The first thing we had to decide on was where would we go to get the groceries (large supermarket chain, mom and pop grocery, etc.). We found through some research that Target is actually a great place to buy food AND they have a full produce section with fresh fruits and vegetables. We knew from previous experience that Target has really good prices on canned and boxed goods so we thought we would give Target a try to see if we could buy everything on our shopping list.
Going from aisle to aisle we tried to use all of the tips and strategies we have been posting about on the site. The articles "How to Save on Groceries" and the "Do's and Don'ts of Grocery Shopping" were both extremely valuable, and we found that there was over $125 dollar difference between buying the best priced and quality goods versus just buying the first thing in the aisle. When we were done shopping we had about 80 items and we were under budget by $7.
The grocery list contained enough food for daily breakfast, lunch and dinner for 4. The list also contained some snacks and drinks to tide you over between meals. Although we clearly felt like mission accomplished, we still knew that many would be skeptical. Its one thing to have a list of food and drink, but if you don't know how to actually translate the list into meals then the list is nothing but a mildly interesting novelty and not very valuable.
To make sure people get the true value out of the "feeding a family" article we created 3 sub-articles which contain the meal breakdown for breakfast, lunch and dinner, complete with the prices for each meal, which groceries were used to prepare the meals, and (for the dinners) the actual recipes and cooking times. With these articles and recipes in place we hoped that what we were preparing was a complete "how to" on feeding the family.
We think we did pretty well, but you be the judge. Go the black man's website and see for yourself. Any comments there or here are much appreciated.
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