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Clean Your Refrigerator | Weekly Decluttering Challenge

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Last week, we cleaned and organized our pantry and food cupboards and this week, we’re going to focus on our refrigerator and freezer. If you’re participating in the Grocery Budget Challenge , February’s action step is to clean out and organize our kitchen pantry and refrigerator. Discard outdated food.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. There’s a reason why menu planning is #1 on this list. When I plan a menu, my spending is generally under control. of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | January Meeting

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For my system, read my 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips. Action Step 3: New this month, clean out and organize your refrigerator, freezers, and kitchen pantry. I’ll be organizing my kitchen too and (of course) blogging about it at some point.

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Save Money with Meal Planning

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Using coupons will save you money at the register, but using your food wisely is going to save you money as well! I admit to completely dropping the ball with menu planning. I think I only wrote out a weekly menu twice in those two months. So, as you can imagine, things were even crazier due to my lack of planning.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

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. There’s a reason why menu planning is #1 on this list. Save Big on Organic Foods.