I just got done reading an interesting article about how people who try to plan their meals so they only spend a certain amount of money each day. Made me wonder how much I’m spending on my food today. I didn’t eat out or buy anything from the vending machines.
~ : estimated.
BREAKFAST
 Coffee w/ Half & Half : ~$0.20
 Cinnamon Bagelful: $0.25
AT WORK
 Campbell’s Select Roasted Chicken w/ Rotini & Penne Pasta Soup : $2.00
 Yo-Plus Blackberry & Pomegranate Yogurt : $0.25
 Can of Pepsi: $0.20
 Bottle of Water (x2) : $0.40
DINNER
  Baked Chicken Breast w/ Bacon : ~$2.00
 Rice : ~$0.25
 Yo-Plus Cherry Yogurt : $0.25
SNACK (I know, I should have had fruit or something…)
  French Fries : $0.50
  Peanut M&Ms : $0.05
TOTAL = $6.55
Hmm, not bad. The Grocery Game seems to be saving me quite a bit of money especially since I got two big bags of Peanut M&Ms for 15¢ each at CVS last week.
Let’s compare this to a typical day I used to have before I turned into a Grocery Geek.
BREAKFAST
 Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks Coffee : ~$2.00
AT WORK
 Arby’s or Wendy’s or Obee’s : ~$6.00
 Candybar from vending machine : $0.60
 Bottle of Pepsi from vending machine : $0.75
DINNER
 Something from Publix : ~$7.00
TOTAL = $16.35
Based on that, grocery gaming and brown bagging looks worth it to me.
