Guy in line at Food Lion said he feeds his family of 4 on $60 a week and I had to ask how

Taylor Thomas · 2026-10-28T14:35:05.481885+00:00

I was behind this older dude at Food Lion on Tuesday and he had a cart full of rice, dried beans, eggs, and a big bag of chicken thighs, and the total came to like $54. I asked him straight up how he stretches that for a family of 4. He said the trick is buying the family pack of thighs when they hit $1.29 a pound and freezing them in twos, then using the bones for stock instead of buying the cartons. I've been doing it for 2 weeks now and my grocery bill dropped about $40, but I'm already sick of rice. What's your go to cheap protein that doesn't make you hate dinner by day 5?

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