<prompt> Human: My wife and I are very good with our finances, but our biggest trouble area tends to be groceries. We are both Vegan living in a very vegan unfriendly area, and we cook a TON a home. We usually cook a big meal about 3-4 times a week, and we cook and bake a wide variety of dishes so our pantry has more obscure ingredients than the normal household. At one point our monthly food groceries bill was about 800 month with the split being 600 groceries, 100 online orders bulk items, spices, obscure items, and 100 eating out. We eat out about once per weekCurrently we have our food budget down to about 500month with the split being 400 groceries started only shopping sales, 30 online orders, and 70 eating out. This is still one of our highest spends. I was reading in some finance article that food spends only need to be 150 a month for one person in a family and 100 extra for each additional family member. I can not even imagine getting close to that number, but I would like to lower it as much as possible. Currently our only local shopping options are a Jewel mid sized regional chain grocery store and Walmart. We generally try to avoid Walmart because over 50 of our weekly shopping is produce and Walmarts quality is not very good at all. Unfortunately, Jewels prices are much higher and we usually only buy what is on sale and sale items are still just Walmart prices. Sometimes we do pick up items that are necessary even when not on sale depending on the circumstances. Ive been thinking of biting the bullet and just shopping at Walmart again as I estimate I can save about 20 a week minimum shopping there, but I know the quality of food will be much more undesirable and shopping at walmart is further away, takes longer to get in and out, and overall not pleasant. Any suggestions on what steps we should be looking to take?  <response>: You WILL pay for good produce. Honestly, dont skimp here. Suck it up. Some markets in the U.S. are tiered and good produce can be hard to come by. Here in Georgia were like a B-level tier, where fresh strawberries and bananas and broccoli are sub-par. This aint California. We buy almost everything frozen little Greenwise bags at Publix and stay away from the dogshit fresh produce because it just isnt good. This, inadvertently, does save us money and we do not waste any food.You can grow items like spices easily, basil and whatnot. Its a process but quickly becomes a hobby.Buy the essential food stuffs at WalMart Milk, bread, eggs, etc.. But again, get the best produce you can. 