American Households Forced to Drastically Cut Back as Grocery Bills Soar

• Consumers adopting new strategies like buying in bulk, eliminating high-cost items, relying more on homegrown food to stretch budgets as grocery prices rise • Average household paying $213 more a month for same goods/services compared to a year ago due to high inflation • Readers sharing tactics like making simpler, less healthy meals with canned goods instead of fresh ingredients to save money • Retirees turning to senior discount days, buying on sale, batch cooking and freezing, potlucks to spend less on food • Americans paying $605 more monthly than 2 years ago and $1,019 more than 3 years ago on average for goods/services