# Haul grouped by meal with per-meal cost

A money format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/money/haul-grouped-by-meal-with-per-meal-cost

Lay out the groceries one meal at a time and show each meal's cost, rather than dumping the whole haul in one pile. It worked for 3 accounts, with a median of 8x their usual reach. Type: Editing trick. Seen as: Voiceover, Talking head, Slideshow.

## Why it works

Viewers can see what each dinner costs and copy a single meal. Per-meal and per-person math makes the total feel earned.

## How to make it

1. Name the store, meal count and total in the hook
2. Group the exact packages for each meal on the counter
3. Overlay the meal cost or per-person cost
4. Show a recipe card after each group

## Hook formula

[Number] [store] dinners for $[total], here's every meal

## Examples

- @heyitsmadelynclaire (15K followers, TikTok voiceover): 12x their usual views. Hook: “6 Dinners at Aldi for less than $65 for our family of five” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@heyitsmadelynclaire/video/7698521049771592990)
- @victoriafarnsworth17 (215K followers, TikTok talking head): 7.8x their usual views. Hook: “EXTREME BUDGET MEALS” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@victoriafarnsworth17/video/7703579368412417293)
- @kmschiller (481K followers, TikTok slideshow): 3.0x their usual views. Hook: “5 EASY ALDI DINNERS FOR BUSY WEEKNIGHTS $59.80 TOTAL🫶🏻✨” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@kmschiller/photo/7690261440720162079)

More money formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/money.md

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## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
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