🤯 *ENORMOUS* $5K COSTCO HAUL! Large Family Grocery Haul (MOM OF 5) 

The video you’ve all been waiting for! 🤣 The one where we spent a ridiculous amount of money….$5,635 to be exact 😮😬 BUT let’s break the numbers down, shall we!? $5,635-$499(play set doesn’t count towards groceries)= $5,136 $5,136 / 8 (months) = $642 $642 / 4 (weeks) = $160 Now does $160 sound like a lot of money to be spending on groceries per week for a FAMILY OF 7?! Definitely not! About a month after we shop at Costco we start shopping again for produce and such…$50-$200 bi weekly. So AT MOST we spend $260 a week on groceries for our large family. So now that you see the breakdown what do you think? Is my way of shopping stupid? Or smart? 🤔 Let me know your thoughts!!

She's one of the only mom's who can say "We got food at the house."

Somewhere, an extreme couponer is curled into the fetal position and crying softly.

Me watching from a one bedroom apartment: "Yas, girl, get all the things!"

I have a family of 6. I don’t know why people hate on this so much. If you remove the play set price you spent an average of 700 per month for a family of 7, if people take the time to think that’s 100 per person. Food, snacks, cleaning and toiletries. You did amazing. Good for you and thanks for sharing. ❤️

I would love to see a video on where you store all of this. Fridge, freezer, pantry/storage room.

I love that quote "until you are feeding my family, you don't have a say".

I love the fact that the mayority of this food is super healthy and actual food not junk. I think this is great for families who have the means and the storage to do so. I would love to be able to do this. Lets keep in mind that this is for a big family AND for 6 to 8 months. I just simply love this! ❤ Keep up the good work mom and dad!!

Wow! Coming from a household of a single mother where we did not know where our next meal was coming from, this makes my heart feel warm. I am now 25 living on my own, and at this point I’m budgeting to make sure I get good, sustainable food but enough to last me a while. One day I hope I can become a wife/mother who can provide this way for myself and my family. To feel secure is the best feeling in the world for a kid or an adult who never had security. Good job mom & dad. I strive to make this kind of money and think this smart.

I have 4 children and it really bothers me that people have negative things to say. When you have a herd of children, you don’t have time to go to the grocery store often. Plus, buying in bulk saves ALOT of money! The way you are shopping is actually saving your family a ton of Money. The USDA says a family of 7 (young children ) spend $859 a month on food. That’s $10,308 a year. What you just bought at 5600, with easily over $1000 spent on non- food items and it lasts you 8 months means you will be spending a substantial amount less than the average family of 7. So you are actually being incredibly smart shopping this way… the people who are leaving rude comments clearly don’t understand how budgeting for your family works. Keep doing what you are momma! You are doing awesome!!

You should do a video showing how you put all this away in the refrigerator. I know u do some freezer meals but it seems overwhelming to put it all away before you can process the meals. I admire you and the healthy way you feed your family. ❤️

That is the craziest haul of food I've ever seen ,you go girl. My mom was a little bit of a prepper and many of times it saved us from going without. Don't let anyone ever bring you down for thinking ahead for your family.

As an ICU CNA through this pandemic, I can say for a fact orgain chocolate protein shakes have kept me alive thus far 😂 I am so happy to know they’re at Costco. I’m new to your videos, so hi from North Carolina! I plan to keep watching :)

I spend 800$ -1000$ at Costco a month for our household of 8. So that’s roughly 12,000$ a year. So you did good in my mind!! When you figure that each person eats roughly 200$ a month in food. I think I do pretty damn good feeding us and that includes cleaning stuff and household needs. We are both killing it! Because I buy in bulk and only what is on sale and because I know how to properly store food that saves us so much money!

You said $56,000 at first and I was like wait, WHAT? 😅

Sometimes I just sit back and think of how our great grand mother’s and grand mother’s who all had house full of children would have loved a Costco . I love Kirkland brands !!!!!

Costco should sponsor your hauls! You’re totally doing some prime advertising for them and their products! 🙌🏼❤️

So I’m a cashier at a big supermarket and honestly you’re so smart for doing this. I cannot tell you how often I have the same customers come in spending over a hundred dollars because of impulse buying/expensive foods (like pre-prepared foods like subs, etc.). A lot of people come in almost nightly and buy food for the next day, which wastes so much time and leads them to spend excess money as well. You’re saving so much time and money by doing it this way and you’re almost definitely eating healthier, too. Plus I love watching big hauls😂😂

“ If my heavy breathing annoys you, sorry, you’re gonna have to move on with your life. You try talking about groceries for 30 minutes.” 😂😂😂👍🏻 Love it and love these hauls. You are an inspiration! I don’t know how you do it!

