GROCERY SHOPPING IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST SCAM NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

restaurant price directly with the grocery receipt can be misleading.

You’re not necessarily comparing the same thing.

You’re comparing a finished meal with a collection of ingredients.

The Real Question Is What Happens to the Rest

That’s what I’d actually want to know.

Not:

“How much did the groceries cost?”

But:

“How much of what I bought will I actually use?”

If you use everything, great.

If those $40 of groceries turn into eight meals, that’s a very different calculation.

But if they turn into two meals, a couple of