Every month, the USDA posts 4 food cost plans. Thrifty, Low Cost, Moderate and Liberal. I and a lot of my frugal minded friends and acquaintances try to be well below the thrifty.
For my immediate household I have to men and myself daily, and my mother and uncle once or twice a month. According to this 2020 December chart I would pay $521.70 per month for the thrifty.
Flash ahead to 2021 December. According to the below chart the thrifty plan for my immediate household $659.30. That is a monthly increase of $137.60. 26.4% higher!
Honestly, our own income had gone down in 2021. Unless we find some great low cost GREAT sale profit we would never be able to cover a monthly food increase of over $130.00 If these numbers were (are?) accurate there is room for concern.
Sometimes official numbers don't jibe with the real world. I don't spend $130 more than in 2020.
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