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WIS, WWA | a new year of grocery shopping!

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent I know sometimes at the start of a new year, people make grocery-bill-reduction goals, but honestly, I’m not even gonna stress over that. Maybe after the semester is over, I can do a bang-up job with the grocery bill over the summer. The post WIS, WWA | a new year of grocery shopping!

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Entries such as your mortgage, gas, electricity bill, and so on are essential. This is when I’ve made all the mandatory payments, such as my mortgage and utility bills. I make my coffee at home, pack my lunch, and go straight home after work. Go generic wherever possible and save some money when grocery shopping.

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How We Frugal-ed this Week: 10/12/18

Family Balance Sheet

Every Sunday afternoon, I plan the meals and do my grocery shopping for the week. Read: Earn Cash Back with these 4 Simple Grocery Apps. Sometimes you have to work for it, but sometimes it suddenly and gratefully appears. Read my review and how it works here. I LOVE the reprieve from high gas/electric bills.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | February Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

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. Lately when I see my bill at the check out, I’m shocked at how few groceries are actually going home with me.

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You shop to feel better. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. But, you can’t escape your life and the bills will follow you. Send your spouse to do the grocery shopping. When you do need something, shop with a friend that won’t let you go overboard. Life stinks sometimes.

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10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores

Family Balance Sheet

GIANT Food Stores of PA has been part of my weekly grocery shopping routine for years. In fact, their corporate buying office is in my hometown and I worked there while I was in college. I am very familiar with the store, its pricing strategy, its setup, and how to save and stretch my grocery budget dollars.

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7 Ways to Save Money on Dinner

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We write down what ingredients we need and this plans out our grocery shop. To cut costs, you should try to work a vegetarian dish into your dinner schedule once or twice a week. Miss T: We do this very process once every two weeks. It has become a very efficient process and our wallets and health have thanked us.