Build a grocery budget you can stick to: test your skills
Set your grocery number from your real receipts, not a hopeful guess, and it finally holds. Answer each question to see the explanation; your score appears at the end.
This test checks that you can
- Set a grocery number from real receipts
- Convert it to a weekly figure
- Use unit prices to compare swaps
- Practice
1. Where should a grocery target start?
- Practice
2. How do you turn a monthly number into a weekly one?
- Practice
3. Which number reveals shrinkflation?
- Key idea
4. Which statement best explains "Start from the honest baseline"?
- Key idea
5. Which statement best explains "Weekly numbers are easier to feel"?
- Key idea
6. Which statement best explains "The unit price tells the truth"?
- Action plan
7. In the action plan, which step comes first?
- Mistake to avoid
8. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
- Mistake to avoid
9. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
A 16 oz bag costs $3.20 and a 24 oz bag costs $4.32. Which is cheaper per ounce?
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The 24 oz bag ($0.18 vs $0.20 per oz)
$3.20 ÷ 16 = $0.20. $4.32 ÷ 24 = $0.18.
Total last month’s grocery receipts and divide by 4.3. That is your honest weekly baseline.