Family needs help with money saving and food

[Nonnel]

this won't happen.

then don't eat.

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[Georges]

Its got to be monthly. There is no way any of those charge you each or every 2 weeks.

Yah, that'd be ridiculous.

Do you guys have a car/car with car payments and/or a pet?

[Kearn]

okay seriously if you are actually spending 200 a week on electricity this is the equivalent of leaving 9 1-kilowatt hairdryers on 24/7 at $.15/kwhr

[Ninja Decoy]

okay seriously if you are actually spending 200 a week on electricity this is the equivalent of leaving 9 1-kilowatt hairdryers on 24/7 at $.15/kwhr

He doesn't spend $200 a week on electricity. All of the bills he showed are all monthly payments.

[Headcrab Zombie]

how are you spending 120$ on gas a month

Pretty sure those are monthly expenses

how are you spending 120$ on gas a month

You obviously don't drive
120/month is pretty low

Ok, so here's the price of what we get:

Gas: 29.22
Insurance (Farmers): 100.01
Ameren (energy): 200.00
AT&T: 152.86
Charter: 160.00
Rent: 730.00
Shoping: 105.04 or more or less

Energy is ridiculously high.
My energy bill is like 80-100 during summer months
Cut down the shopping, only buy what you need

but we can't afford the other foods

healthy food is only expensive if you don't know what you're doing

[KillerCop311]

Guys I was talking about indoor gas
And that doesn't say 120

[Brickitect]

How high is your rent??

[Georges]

How high is your rent??

$730/month

[Kearn]

He doesn't spend $200 a week on electricity. All of the bills he showed are all monthly payments.

well then he's disappearing $2,500 which is even worse

[Headcrab Zombie]

Guys I was talking about indoor gas
And that doesn't say 120

That's still really high, especially when you have electric stove
My last month's gas bill was $11.xx
and only $1.xx of that was actual gas cost, the rest is "service charges" that they charge you just for being connected, and taxes

[Ninja Decoy]

Pretty sure those are monthly expenses
You obviously don't drive

Energy is ridiculously high.
My energy bill is like 80-100 during summer months
Cut down the shopping, only buy what you need
healthy food is only expensive if you don't know what you're doing

Same on the energy. We have a decent sized house and we spend a over half what he spends.

Some people assume healthy foods are expensive because of all the "Organic" and vegan meals saying how they are healthy. All that crap is overpriced. If you know how to shop you can make healthy meals for cheap, and hell, sometimes you might ave to go to different stores for different products.

well then he's disappearing $2,500 which is even worse

Where did you even get that number? I think you might be stuck on the whol weekly thing. He makes 1860 a month and spend about 1400 on bills.

Bills are always monthly, and Checks are always either bi-weekly or rarely weekly. His is bi-weekly.

[Kearn]

Bills are always monthly, and Checks are always either bi-weekly or rarely weekly. His is bi-weekly.

sigh, i was still going off the "1000 a week" thing from the first 2/3 of the thread

[Headcrab Zombie]

sometimes you might ave to go to different stores for different products.

this. You mentioned Aldi, look into there if you haven't already, they're a forgetton cheaper in a lot of areas.
watch sales
stick with cheaper products, ex I eat a lot of chicken/turkey cuz it's cheaper than other meats.
Look into food shelves/SNAP. Even if you don't meet income requirements, they may be able to redirect you to other sources depending on what's available in your area. For example, there's a nonprofit in my area that buys in bulk from wholesalers, and has monthly sales, selling them in packages at a pretty good reduction in price compared to a grocery store, and it's available to anyone regardless of income

[Ninja Decoy]

this. You mentioned Aldi, look into there if you haven't already, they're a forgetton cheaper in a lot of areas.
watch sales
stick with cheaper products, ex I eat a lot of chicken/turkey cuz it's cheaper than other meats.
Look into food shelves/SNAP. Even if you don't meet income requirements, they may be able to redirect you to other sources depending on what's available in your area. For example, there's a nonprofit in my area that buys in bulk from wholesalers, and has monthly sales, selling them in packages at a pretty good reduction in price compared to a grocery store, and it's available to anyone regardless of income

This. If you like tacos or anything with ground beef, a good, cheaper change would be ground turkey.
If you do happen to have a bulk store, take advantage of it. In washington ,there is a place call Cash n carry, which is pretty much a restaurant supplier. They sell everything in bulk for a better price. Man i really miss that place, especially now since i'm old enough to actually take advantage of it.

[jtizzle]

i didnt read anything in the thread so idk if anything changed but if you can prove to me that youre poor and will help impact the people you meet in the future with a positive and wholesome attitude that suggests the spread of love and helpfulness throughout the world then ill buy like $75 worth of food and send it to you and your stuffty family