{"id":600,"date":"2021-05-29T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2021-05-29T20:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:06:35","slug":"food-fuel-ugh-everyday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Food = Fuel \u2026 Ugh. Everyday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Like Santa Claus (more make believe) make a spending list
(NO NOT A BUDGET PAY ATTENTION<\/em>) and check supplies on hand \u2026 avoid buying the same thing twice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eat first \u2026 Costco samples are awesome \/ first stop upon active societal collapse \u2026 there and the Mart of Wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare food for 1+ days \u2026 must eat tomorrow too, so … plan to do that, easy-peasy (peazy? peesy?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not for me\/us\/we, but some folks are OK w\/online shopping (groceries? really?) not going to do that but hey more information is better than hemorrhoids<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grow a garden, or join a food co-op.\u00a0
I again don\u2019t like people and there will be others there and they\u2019re in their there englishmakesnosense<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> <\/sub>but methinks that\u2019s a really good idea \u2013 community farming\/gardening.\u00a0 Hey, we could almost get along no not really but I would smile<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familiarity breeds \u2026 cost-savings \/ shop the same spot
Add’l trickery of the mankind masters?\u00a0 Grocery stores are designed to encourage unnecessary spending \/ buying more than need, with the good stuff on the outside (fresh foods, dairy) and the pricey in the middle aisles … stay out of the middle, commit to the edge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BYOB \u2013 many stores charge for bags now so no more of that AND may be a help to keeping to that list \u2026 one suggestion?  Dedicated bag for meat because meat juice.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hand over ALL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION for discounts and perks, a la \u201cLoyalty Rewards.\u201d\u00a0 There’s an app for that. Hey.\u00a0 It\u2019s a life tip.\u00a0 Not for me maybe for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eschew meat, incorporate some meatless meals into the food = fuel.  No.  Meat.  All the meat.  Mmm, bacon.  moving on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy in bulk IF \u2026 IF \u2026 IF going to actually eat\/consume.  Otherwise, just another way to waste money<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somewhere mentioned that a diet full of fresh fruits&veggies averaged out to be approx. $500 more a year \u2026 but we all poop it out anyway, so garbage in garbage out \u2026 that said, canned\/frozen fruits\/veggies are a less-healthy, more-cheaper alternative \u2026 an early death saves tons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better option?  Farmers\u2019 markets (and the Jungle don\u2019t count\u2026 Bezos as Tarzan) in season, craft the food = fuel around what\u2019s there \u2026 takes some time\/effort\/interest but not dead yet so might as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COO-PONS!\u00a0 Coupons coupons coupons becomes a nonsense word if too many (Lenny Bruce was a comical genius \/ Gub’mnt bullseye some bullspit) \u2026 Coupons are great \u2026 kind of old school\/mom-approach to managing that food bill but the old ways are sometimes the best ways ‘cuz we all had moms (in some form)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learned a new term:  \u201cshelf-stable.\u201d  How nice.  The shelf won\u2019t collapse to the floor.  Wait OH rice and beans and popcorn for the apocalypse.  How long will canned hams last?  And store-bought beef jerky should be refrigerated \u2026 me \u2018n Half gern hunt!  Bambi strips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off-brand is on the money.  Generic?  Bah!  Pay for the PACKAGING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water water water water water water water water water milk.  TheKid needs milk, or so all the mindpeople said, so milk.  Tap water is suspect.  Bottled water is waste.  Filtered water is effortful.  Mankind masters won this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run the numbers \u2026 Math is hard.  Not really, but lots of math, all together all at once, is hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, calculator.  Everything that goes in the cart\/basket has a price, so ask the 7Qs and then ADDITUP \u2026 no surprises at the register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most important tip of all time?\u00a0 Cash.\u00a0 Can\u2019t spend what don\u2019t have.\u00a0 Done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like Santa Claus (more make believe) make a spending list(NO NOT A BUDGET PAY ATTENTION) and check supplies on hand \u2026 avoid buying the same thing twice Eat first \u2026 Costco samples are awesome \/ first stop upon active societal collapse \u2026 there and the Mart of Wall Prepare food for 1+ days \u2026 must … <\/p>\n

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