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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

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When finances are tight, often the only area we can control is our food spending. My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals. By having a schedule and knowing what we usually eat, I can save money by buying many foods in bulk. Snacks & Dessert.

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Day 21 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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We ate dinner from a food truck. This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal, frozen waffles, eggs & bagels. Lunches and snacks included turkey & cheese sandwiches, apples, oranges, cheese sticks, yogurt sticks, chips. Saturday: Grilled turkey burgers , french fries, steamed broccoli.

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Day 2 of 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Organize your kitchen pantry

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Welcome to 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today is Day 2 of the challenge and we are going to clean and organize our food pantry. I can hear your sighs of dread now, but trust me, disorganization = disaster when it comes to our grocery spending. Face the food labels forward for easy viewing.

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Day 23 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Bread Outlet Stores

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Day 23 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Shop at a Bread Outlet. They regularly stock English Muffins, sandwich thins, flat bread, kaiser rolls, hamburger rolls, hotdog rolls, tortillas, baked goods, snack foods, and more at prices of up to 50% off or more of the grocery store price. My family loves bread.

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Day 7 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. My plan was to put all three on one sheet pan to roast, but I had too much food for the pan. This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal with bananas, eggs & bagels. This week’s shopping trips: This first photo is quite scary.

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Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal, frozen waffles, eggs & bagels. Lunches and snacks included turkey & cheese sandwiches, apples, oranges, cheese sticks, yogurt sticks, chips & salsa. My big shopping trip this week was at Giant Food Stores. Total spent this week $97.81.

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Day 15 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this Week’s Meals

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will avoid duplicate and impulsive purchases, but walk away with enough food to get you through until your next planned trip.