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JULY 16, 2015

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. Meal planning really is that effective.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Thrifting Thrift Stores 100

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APRIL 1, 2021

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I have created this awesome and SIMPLE spreadsheet to use to track your grocery spending and savings! All you have to enter is how much you spend and save each week (most stores will calculate your savings for you at the bottom of the receipt!) You need to save your receipts every time you buy groceries.

Groceries 111

Groceries Grocery 2013 Calculators 111

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. Spend Frugal February planning your meals from food that you already have in your kitchen, refrigerator, and freezer. Say that 5 times!).

February 100

February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As my kids have grown into a teen and tween who eat as much as adults, I spend about $700/month–this includes anything I buy at the grocery store, so it includes paper and cleaning products. When I plan a menu, my spending is generally under control. Seriously, my kids claim hunger ALL.DAY.LONG. Utilize the Freezer.

Saving Money 113

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

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AUGUST 30, 2014

Lately when I see my bill at the check out, I’m shocked at how few groceries are actually going home with me. On the 30th of each month, between January and November in 2014 , we will meet here to discuss our challenges and successes for the month with our grocery budget. How Did We Do in July & August?

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Groceries Grocery 100

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APRIL 6, 2011

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. Sign up to receive an email alert of the upcoming Sunday Coupon Preview.

Land o lakes 166

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Groceries. I talk a lot about grocery spending on this blog. My absolute #1 way for saving money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. If you make this one simple change, you will reduce your grocery spending. We used to spend hundreds of dollars a month going out to eat at restaurants.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Finance Organic 100

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Lately when I see my bill at the check out, I’m shocked at how few groceries are actually going home with me. O n the 30th of each month, between January and November in 2014 , we will meet here to discuss our challenges and successes for the month with our grocery budget.

Budgeting 124

Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 29, 2011

I have created this awesome and SIMPLE spreadsheet to use to track your grocery spending and savings! All you have to enter is how much you spend and save each week (most stores will calculate your savings for you at the bottom of the receipt!) You need to save your receipts every time you buy groceries.

Groceries 95

Groceries Grocery 2012 Calculators 95

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JANUARY 8, 2014

If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. If I don’t plan our meals and my shopping list, I spend too much money and make too many extra stops to the grocery store during the week. I spend about 30 minutes each Sunday to plan my menu and make a grocery list.

Meals 186

Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

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MARCH 23, 2011

Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your waste. Instead of using aluminum foil or plastic wrap to cover casseroles and leftovers, store the food in re-usable containers.

Economical 185

Economical Kitchen Paper Groceries 185

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MARCH 2, 2011

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.

Menu Planning 138

Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Day 14: Reduce Your Grocery Spending without Sacrificing Quality. Day 15: Skip the AM Drive-Thru and Eat Breakfast at Home. Day 16: Shop Thrift or Consignment Stores. Day 25: Rethink Your Christmas Spending. Day 29: Eat Dinner at Home & SAVE! Day 11: Cancel Your Cable TV. Day 13: Update #2.

Finds 258

Finds October Bank of America Friends And Family Sale 258

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JULY 9, 2015

Olivia wanted to stay home with her children on her husband’s teacher salary. Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. Acadia’s husband used his handy skills to fix up their home that they eventually sold for a profit. Stacy and her family stayed home.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100

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JUNE 8, 2018

I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. For example, if your paychecks net to $3000 a month, then you plan the spending for $3000, and not a single dollar over or under. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches.

Budgeting 133

Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Saving In Akron

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Earn $3 in bonus fuel rewards when you spend $20 in the dairy department. :: GROCERY. Spend $20 on any Smucker's brand foods. 1/4 Hamburger Helper, Chicken Helper, Tuna Helper or Home Cooked Skillet Meal, exp. 3 Hamburger Helper Home Cooked Skillet Meal, exp. B1G1 Home Pride Sliced Bread (20 oz.),

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Hamburger Helper Toll House Tuna helper Uncle Bens 140