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5% back at Whole Foods using the Chase Amazon card vs 3% back without Prime. $119 annual Prime membership pays for itself after just $5,950 of Whole Foods shopping. :-)

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Nice, sounds like the cost can be recouped after just a few trips to Whole Foods.

5950/12 = 496$/month. Not that crazy for family with kids to spend even at a cheaper grocery store.

You also get 5% back at Amazon so it's definitely doable (I know i hit that last year).

Not crazy for a couple who cooks a lot, for that matter

It's pretty insane for a couple. I live in the UK granted, but we cook every night, and our food bill is less than half that.

Mine is double yours then. It could be cheaper , sure, but I don’t buy crazy expensive stuff. I do spend more on meat and things by being careful about sourcing

Is there irony in referring to shopping at Amazon-owned Whole Foods (regardless of their pre-acquisition reputation) as "careful about sourcing?"

No - I don't shop at whole foods; didn't think I suggested that I do.

When I say "careful about sourcing", I mean that a good percentage of what I buy comes directly or nearly directly from local farms. It costs more than the random grocery store stuff from large distributors. I can afford it so I don't mind and the markup isn't crazy.

Between the 10% bonus discount on sale prices and prime-only sales at WF, our prime membership pays for itself without the prime credit card, even though we do most of our grocery shopping at other stores.

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