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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. For a list of budget categories, read: How to Start a Budget.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

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. This Week in the Kitchen: In an effort to save time and money, I’m trying to add either meals or ingredients to my freezer each week.

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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. Would you like to lower your grocery bill? These posts will help: 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. Selfishly, the reason for this weekly posting is because I tend to stick to a grocery budget when I know I’m going to write about it.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

That is a lot of money, so I plan our meals. If you plan for your grocery trip, you will have a better chance of staying on track. It’s those impulsive, last-minute trips that seem to wreak havoc on spending. Develop your own routine and read all about how I plan our menu weekly: How to Meal Plan: 11 Tips for Success.

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APRIL 1, 2021

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. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. Try freezer cooking.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

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. That is a lot of money, so I plan our meals. Here’s my favorite 8 Freezer Meals. Thaw as needed.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. This is one of my favorite slow cooker meals and it was included in my freezer cooking session last fall. Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. For a list of budget categories, read: How to Start a Budget.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending. After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense. At the end of 2022, I totaled the year’s worth of groceries and was blown away by the number.

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JULY 16, 2015

And my absolute #1 way to save money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. If you make this one simple change, you will reduce your grocery spending substantially. Meal planning really is that effective. When you walk into a grocery store with a plan, you eliminate impulse & duplicate purchases.

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MARCH 2, 2011

The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Sure, there is time spent upfront; about 30 minutes for me each Sunday when I plan my menu and make a grocery list. Maybe even a crock-pot meal.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

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OCTOBER 1, 2011

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JANUARY 1, 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. Weekly Meals on a Budget. Maintaining a grocery budget is a weekly process for me. New Year’s Resolution: Cook More Often! |

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JULY 9, 2015

” Brian’s family packed their lunches, cooked meals at home, and shopped with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. ACTION STEP: After you analyze your spending, what habits are you willing to give up. They Managed their Grocery Spending. Tracy cooked meals ahead of time to freeze.

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