Wow this is amazing!! I don’t think most people realize that 5k over 8 months to feed 7 mouths is actually quite the bargain!

this is freaking awesome to see. I hope to be a stay-at-home mom when my husband and I have kids and I really wanna be frugal about how I grocery shop. $5k seems like a lot, but to last for SOOOO long, it really doesn't seem that crazy, especially for the size of your family. This really just inspires me to wanna keep grinding while I can before having kids, so we can give them the best. I love Costco and even for just me and my husband I go every few months, but it would be so cool to just save every month and then do big hauls like this every 6 months or so to save money in the long run!! Keep it up girl! You're amazing!!

It's just me, my husband and the youngest adult child in our house and I shop like this too. I have a HUGE stockpile of everything we need to last for the next six-eight months and I do not care what anyone thinks about it. When people were freaking out last March and for months, we had everything we could possibly need and I stayed home for three months. Of course we did curbside pick up for dairy and produce but that was all. There is no reason for anyone to be negative towards you. I think you are very wise! Great haul!!! I drive 2 hours 15 minutes one way to get to the nearest Costco (in a different state!). We go four times a year and spend a lot of money! lol

You should share how you freeze and unfreeze your food. Especially the prep food, Breads etc. Will it still taste amazing as the fresh ones? And how big is your freezer? And what else do you freeze? Im really curious.

Holy cow! This blew me away!! The logistics on your hauls is just mind boggling. I come from a family of 8, I know what it takes to shop to stock up months in advance! I can imagine your convoy of trolleys, your shopping roll list strategically folded so it doesn’t drag on the floor …. I don’t know what’s more epic, your hoard itself or the whole operation of shopping, transporting then organising everything neatly laid out just to have it ready for the camera? It takes a special planning, organisation and coordination skills and patience to achieve just this level alone without feeling stressed, then there’s storing it too. What can’t be missed is the fact your Wonder Woman! Plain & simple! Love your channel

While I wouldn’t knock another person for their way esp considering large families should have more food on hand on an everyday basis.. I still can’t help but feel there’s a lot of “cons” for this style of shopping. 1. Expiry dates and freshness. Things go bad, rancid, chips aren’t as fresh. 2. Sheer amount of storage needed to be dedicated for hauls 3. If you only do a big shop once in 8 mo you miss everything that’s OOS 4 not to mention sales, clearance , holiday and special items. 5. You’re going to have to go back every 2 weeks anyway for produce and dairy so why stock up on things that take forever to use? For example, if I did this method (once every 8 mo with biweekly trips) I would tweak by getting each big item when it was on sale, or only once at a time . Things like laundry soap, dish tabs, salt, pepper and spices, baby wipes, protein powder etc. The rest I would dovetail in with my biweekly shops. I wouldn’t choose to buy 5 bags of Brazil nuts for example. The only way this concept makes sense in my head is if a) they didn’t live near a Costco and they could only get there 1-2x a year or b) they get very sporadic income and get huge chunks at once , and aren’t good at budgeting. In that case the stockpile would be a forced savings on future groceries. But that’s just me.

I’m not annoyed by your heavy breathing I’m just feeling sorry for you because I know that your real work starts after you film the haul when you have to start breaking everything down to bag it and freeze it and put it all away. I’m sure that you worked for hours with that much food to put away. You deserve a reward!

My parents used to order cases of different foods from our local grocery store. Our basement did look like a store, but they saved a ton of money and we always had plenty of food to eat, and an emergency stash if needed.

I dont know why but i find this video very calming. 😌

You have given me some great ideas! And I love your attitude about the negative comments from others. Keep being you and don't stop sharing. 😊

i dont get why people have to be so negative its not like they are feeding your family or paying for the food or your electric bill to store the food. I love these types of videos but i dont have a costco near me but we have a sams club near us and this is how we shop to but we are a family of 9. Just ignore the haters they have nothing better to do. Love you. :)

I have 9 kids. When the oldest 8 were still all home (we homeschooled too) I used to do once a month shopping! People are so rude! I used to get a lot of comments about everything! Just live your life the way you want because you only get one shot at it.

First of all it is a blessing to be able to do what this nice lady is doing for her and her family.Many people are not this fortunate.God bless you and your family.

Love your Costco grocery hauls! I love stocking up on food for my family too, there’s nothing worse than running to the store for one or two items. You’ve given me lots of inspiration, I can’t wait to go to Costco. You’re an organised & beautiful mama. Sending you love from Australia 🇦🇺🤍

If “we have food at home” was a person 🤣

I feel so overwhelmed watching this! I can’t imagine the work it takes to process all of this food so none is wasted. Having all of that in my home would make me feel like I was suffocating, but I can’t handle clutter. I’d love to see how you put all of this away. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by it?

I love the way you get food that will accommodate all your family ,you go girl ❤️

I love your videos. I love to watch these type of videos and Something I think every time I watch them is how blessed we are to have an abundance of options to choose from for the things we want to eat and feed our families. We are so so blessed. Lets be thankful for everything we are able to get. Just having so many stores with plenty of items to choose from is a wonderful blessing, it is so normal for us. Bleasings to your family and every person’s family watching this. ❤️🙏🏾✨

I love when you grocery shop. I am like yay when the notication comes on.

Love these hauls! No judgement over here. Everyone has to do what works for them. Keep doing what you want girl! Thanks for sharing 😊!

Preach!!! You are so right! May God continue to bless you and your family!

You are doing an amazing job! It’s not easy shopping for a big family and stay on a healthy plan the way you did. Your family is very blessed to have such a smart caring,loving Mommy and wife. I am sure they know that. Gods blessings be with you and your beautiful family. ♥️

Hello Tabitha! I shop once a month at Costco for our Family. Tip for freezing bagels: slice them in half before you put them in the freezer. It makes defrosting/toasting them so much easier! Love your channel! 💕

I slice by bagels before freezing. Sooo easy to pop in the toaster from frozen!

Thank you for taking the time to share this! I appreciate it, motivates me to reevaluate how I spend money on groceries

You go mama! You are smart and prepared!!! This reminds me of the parable of the ten virgins. Some had extra oil for their lamps and some did not. It’s always good to prepare early. I grew up in Oregon and have been to the Tillamook factory. Tillamook is pronounced Tillamuck.

I don't get why people are negative. I love watching these. If I could afford I would do this. There are things I do the stock up system of 1 for now and 2/for later.

I am 1 of 7 and I can remember my mom grocery shopping every week and we had 3 overflowing shopping carts. Who cares what others think... you do what's best for you.

Go girl. I do this too for my family of four. It's nice not to have to think about certain things and just know you have them.

I love shopping at Costco and I can’t wait to have more kids to justify bringing this much stuff home 🤣

I love how you break the numbers down. People get all freaked out because of the large lump sum but it's really no different than the long term spending.

You’re very sweet to go through such a huge haul for us! I’m so glad I found your channel! I’ll be binge watching! Blessings to you and your family!🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

Love, love this video! I have a family of 5. I love seeing what other moms feed their families. My kids are teens now so the snacks/goodies don’t last long anymore.

This is so helpful!! Thank you! You showed so many products that I didn't know Costco had and would love to try for my family of five!

Loving the sass!! Those people have no idea what’s it’s like buying groceries for a large family, they also have no idea how to use food before it goes bad, or how to save it when it starts to. I get so many good ideas from your videos for my family of 6! Costco hauls save us so much money a year!

Ooh love it. I bet it feels so good to “shop” your shelves after that stock up.

Thanks for posting such an interesting video-it is so interesting to see the food choices other families make. After hearing some of the ways you are going to use the food, I am brimming with ideas of new uses for the same old products I’ve been buying for years. Thanks and cheers!

I love that you get so much at once and only go every 8 months or so! We have 6 kids and cutting down trips not only saves us time, but makes the trip a fun family adventure instead of a "daily grind" kind of thing. Also, LOVE e beautiful crucifix on your wall! Thanks, Mama, you're great inspiration to our family!!

I only have a 2 person household but love these videos from you! So satisfying to see you stock on everything from food to laundry soap.

Haven't watched yet but been around here a good while and can already tell you.... GOOD JOB TABS. Your family will be set for a long while and blessed with numerous meals and treats with this haul! Keep it up being the momma warrior you are.

Amazing!love watching you, smart parents, I’m alone but have a huge garden and put up lots of vegetables, I have gotten started buying and stocking up, like you said ,you don’t know what will happen, some stores here are bare shelves. Thanks for sharing!

I’ve only just found your channel and…….WOW! I aspire to be this organized and practical some fine day. I find myself stopping at the grocery store almost every afternoon on my way home and I absolutely hate it. I wind up spending more money and don’t really ever have what I need. Also, it’s STRESSFUL! Sending blessings and hugs.

Hi! Dietitian intern here, just wanted to let you know to be Careful keeping the protein shakes in the car. A lot of those proteins will denature with heat and then they cannot be used by your body so it’s not as filling or useful. Just so you know!

That’s really only about $90.00 per person per month. What is the big deal to these ppl that think it’s a lot of money! You appear to chose health (ier) options for your family and you’re stocked up on other items like laundry and cleaning. Well done.

