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MAY 12, 2016

This post is Day 12 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries. Pinterest is A Gold Mine for Money Saving Grocery Tips. After the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending series …;)…the next best place to find easy money saving grocery tips is Pinterest.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. 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.

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Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I can only be pressed about so many things at one time, and right now, my grocery spending is not it. Sunday I made a Dinnerly meal, which was a pesto chicken spinach pasta. Monday I made some chicken noodle soup, using up my rotisserie chicken broth, the last of the celery, and some carrots. so I redeemed it that night.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2014

We use the gym, so we’ve never felt like it was a waste of money. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635. I knew I could do better, so in January 2014, I made a commitment to reduce our grocery spending, but not sacrifice the quality of food and meals that I fed my family.

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MAY 16, 2016

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. If you’re following along with the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending , then you will remember, disorder = disaster. Freeze leftover meals in single portions for a quick lunch. Let us know in the comments.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

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. What is your number one tip for saving money on groceries?

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MAY 4, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today, we’re going to plan meals using those inventories of foods you found in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. And hopefully, your next shopping trip won’t be as expensive, because you’re using food already in your kitchen.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We could really use an intentional month of frugalness to reset our mindset. 8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. Use up all of those odd ingredients.

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MAY 28, 2016

I use the baking soda in the laundry. I used the chicken for the wraps, Wednesday night’s meal, and sandwiches for lunch. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. The post This Week’s Grocery Recap 05.28.16

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Chicken Orzo Soup: I used some cooked chicken and homemade chicken stock from last week’s freezer cooking session. Want to lower your grocery bill?

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week in the Kitchen: In an effort to save time and money, I’m trying to add either meals or ingredients to my freezer each week. garden salad.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Wednesday: I used the Instant Pot to make meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Want to lower your grocery bill? 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. Did you plan your meals regularly?

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Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

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MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Would you like to lower your grocery bill? These posts will help: 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips. How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes. We had a tasty week!

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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. I encourage you to read my post, 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips. Dining Out.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

If you are struggling with the rising grocery prices or maybe you need to make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to cut your grocery bill…and still eat really well! That is a lot of money, so I plan our meals. You’ll be thankful later.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

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. These are strategies I use weekly to keep my grocery bill in line with our budget. Utilize the Freezer.

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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. Meal planning really is that effective. When you walk into a grocery store with a plan, you eliminate impulse & duplicate purchases.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. Selfishly, the reason for this weekly posting is because I tend to stick to a grocery budget when I know I’m going to write about it.

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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. Try freezer cooking.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts. We will control our money, rather than our money controlling us. By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending. After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense.

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MARCH 2, 2011

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. Sure, there is time spent upfront; about 30 minutes for me each Sunday when I plan my menu and make a grocery list. Maybe even a crock-pot meal.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it, to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending. It is NOT a spending account. We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link). Here are a few ideas: Meal Plan.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend.

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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. I use flannel hankies during sniffle season. I have been using a Silpat Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat for years.

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JULY 9, 2015

Acadia’s advice is to be creative and think about your talents and gifts and how you could use them to make extra money. Acadia’s husband used his handy skills to fix up their home that they eventually sold for a profit. Jenn and her husband sold stuff they were no longer using and put it towards debt.

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JUNE 8, 2018

We have been using this system ever since. 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. receipts, statements, all upcoming bills, and any other history of your spending. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches.

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Saving In Akron

OCTOBER 1, 2011

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