Buy bread that's whole-grain or enriched with B vitamins and iron. Freeze bread in airtight material if you use it slowly. Pasta in conventional forms, such as spaghetti and macaroni, costs less than pasta in fancy shapes. Packaged rice and noodle mixes cost more than the ingredients themselves.
Cereals packaged in individual servings cost much more than larger sizes.
Regular cereal costs less per ounce than sugar-coated varieties.