Reduce the grocery bill

[shawnv]

Thanks! Now I just have to find more kitchen space.

That's my problem! XD

[captainspoke]

This is good for one cook, but not space enough for two:

https://imgur.com/lrdlWXA

[fools_gold]

This is good for one cook, but not space enough for two:

You have a real oven!

[Gulliver]

(usually spend around 23,000 yen per month for 2 people)

That’s already less than half as much as I spend. Way to bum me out man

[buckbunny]

A third thing I’d recommend is getting an extra freezer to go along with the fridge.

Our requirement for a pantry spacious enough to accommodate a decently-sized freezer was met with hysterical laughter and incredulity by all the home builders we met

…but then again so was my claim that making holes in a house's walls was bad for insulation.

[fools_gold]

I didn't think it was worth starting a new thread over, but our local supermarket is selling butter at 200 yen for a 200g pack. That's half the usual price. I think it may be related to the recent news about a milk glut. Anyway, if you like butter now might be a good time to stock up

+1 for the freezer too. We recently bought a small chest freezer and it's been great for keeping stuff from Costco and that end-of-the-day half-price meat from supermarkets.

Edit: looks like it was just my local supermarket. Oh well...

[bryanc]

have a son starting at uni in tokyo and was wondering how much is a reasonable amount to allocate for food a month.
has own kitchen facilities.. is 2man too low??

[captainspoke]

have a son starting at uni in tokyo and was wondering how much is a reasonable amount to allocate for food a month.
has own kitchen facilities.. is 2man too low??

Many uni cafeterias have something they call a "one coin" meal. My school had a ¥100 breakfast that was basic, but very good (unfortunately staff and faculty had to pay more, ¥300). I'd sometimes go early to beat the traffic, do some prep, and eat there.

Lunches weren't bad (also two tier pricing, lower for students). One tactic, instead of taking your whole lunch, is to take a leftover main (eg, piece of fish) and get rice, soup, and maybe some tofu from the cafeteria.

[pfdsa]

have a son starting at uni in tokyo and was wondering how much is a reasonable amount to allocate for food a month.
has own kitchen facilities.. is 2man too low??

Guess that different universities have different prices, but where I studied in Nagoya they had meals for less than 500 yen. Sometimes would grab a cheap beef bowl at Yoshinoya/Sukiya too. 20,000 yen should be enough for a mix of home-made meals and cafeteria meals. If you include snacks, drinks, coffee, etc, guess that you would need a budget of 30,000 yen in total.