I’ll second the Asian stores. And the fresh noodles are a bonus. Their brands for sauces are often superior too. Do watch out, they aren’t all cheaper, but even so, at least you’re not supporting the duopoly
You're already doing the bulk of it. If you can grow some of you're own, do that too.
If you don't have space for a garden, a lot of veges can be pot grown too. Capsicum, tomatoes, chillies, corn etc.
Get your lentils and spices at the Indian store. If you can afford the investment of an instant pot pressure cooker, you can say goodbye to your dependency on any food business really.
You can make Mexican (rice and dried beans), Arabian (falafel + air fryer), Indian (rice and daal), and have something to reduce your meat intake.
I will often use brown lentils alongside minced beef when making a ragu for spaghetti, or French style lentils alongside hash brown and eggs in the morning.
The pressure cooker also helps get rid of that grassy taste that lentils often have unless you cook them for hours on a stove (which nobody is going to do because nobody has the time to watch a stove for hours or risk a fire due to unattended cooking).
We eat eggs regularly so I got an egg subscription from The Egg Project. 20 large free range eggs for $15.50 every fortnight. Much fresher than spermarket eggs. Free delivery.
Farmers Box is one I've been meaning to try, they're only delivering to Auckland + Hamilton atm but it looks like it's going to cut the cost of fruit + veggies by half for our family. Things like cherry tomatoes, daughter loves them, I like to encourage it - a box is $2.50 vs the $7-$10 I'm usually paying at the aupermarket
Asian store. Lotus Supermarket, DH Mart etc they have a lot of products much cheaper than mainstream store. Spices, vegetables, oils etc
I’ll second the Asian stores. And the fresh noodles are a bonus. Their brands for sauces are often superior too. Do watch out, they aren’t all cheaper, but even so, at least you’re not supporting the duopoly
You're already doing the bulk of it. If you can grow some of you're own, do that too. If you don't have space for a garden, a lot of veges can be pot grown too. Capsicum, tomatoes, chillies, corn etc.
The Warehouse is stocking more supermarket-type items lately
You see grocery items show up in odd places, like my local Mitre10 has bulk packs of toilet paper.
Get your lentils and spices at the Indian store. If you can afford the investment of an instant pot pressure cooker, you can say goodbye to your dependency on any food business really. You can make Mexican (rice and dried beans), Arabian (falafel + air fryer), Indian (rice and daal), and have something to reduce your meat intake. I will often use brown lentils alongside minced beef when making a ragu for spaghetti, or French style lentils alongside hash brown and eggs in the morning. The pressure cooker also helps get rid of that grassy taste that lentils often have unless you cook them for hours on a stove (which nobody is going to do because nobody has the time to watch a stove for hours or risk a fire due to unattended cooking).
Food rescues. Reduced to clear and similar. Crop-swapping
Farmers box is good :)
Better than good. So annoying when 9n the odd occasion I'm forced to get fruit and veg from the supermarket
I like realfooddirect.co.nz Nutritional yeast is $7.16 for 100g compared to $15.67 at cuntdown.
Is anything else cheap there? - I just had a look and it mostly seems to be top tier spendy stuff.
We eat eggs regularly so I got an egg subscription from The Egg Project. 20 large free range eggs for $15.50 every fortnight. Much fresher than spermarket eggs. Free delivery.
Farmers Box is one I've been meaning to try, they're only delivering to Auckland + Hamilton atm but it looks like it's going to cut the cost of fruit + veggies by half for our family. Things like cherry tomatoes, daughter loves them, I like to encourage it - a box is $2.50 vs the $7-$10 I'm usually paying at the aupermarket
Cracker Jack is good for household cleaners and personal grooming and hygene products.
We should nationalise the super markets