trick is to get higher quality produce, make multiple services, and lean how to store things. Cheap produce goes back quicker. I live alone yet go to Costco every 2-3 weeks and I expect everything I get to last.

Meat is split up, vacpacked and frozen. produce is put in the fridge in containers that best store them: some lined with paper town, some not, some with lids, some not. I have 2 week old tomatoes peppers cucumbers romain for salad that is totally fine. Onion garlic and potatoes go in burlap in the pantry. Rice and grains are put in sealed containers. And so forth.

And when I cook it’s always multiple servings. Today and tomorrows dinner, 5-10 servings of soup and I freeze most.

Storing food so it keeps is a skill.

150-200$ every 2-3 weeks, much cheaper and healthier then ordering in or frozen.