We recently started going weekly vs. once or twice per month. I’ve found that by going weekly, I’m truly only getting what we need to last us the week, and we’re not wasting NEARLY as much food as we were previously. Before we started budgeting, I’d go grocery shopping maybe twice per month, and spend about $250 each trip. Then, we’d keep forgetting to take meat out of the freezer which would lead to us just going out to eat. So now, not only are we spending less at the grocery store, but we’re cutting down on waste, as well as saving the $400-$500/month on take out! (We have a really good restaurant directly across the street from us so trust me when I say, “the temptation is real”