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Resolve to Lower Your Grocery Spending

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List. Want a Month of FREE Groceries? Eleven Simple Tips For Easier Menu Planning. Did you make a goal for 2012 to lower your grocery spending? become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Stop Wasting Food.

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

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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. I use coupons but they are not my only method to reducing our grocery spending. I use them weekly. I love finding coupons for the foods and products that we use.

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Frugal February

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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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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. When you walk into a grocery store with a plan, you eliminate impulse & duplicate purchases. Keep it Simple. Dining Out.

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

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The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. 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. Develop a system.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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My absolute favorite cash back grocery app is Ibotta. From my complete review and strategy, read: Earn Cash Back from these 4 Simple Grocery Apps. Look for grocery clearance. This is my most favorite way to save money on groceries. I average about $5 in coupons on a typical trip to the grocery store.