Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 1, 2014

There were a few things that they did that you can do too, which will reduce your environmental impact and maybe even help your wallet: Bring Fabric Bags When Grocery Shopping. Many grocery chains have started to charge a small fee for plastic bags, too, and your savings can add up over time. Get Take Out/Eat Out Less.

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Documentary Eating Out Kids and Family Food and Drink 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 14, 2013

Saving on Grocery Bills. A good part of our monthly income is spent on grocery shopping, and the budget may even go higher depending on whether it’s a holiday or a birthday where you need to feed more people. If you really need it, add it to the next week’s shopping list. Eating out harms you in two ways.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Smart Grocery Shopping. Skip the pizza and constant eating out. Make regular trips to your local grocery store for dietary staples and fresh produce for a healthy diet that won’t break the bank. Avoid the frozen and prepared foods sections–these are not the bargains they appear to be.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

Are there reliable grocery stores at your destination? Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. Food is usually our the biggest expenditure during our vacation and thankfully our beach condo will have a kitchen. Create a Meal Plan.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 13, 2013

These meals, whether they are take-out meals or ones from the grocery store, are usually high in calories, fat, and sodium, and low in nutrition. Sure, sometimes it’s okay to have a take-out meal or fast food meal to save your sanity, but eating out more often than not is a luxury that ends up costing more in the long run.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 2, 2011

Groceries are the one area in our household budget that I feel like I have the most control over. 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. Menu planning saves me time.

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The Coupon Game

MAY 12, 2011

I notice I tend to desire to eat out more when the menu isn't planned, which in turn causes a higher cost in our food budget. So, here's my Menu Plan for the week: (We start on Thursdays because it's always been my grocery shopping day.) Thus, the weekly menu has not been what it ought to be.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And eating out wasn’t the exception for me then. Restaurant food was just cheaper than when I cooked meals myself, because at that time I couldn’t cook any Chinese food, and Western food needed things like olive oil, cheese, butter, pasta…all expensive in China because they have to be imported.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2012

Faster Isn’t Always Better Having a wife that worked at a grocery store for numerous years, and being an avid people-watcher myself, I am often AMAZED when I glance at grocery carts at our local store. Reducing Our Sodium Intake Avoid processed foods. You may be shocked what you see.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

By the end of the week, I hadn’t touched 35 food points and didn’t use any of the 10 points I had accumulated for exercise either. Grocery Shopping. In order to stay on track with those points, I needed better food in the house. I usually use at least 30 of those.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

But there is no way you are going to give up cable, the cell phone, eating out or your gym membership. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. Send your spouse to do the grocery shopping. When you do need something, shop with a friend that won’t let you go overboard.

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Saving SAHM Sanity

MAY 2, 2011

This time I'm only going to track my grocery and HBA instead of every single penny I spend. Honestly, I have know idea how much my family spends a month on food and other necessities. But I never track how much I'm spending. I tried tracking about a year ago, but it took to much time.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

That meant no vacations, no new clothes, no eating out, nothing. Could I knock $20 off my grocery shopping somehow? I’d love to have a little homestead somewhere, growing most of my own food. The funny thing is that I haven’t totally figured out the future yet. Could I lower my cell phone plan?

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