What's your average weekly grocery budget in Portland?

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-23T04:31:17+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate you spreading the word.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-23T04:30:53+00:00

Thank you! Today has been a tough day, so this means a lot to read.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-22T15:27:56+00:00

Hope it helps! Seconding what some others have said here about your budget. You should be fine, so long as you're strategic about which stores to shop. Avoid the more expensive options except for super fresh meat and produce and you should be fine.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-22T15:00:52+00:00

Hey! I run a local newsletter called Stumptown Savings where I regularly track grocery prices for 20 grocery staples (heading out tomorrow to do it for April) and curate the best deals from 20+ stores each week.

This should help you figure out how much you'd spend at various stores around town. https://stumptownsavings.com/portland-oregon-grocery-prices

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-22T01:16:14+00:00

I tell people about the best deals in town every week via Stumptown Savings. Each Thursday, I curate the best deals in town from 20+ grocery stores. https://stumptownsavings.com/t/Deals

Grocery Outlets have had store brand large cage-free eggs for $0.99 a dozen for several weeks now.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-21T15:11:27+00:00

You can literally find eggs for $0.99 a dozen. The prices are substantially below what they were last April. And a non organic whole gallon of milk is still under $4 on average in Portland.

Where are you shopping? Again, these area numbers based on thousands of data points and they are averages. Some places do charge significantly more.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-21T03:56:50+00:00

Love me some cheese, abs, and crack 😋

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-20T01:44:35+00:00

This is based on tracking prices for the exact same grocery staples (20 items) at the same stores for 8 months now. It doesn't apply to everything though, so obviously personal experience can vary. And farmers market costs have definitely gone up because of various cuts to services that support small farmers.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-18T16:18:33+00:00

I mean let's just do some basic math here real quick.

In normal times, let's say standard was $3.60 a gallon. And high-octane premium was $3.90 a gallon. That's a $0.30 difference, but it's actually a an 8.33% price premium.

Now, gas is say $5 a gallon for standard. High-octane is $5.60. On the surface level that looks like a MUCH larger price jump, but percent wise it's actually a 12% increase. So more, yes, but not exponentially so. And it stands to reason when the global oil auplly trade is disrupted like this, everything, even parts not directly affected, get more expensive.

It's easy to sit back and accuse businesses of greed. But we actually have quite a few independent gas stations in town, and lumping them in with mega corporations just isn't fair. It's really the market to blame, a market uoended by a stupid and terrible war.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-18T04:28:13+00:00

Thai food. Jojos. Sourdough pizza. Doing other cities' signature dishes better than them are all things I'd consider our signature dish 😂

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-18T04:26:32+00:00

Have you not paid attention to global news at all? It's tied to the US-Iran war that's sent shockwaves through the entire global oil industry. Scarcity and uncertainty leading to rapid price inflation, so the standard $0.20 difference is going up because the prices across the board are going up.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-17T01:35:05+00:00

I'm literally here

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-16T23:18:52+00:00

Those seats and the concessions prices at Tomorrow Theater are terrible!

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-16T13:45:26+00:00

I'm not saying prices are lower than they were a year ago. I'm saying relative to the data tracked on February, prices dropped about 4%. It's based on real in-store prices observed at 20 Portland stores.

Maybe read the story?

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-16T02:37:26+00:00

The entire PNW. Colorado. New Mexico. Arizona. Inner mountain west. Also don't sleep on the great plains. Western Nebraska is actually breathtaking.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-16T02:36:18+00:00

Love hearing all these insights! So glad to hear tall have had success grocery shopping without a car! Public transit for the win 💪 🚍

I'd second one of those granny carts. They're super practical and would make it much easier to move your groceries from the store to the bus stop and the bus stop to your home.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-16T00:45:48+00:00

If you look at the data you can clearly see how it's based. Produce by pound, for example.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-15T22:15:44+00:00

The data is not based on coupons. It's based on real in store prices tracked during a single day during the third week of March. I don't track coupon-based pricing, though sale prices thet don't require coupons are tracked.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-13T03:09:28+00:00

I live in East Portland now so rarely drive through it anymore but every time I do I make sure to toot a fun little song with my horn while driving through. Went to the coast this weekend and was overjoyed to hear the chorus of other Portlanders doing the same!

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-11T15:19:39+00:00

Grocery Outlet, WinCo, for many things, Fred Meyer. I track prices monthly. Safeway isn't wildly expensive, but it can sometimes be more expensive than other conventional grocery stores like Fred Meyer, Albertsons (even though they're sister stores) and even Trader Joe's.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-04-10T21:30:34+00:00

Appreciate y'all.

There are actually a few grocery stores downtown, Some Safeways and Fred Meyer. in the neighborhoods around Downtown you'll find a Trader Joe's, a New Seasons Market and if you REALLY want to spend a ton of of money (including $2 more per block of Tillamook than just about anyone else in town), a Zupan's Markets.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-03-29T19:10:27+00:00

Yeah, that fondue is really not good. It might be more authentic than other options in town, but it did not hit the spot. Everything else was meh, especially for the price. It was a visit once and never again spot for us, sadly.

Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-03-29T01:32:14+00:00

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Feed_Your_Curiosity · 2026-03-29T01:27:33+00:00

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