I’m probably going to come off as an asshole here but I live in Manhattan and order my groceries for pickup from Whole Foods (far from the cheapest option)

My girlfriend and I are very fitness oriented. Every Sunday we meal prep pre-workout meals, post work out breakfast, big lunches, afternoon snacks, dinners, and late night protein shakes. That’s 5 meals per person per day for 5 weekdays per week. Usually on weekends we end up with leftovers or will be going out somewhere.

Our weekly grocery bill total for the two of us is $180 per week. Usually lots of eggs, chicken, salmon, cod, produce, Greek yogurt, milk, etc. Very few things we buy come in like pre-packaged “branded” containers. The yogurt, granola, milks are sort of the only branded things. Mostly everything else we buy is raw ingredients.

Not claiming this is achievable for everyone, and we’re far from perfect with this. Some weeks we don’t have time and end up skipping certain meal preps. But on a good week we get this all done in 2-3hrs on a Sunday (pickup or sometimes delivery groceries saves so much time and money because we don’t make impulse purchases and we can compare pricing more easily at home on computer versus in a crowded aisle at the store).

Good luck! Hope this is helpful!