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Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Store Brand vs. Name Brand

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Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Compare Store Brand vs. Name Brand. Buying store brand products is one of the easiest ways to save money on groceries. A recent comparison of store products and the name brand counterparts of few items on my shopping list reflected a savings of 20% – 40%.

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

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Meals need to be easy to prepare and tasty to eat and that is where freezer cooking can swoop in to save the day. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. Follow along daily on Facebook where I share the posts and pictures from my own challenge. .

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Are you spending more at the grocery store lately? Rising prices are affecting everyone’s bank account, and groceries are leading the way. Everyone is trying to figure out how to save money on groceries! How to Save Money on Groceries. When I plan a menu, my spending is generally under control.

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The Final Grocery Budget Challenge Post

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I really wanted to reduce our grocery spending for my family of 4 from the average of $634 a month in 2013 to a budget of $450 a month in 2014. It was a bold goal to reduce our spending by so much and I knew I would have to be very diligent with my meal planning. Did you follow along this year with the Grocery Budget Challenge?

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Looking for ways to save money on groceries? Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. How to Save Money on Groceries. Institute a ‘Raid the Fridge’ Night.

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31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Day 1

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Do you feel like your grocery spending is out of control? I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. Every day this month, I will post one simple challenge to help you get control of your grocery spending.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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In 2021, I wanted to increase our savings but didn’t attach any number to it, so we floundered that year away. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter. —>>Our 2023 Financial Goal: Save a set amount for college.<<— After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense.