*Full-day meals and snacks

2024 Update

I priced this table with few coupons/BOGOS/specials – I would have paid less than $5 if I worked a bit harder.

By the way – the SNAP Challenge is not realistic (you’re not allowed to use coupons, buy BOGOS, manager’s specials, sale items, use a loyalty card, etc.).

With the SNAP Challenge, you are supposed to buy food for one week on your food stamp budget. That doesn’t make sense. People on food stamps don’t receive their benefits for only one week.

Therefore, they should be buying in bulk – even if that means just buying six boxes of pasta to get them for 49¢ per box instead of $1.25 per box. If you guy a jar of instant tea, that’s going to last you for a month. What single person eats an entire loaf of bread per week?

Read the information on this website to learn how to eat very well for less than $4 per day.