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31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Day 1

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MAY 1, 2016

Do you feel like your grocery spending is out of control? I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. Every day this month, I will post one simple challenge to help you get control of your grocery spending.

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How to Slash your Grocery Spending in 31 Days

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MAY 31, 2016

Need to find some wiggle room in your budget? There is one place to look for extra money that maybe you haven’t considered–your groceries. If you don’t know what you spend each month on groceries, I encourage you to keep a tally for a month to give you an idea. 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending.

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Day 6 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Shop the Clearance Section

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MAY 6, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Don’t be afraid of the clearance section at the grocery store. Stores will mark down foods and other products when they are close to the “use by” date or the store has too much of a product and it needs to be cleared out.

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Reduce Your Grocery Spending Without Sacrificing Quality | 31 Days to Find $1000

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

If there is one line item in everyone’s budget that can get out of control it is groceries. It is so easy to walk into the grocery store with an idea of what you will spend, walk out with a bill that is double and get home to discover that you have nothing to eat. Grocery Planning/Buying Tips.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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JUNE 8, 2018

During that time, I started to budget for everything. Every aspect of our lives was included in our budget. We got back on track with planning our spending and we were able to breathe again. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | February Meeting

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. How did we do in February?

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Grocery Budget Challenge | July & August

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AUGUST 30, 2014

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. My budget is $450.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.06.17

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I served with store bought mashed potatoes, and steamed vegetables.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. In order to succeed with your money, you must spend time on your money–and that means writing a plan for your spending. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. 2 – Track your cashflow.

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5 Easy Budget Categories to Reduce

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JULY 16, 2015

The 5 Easiest Budget Categories to Reduce. If you are trying to reduce your expenses, groceries should be the first thing you attack. They are by far the easiest & quickest category to reduce in a household budget. And my absolute #1 way to save money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. Dining Out.

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Reduce Your Spending in 3 Budget Categories | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Yesterday’s assignment was to figure out where you are spending money. Today’s assignment: Reduce Your Spending in at least 3 Budget Categories.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

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MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. I heated up cooked chicken that I had in the freezer and just added some store bought sauce. When I have more time for dinner prep, I like to make my own BBQ sauce.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Are you spending more at the grocery store lately? Rising prices are affecting everyone’s bank account, and groceries are leading the way. Everyone is trying to figure out how to save money on groceries! However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization.

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Frugal February

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. In order to succeed with your money, you must spend time on your money–and that means writing a plan for your spending. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. 2 – Track your cashflow.

February

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. Personally, if I don’t make a shopping list and plan my meals, my grocery budget is toast. According to the U.S.

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Day 24: How to Save on Organic Food

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MAY 24, 2016

Day 24 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Save on Organic. I work weekly to adhere to our grocery budget, so I am always looking for ways to save money on organic food. It is possible to buy organic foods even on a strict grocery budget and here are my best tips. We fall somewhere in between.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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APRIL 1, 2021

Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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JANUARY 8, 2014

To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. If I don’t plan our meals and my shopping list, I spend too much money and make too many extra stops to the grocery store during the week.

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How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning

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MARCH 2, 2015

And since the grocery budget is the easiest category to reduce, I am diligent every weekend to plan our meals for the upcoming week. If I see pork chops on sale at the store, I’ll search “pork chop recipes” on Pinterest for new ideas. Do you need to reduce your grocery spending?

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New to Couponing? It Doesn't Have To Be Extreme

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APRIL 6, 2011

I guess it is possible to buy hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of groceries for pocket change, but nobody needs 62 bottles of mustard.or I believe the grocery bill is one of the easiest categories of the household budget to reduce and you don't have to be an extreme couponer to accomplish the task.

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target or Kohl’s when I’m in that part of town.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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JULY 9, 2015

When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. But if you currently do not have a system, read my tips on how to track your current spending. Brian and his wife used excel to create a budget spreadsheet.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. Stop Spending, BUT still live well: 1 – Declare a “Needs Only” month. How much can you save just by cutting out non-essential spending? ” Trust me, YOU WILL SURVIVE! Become hyper-focused on funding this account.

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Eleven Tips for Easier Menu Planning | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

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MARCH 2, 2011

Groceries are the one area in our household budget that I feel like I have the most control over. The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. With less trips to the store and a pre-planned list, I am hopefully limiting any impulse and redundant purchases.

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Day 6 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Shop the Clearance Section

Reduce Your Grocery Spending Without Sacrificing Quality | 31 Days to Find $1000

How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

Grocery Budget Challenge | February Meeting

Grocery Budget Challenge | July & August

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.06.17

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

5 Easy Budget Categories to Reduce

Reduce Your Spending in 3 Budget Categories | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

How to Save Money on Groceries

Frugal February

How to Save Money on Groceries

Day 24: How to Save on Organic Food

25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning

New to Couponing? It Doesn't Have To Be Extreme

Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Eleven Tips for Easier Menu Planning | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

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