239319
>Food is getting a luxury. Soup is a good money saver I think is there anything else
Not sure where you're from but if there's anything western nations isn't, it's starving. We eat so much nearly half of us are dying because of it. So first thing i would so is consider if you need as much food as you're consuming. Aside from that, chose higher calorie items that cost less. Try to avoid overbuying perishable goods. Freeze food if you can. Buy large quantities of dry food like rice. Lastly, just make more money! I recently convinced my employer to give me a 35% pay rise. I trade crypto. I house share. These things mean I don't really need to worry too much about my food bill.

[Anonymous No.53257260]

>>53239459
>am i gonna fuck myself eating low protein cuz its cheaper?
4chan is literally the worst place to ask for advice on this. The short answer is yes, not eating enough protein will fuck you up big time. Plus it's more satiating, so you'll feel fuller the more protein you eat.

[Anonymous No.53257342]

>>53249574
How does this last? My shit always gets fucking freezer burn

[Anonymous No.53257392]

>>53242405
>>53247975
Don't do this. The bioavailablity of protein is way way higher in meat.

[Anonymous No.53257488]

>>53242666
You should dress in all blue

[Anonymous No.53257681]

>>53251188
Occupational hazard

[Anonymous No.53258807]

>>53239319
get a gf/wife

[Anonymous No.53258887]

>>53250522
okay so offset the bad karma by mailing (REDACTED) to jewish executives

[Anonymous No.53258999]

>>53239319
For the next 2 to 3 weeks....
I just bought 3 hams at 98 cents a pound. About 30 pounds worth. They will last a bit over 3 weeks and I'll eat them for dinner along with cheap as dirt tortillas and a couple slices of cheese and some frozen veggies. Whenever I need to grease a pan I throw in a beef fat pellet I bought from my butcher for 7.50 for a year's worth that sits in my freezer. For lunch I'll eat 2 frozen burritos that cost 58 cents each. For breakfast I bought a giant bag of oats, I have apples, brown sugar, and bananas. If I had to guess I'm eating on about 5 bucks a day or less.

If you want to save money, you need to stop eating out, and be okay with whipping out a calculator at the grocery store to make sure you're buying the most food for the least money.

[Anonymous No.53259049]

>>53258999
Oh and the ham bones I'll use to make soup and throw peas into which I also purchased in bulk. I'm also building a chicken coup for this coming season because eggs are so expensive. The coup will be made from scrap material and round wood I've sourced from my property. Will also be aiming to fill my freezer with deer this season if I can kill one.

[Anonymous No.53259906]

>>53247975
Sup Klaus, you should be speaking at Davos and not shitposting on biz again

[Anonymous No.53259947]

There are ways to get food for cheap via new and loophole ridden grocery delivery services if you can outthink the masses

[Anonymous No.53259954]

>>53250843
Not rly
Eggs and bread are mooning like crazy

There is some kind of faggot app which maps the edible bushes nearby. So that if you are going on a budget

[Anonymous No.53259997]

Eat exactly 2000 calories a day of rice, chicken that you bought raw for <$2/lb, baked at home, chopped up, then froze, and some random veggies whatever frozen or fresh if you can eat it fast enough, throw on a sauce to mix up your meals (salsa, a variety of Asian sauces, hot sauce, whatever, if you're white the trends say you can skip this step)

[Anonymous No.53260026]

>>53259997
You can eat like this for less than $1/meal btw

[Anonymous No.53260073]

>>53239617
I'm making nearly $500k and I still worry about food costs. If you're not set for life, you should do everything possible to decrease expenses and increases income.