What I have been doing is Sat or Sunday going to the supermarket and I start in the meat section and see what's on sale....and decide from there what I will cook for that week. Since my pantry is still so full, I don't need to buy any staples right now.
So far for the month of September so I far I have spent just over $200 at the grocery store, and that includes TP, paper towels, shampoo, dish and laundry soap, even a couple of 6 packs of beer for DH and a bottle of vodka (for birthday lemon drops ). I don't know how that is for the rest of the country, but for here in CA that is really cheap.
My Goal for this month was $500, that is not going to be a problem at all, it will probably be actually under $400. Since I cleaned out the pantry, I know I can do at least one more month around $400....after some of the stock is depleted, I know it will go back up, but if I can keep it between $600 - $700 a month I will be really happy, that be about half of what we were spending.
Wow! You really are good! $200 for all of that is great shopping.
This is sort of off topic, but honestly, a lot of you are ready for an emergency, natural disaster or otherwise. A well stocked pantry could feed the family for a number of weeks-months. My mom learned from a Mormon woman how to put up food. She had a year's supply in the house for unforseen circumstances.