I don't mean to go to the store to pick up a couple things. I mean to plan a menu and make purchases according to that. Do you do weekly, biweekly, monthly? Do you find it makes a difference in how much you spend? Currently I have been trying to go monthly (super walmart is 40 min. away) to save gas but I find myself having to get stuff (a weeks worth or meals) after 3 wks. so I need to change something.

I go every other week. On the week I don't do my big grocery shopping, I still have to go for bread, milk, and other little things we may have ran out of. Every 2 weeks works good for me.

Every other week...The only thing that is questionable is milk...we go through about 2 gallons every week and a half -2 weeks (So some weeks I might not need an extra trip). There have been some weeks I have stretched groceries to 3 weeks and once last summer I stretched it to 4 weeks when the kids were on vacation with my parents and it was just DH and I.

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It's just me and my DH and we go every other week. We go to Trader's Joe and Wegman. I don't do much of meal planning, even though I should. I used to do it and my DH really liked it, bc he knew what he would be eating that week.
If it wasn't for getting fresh fruits and vegs, I would probably go even less. We signed up for CSA this summer, so hopefully it will decrease the number of times we have to go shopping.

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Lena

I used to go every week. For the past month I have gone every other week. I do my menu plan and all. I think I am spending less, 1. because every time I go out I find somewhere else to stop where I spend money. (target, walmart, McDonald's) 2. I'm buying less impulse items, since my cart is fuller. 3. I spend less on gas going back and forth. I haven't had to stop in between trips eaither. I buy and freeze bread, lunch meat and milk and buy two bunches of bananas one that's really green.

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I have been going every week to get the best sale prices. Our grocery store has weekly sales and I like to stock up on the things we use a lot of when they are on sale. We eat alot of salads so I like to be able to get fresh produce every week. We have a grocery store that is only 2 miles from our house so gas isn't really an issue. If I had to drive farther I would rethink my plan.

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Weekly, once a month one of the trips is a costco run and one is to someplace like trader Joes to get some veriety. Once a week works well for us.

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Usually about 2 and a half weeks.

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I go weekly because of the sale ads. I watch the sale prices and stock up big time on things we use if it is a good enough sale. It saves me a lot of money this way! I only buy a few things that aren't on sale usually.

I shop once a week also. I am a stockpiler (including meat), so the only things I have to buy weekly are the fresh items. I then add only items that are on sale and plan my menu around that. I agree with a previous post regarding weekly sales. I can't stand to miss out on a good deal. I also try to match sales & coupons to get the best deal possible.