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Man, we don't even shop once a week.....closer to once every other week or more. Lol. We're so lazy.

I would love to cook more fresh food!

I go 2x a week - one big shopping on Sunday or Monday (my day off) and usually once towards the end of the work week to get a few items (more fruit, more meat). But, we have a car and I do freeze some meat (chicken and ground beef) but usually don't freeze fish or other red meat.

What about a rolling cart? http://www.amazon.com/Whitmor-6318-2678-Deluxe-Rolling-Utility/dp/B001DZ4QTC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1369155122&sr=8-3&keywords=rolling+grocery+cart

We only grocery shop once a week, but we have a car. We keep frozen chicken breasts and ground turkey in the freezer since we eat that the most. I buy fresh beef and pork. And we buy enough fruits and veggies to last a week. I come up with a meal plan then make my grocery list based on that. We also cook large quantities so we only end up making 3-4 dinners per week and we eat a lot of leftovers for lunch.

I shop on sunday mornings as soon as i get up, I usually have hubs help me make a list. Breakfasts, we pack lunches all week, dinners for m-th. Friday we usually order in, Saturday we go out and sunday we're usually at a family members house. I have no issue with freezing meat and defrosting as needed. for the 2 of us i spend about $100-120 a week. and we have a car

@Mrs. Bee: my mom goes once a week and sometimes she has my brother to drive and sometimes she doesn't. She uses one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Jumbo-Folding-Shopping-Black-Swivel/dp/B002R13XLS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1369155512&sr=8-6&keywords=shopping+cart
She takes the bus to Flushing then takes the bus back home.

She watches my nephew during the week so the only time she has to grocery shop is on the weekends so it has to be once a week!

Also you can put fruits in the fridge to make them last longer. But don't know if you guys have a compact fridge??

It's just pregnant me and DH right now. But my parents only grocery shopped once a week when I was growing up so I expect to do the same.

DH and I both add to the Out of Milk list app on our phones throughout the week as we run out or run low on items. Before we go food shopping we plan our meals for the week. That way we add the exact ingredients we need and can check our stock to see if we have items before buying.

We definitely make use of our freezer. We freeze the meat we aren't cooking until the end of the week and take it out to thaw in the fridge the night before. Sometimes we plan in a leftover/clean-out-the-fridge night so we aren't actually buying food for that dinner, just consuming the odds and ends remaining in the fridge.

I live in CA and still shop multiple times a week. I have a horrible memory these day and will always forget something on my imaginary list.

@MapleMoose: we are always forgetting what we're out of! Is that app free?

@Mrs. Bee: i totally agree with you. I sometimes think that NYC supermarkets stock meat/fish with much shorter sell-by dates because i find even if i pick it up the day before we make it, if i don't freeze it, it doesn't seem fresh. so i pretty much end up stopping for the protein every day on my way home from work, i hate it!

i never find that frozen stuff thaws right, so i hate freezing our meat and fish and defrosting!

@MrsCB: This is what we do too. Shop on Sunday with meal planning for 5 days. Then the last two days are typically left overs or eating out. Sometimes if we run really shy we grocery shop a day early on Saturday.

We've been meal planning with the Food on The Table app. Typically, we'll cook the first three or four days of the week (using up all the fresh meat and produce), eat out one day, and eat leftovers the rest of the week. Our kids also eat a ton of produce, so I buy fruit and snacks at Costco. A few flats of berries, some apples, and a bunch of bananas lasts one week.

We go once a week but we buy a lot of food once a week and we have a car. If we didn't have a car, it would be much more difficult. We do the following:

-Buy bananas in various states of ripeness to last all week
-Buy large containers of yogurt and a gallon of milk
-Plan our lunches ahead of time and buy 1-2 pieces of fruit for each person per day (bananas not included, we each eat one banana a day, plus other fruit).
-I would LOVE to eat fresh but with my commute and the grocery store not being close to our house, I buy meat and fish in bulk when it is on sale and freeze it. I defrost it in the microwave or overnight.
-I buy a LOT of frozen veggies. Those steam bags are a life saver and even though they are a little more expensive than the bulk bags, we buy them b/c we only have 1/2 hour between getting home and getting dinner on the table each night.
-We don't buy a lot of local fruits because they go bad very quickly

These are just things that work for us. We shop on Sunday morning or, if we don't make it on Sunday, one of us will go after M is asleep on a weekday.

I usually food shop on Fridays. I make a list for the week first of meals I want to do, and then see what ingredients I already have and what need to be purchased. I write those down first.

Then I write down all the weekly things we always buy - milk, chicken, yogurt, stuff for DH's lunch, etc.

Then I'll browse the sale paper for our store and jot down anything that's a great deal to stock up - or if I have something written down that's on sale, I'll put a star.

If I have time, I'll also browse the internet for coupons - I'll do coupons.com, coupons.target.com, and search "kellogg's fiber bar coupon" or something similar.

I also buy tons of frozen veggies..I read somewhere they are similarly nutritious to fresh, and less processed cause they don't have to care about what they look like/presentation.

shoot - I had more, baby just woke screaming. be back later!

@MapleMoose: SO and I have the basic (free) version of the Out of Milk app and we have the ability to edit and share lists. Hm. How long ago did you download it? I wonder if they changed the free features recently?

@mrskc: it took me many years to figure this out. We finally figured it out after we had our lo and it's one of her favorite foods so we HAVE to have one on hand at all times.

We go once a week and I meal plan, so I know exactly what I need and get enough. I make sure my fruits/veggies are ripe and that they will last close to a week! I shop on Sunday's and we are usually on the go on the weekends so if we runout of fresh produce it's not as big of a deal.

I shop on Sundays. I plan for Sun-Friday. So we might have to run out on Sat for that dinner. I try and cook the real perishable items the beginning of the week. But I will buy say chicken on Sunday, freeze it, and then take out Wed and cook on Thursday. I don't know notice the difference of it being frozen.

You ladies are amazing to me. I really suck at grocery shopping and find that I missed something all the time.

@mediagirl: We're actually beta testing a new version of it right now that creates meal plans for you based on your grocery store's weekly sale ads. I like it. There's still some kinks to work out, but otherwise it's super convenient and the recipes have been easy and tasty.