Grocery budget Archives - Page 2 of 3 - The Outlier Model

My weekly meals #2

weekly meals, food budget, price of food

CF / July 25th, 2012 / 8 Comments

It can be hard to imagine what eating on $100 a month is like. So, similar to our “grocery motivation” posts, I’m going to occasionally post a journal of what Brian and I ate that week, along with approximate costs. The costs are only approximate because I don’t always remember how much I money I paid for meat or bulk vegetables for example. But I’ll try to use a cost...

My weekly meals

weekly meals, approximate costs of expenses, food expenses, monthly budget

CF / June 14th, 2012 / No Comments

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, Grocery budget, meal plan

Living on the poverty line

CF / June 7th, 2012 / 8 Comments

Every once in a while, a group or charity will call out the government and complain that it is impossible to live on minimum wages or that people at the poverty line can never expect to improve their lives. Is this really true? I would argue not. Let’s take a look at some real numbers. Say you’re an average British Columbian with a high school diploma. You don’t want to take...

Posted in: Money, Philosophy Tagged with: budget, Grocery budget, housing costs, living on less, poverty line, saving

$100 grocery budget not enough for Vancouver area politician

$100 grocery budget, grocery budget, survive on $100 grocery budget, real food

CF / January 26th, 2012 / 3 Comments

A local MLA in the local Greater Vancouver area, Jagrup Brar, has been blogging about surviving on the welfare allowance of $610 a month. It’s a publicity stunt of course – this man is a well paid public employee who unlike many welfare recipients, has no mental health issues and a loving family to return home to at the end of his adventure. While the blog is interesting for some of...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Philosophy Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, Grocery budget, real life grocery budget, welfare budget