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They Cut Their $1,200 Food Bill in Half

21 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a Ramit Sethi YouTube video ("They Cut Their $1,200 Food Bill in Half") in which multiple speakers (SPEAKER A/B/C, with Mike and Noel referenced) discuss reducing monthly food/grocery spending from about $1,200 to roughly $600. The speakers cite pre-planning, cutting grocery costs, and eating less while traveling as contributing tactics; tone is casual and practical personal-finance advice.

This month. We spent 614.
Before 600. What was it.
1200 or something crazy?
Wait, you got to tell us, Mike and Noel, what did you do to get it down to 600 for me? Like I said, when I'm on the road, I just won't spend money on food and I'll have to tough it out.
So much. Like we're talking hundreds and hundreds of dollars a month. And in part, a lot of that happens from a little bit of pre planning attention Americans who tell me you can't cut your grocery spending, yes, you can.