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

Family Balance Sheet

Today is Day 6 and your assignment: Shop the clearance section. 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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How to Save Money on Healthy Food

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One big couponing myth is that all coupons are for junk food! You can absolutely save money on healthy food! Yes, there are a lot of coupons for junk food, but I also find coupons for milk, bread, cheese, yogurt, meat, eggs, and other staples. Newspaper – Yes, there are coupons for nutritious foods in the newspaper!

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner. Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce. My Frugal Shenanigans!

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

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Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. Homemade Crafts. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. There’s nothing better than a homemade meal that only needs to be heated up. What a delicious gift of food! Host a Homemade Meal.

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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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Related reading: 10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores. I haven’t bought non-clearance meat in months. Homemade Basil and Walnut Pesto: I made my second batch of homemade pesto from my two garden basil plants. Homemade Basil and Walnut Pesto: I made my second batch of homemade pesto from my two garden basil plants.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it. Ways to Use Your Freezer and Save: With the exception of maybe pasta dishes, a lot of food can be frozen. Thaw as needed. .

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How We Frugal-ed in November 2020

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However, at the register, the shoes rang up at $29.99–there was an additional mark down on clearance! We decided to donate the turkey to the food bank. I made homemade applesauce when the orchard was having an end of season sale. Awesome, the new price will be $19.99 for the TOMS shoes and stocking stuffers.

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