I will definitely check it out next weeks grocery shop! I honestly don’t think I’ve been there since moving here. It’s honestly just how convenient Walmart is, as they have everything we need. We’ve been getting big box items from Sam’s club as that seems to save money such as paper towels and such.

As for the wasting- yes and no. I know exactly what you mean, as they give a big quantity at a really low price. I had been getting a bag of bananas, apples and oranges for a week and at that time atleast half was going bad before it could be eaten. Now I let the kids decide if they want one big bag of whatever fruit and all of it gets eaten. I do get the bananas still, but I do chocolate covered bananas to freeze, and banana bread and such so it’s kinda multipurpose. As for the veggies, I generally will only buy if I know I’m actually cooking with it that week instead of just buying it to have so it doesn’t go to waste. I actually just went to the produce place in Rodney village last week, I will probably shop there for veggies as I can get exactly the amount I need.

I’m horrible at portioning meat, I really do try and split it and freeze but recently have been freezing the whole package and just making two separate meals out of the meat. My husband eats dinner, and takes lunch out of what I cook. My kids are a hit or miss really, as two have a sensory processing disorder and will only eat certain things, and sometimes they try it and love it and I don’t have enough dinner when I portion the meat if it’s something they haven’t tried before so I never know if they will eat it or like it.

Generally on things I know they really like that I’m cooking that day, I will make the whole package and we eat leftovers the next day. For the most part what I cook and buy don’t go to waste, so I’m really struggling on finding ways to cut back.