Save your smaller containers of soap. When you buy the jug, use a funnel to refill your smaller containers.

i completely agree with you it is no ones business what you buy for your family so i will keep watching your videos thankyou

The rao’s taste almost like my Italian grandfathers sauce. It’s the best marinara I’ve ever had store bought. And I usually prefer to make my own. But it tastes so much like mine that I love to grab them when they are on sale

I love how you shop and I’m trying to do the same thing. I also do the same thing with the ziplock bag. Your channel is so real and I love how you tell it like it is. People need to worry about what’s going on in there homes and sto judging others. Truly enjoyed your channel.

I LOVED THIS VIDEO 😍 my first time seeing you and I LOVED all the groceries, so BEBLESSED AND STAY SAFE🙏🏽

So happy to find a fellow Michigander on RU-vid! Better to be prepared for anything, especially when you have a family of 5 kids!

I love watching these videos! I’m sure it was a lot of work getting everything ready for the video! Great job!

Your heavy breathing comment was absolutely hysterical!! "If my heavy breathing is annoying to you, you need to move on with your life." 🤣🙌 You rock Tabitha!!!

I love these videos! You’re doing amazing!

Real life and what works best for your family, AMEN to that. Thank you for sharing ALL positive vibes here. ALOHA from Hawai'i

Great haul! It is a smart idea to stock up and provide security for your family. Many blessings to your family, Tabitha!

This is my dream grocery haul. Lot's of good and healthy stuff! I am a new fan here! You are so blessed🥰🥰🥰 Hope to see more of these videos!

I love how prepared and organized this is but still my brain hurts thinking about putting it all away 😂 love the vid though!

Omg! I struggle with planning weekly shopping 🥴 I find myself forgetting to buy stuff and then I have to go back to the store every other day. I'd love to be able to do this. Good job mama!

Wow... just wow. This would be my dream. You literally bought yourself a mini Costco pop-up shop for your home. Meal prepping from all that must be so much easier with less waste.

Ive been waiting for this!!!! You always have the best finds.

Love your ideas on storing items

Well done!! What a supreme effort to firstly shop for all of that, and then to present it so well in your video. Thanks for sharing.

Totally blown away. You explained everything very well. We love Costco too. And yes I found out about a lot of new items!!

I would like to see another video how you organize all of theese staff .

same goes with my mom with 6 children, every week she went shopping groceries with 2 trolley .. huge unboxing and sorting just like this video ..

Keep up the great energy and love you show for your family!

I will never complain about trying to fit all my weekly grocerys on the bench again. This would have taken forever for you to lay everything out ready for your haul! 😅

Heyy, I just wanted to say that I really love your videos, they kinda give me an insight on a healthy family life :) also much love from Austria ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for sharing, good luck putting it all away!

My mom used to do this when I was a kid. We didn’t have a Costco but we did have a Sam’s Club. It was great. We went once a month and stocked up. For a family of 6, it was a blessing. The grocery bill would have crippled my parents otherwise. 👍

I LOVE that you got your pjamas and shoes from Costco! The shorts are so cute! 😍

We live in rural Australia and our closest Costco is over 2 hours away 😭 We usually try to do a combined family Costco haul (3 cars in convoy) and we each spend about $700-$800. I really enjoy watching your hauls because it gives me my fix for the times I can’t get there 😂

Fun to watch! Me and my husband, with no kids and there will never be tho, do this kind of shopping once a month. But ours stops at 300-500$. We've got a "prepper" situation going on down in the food storage in the basement. It feels so good to always have the important basic things at home, so you don't have to run to the store (we live a little bit "on the side" of town). That includes washing soap, laudry detergent, tooth paste, shampo etc. Plus it's important to have food in case shit happens, or there is some sort of financial trouble for a while - things break, cars break, old houses needs love, etc. :)

Hi just found ur channel love watching and making these vlogs i love seeing what other mummabears buy n make for their families. I love doing my food shopping and cooking.

YAY! I have been waiting for this 😍😍

I absolutely love your hair. Beautiful. I have a family of 6 and I wish I had the storage space for all that. We have a costco and hour away so we go 1 time a month. My mom loves Brazil nuts so I might have to make her a goodie box with snacks as a birthday or Christmas gift. You totally rock.

Wow, thank you for breaking it down and your right it’s cheaper to do it your way. Thanks for sharing and I’d love to know how you store it all so it doesn’t go bad. I watch these videos for ideas on long time storage ideas (family of me and two teenagers! So they are bottomless pits when it comes to food lol) 😀

I love that you get actual good food for your family!

This is my first time watching you and I love that I called you being from Michigan immediately. Hello from Ohio (I went to college in Toledo with A LOT of Michiganders).

I remember having those yoghurt sticks and freezing them as a kid too they were the best 😋

Watching these makes me want to go to costco (we don’t have costco here in NZ) the size of everything!! And the range. So cool