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MAY 5, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. When I get in this lazy …let’s go with exhausted…mood, I have been known to call for take out, or pick up a pizza, or make an impulsive trip to the grocery store. Some of my back up meal ideas: Breakfast for dinner. Life is really hectic. For me and for you.

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Grocery Spending Meals Groceries Grocery 100

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MAY 10, 2016

How Freezer Cooking Save you Money and Time: There is some time involved upfront with grocery shopping and prepping the meals for the freezer, but it saves considerable time when you are planning your weekly menu and the night that you are serving the freezer meal. Check out my Favorite 8 Freezer Meal Ideas.

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Grocery Spending Freezers Cooking Groceries 100

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. If there is one line item in everyone’s budget that can get out of control it is groceries. Groceries can get out of control fast, but all it takes for you to get your grocery spending in line with your budget is PLANNING.

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Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Finds 113

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JANUARY 28, 2022

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! Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 130

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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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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 100

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

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

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

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MAY 4, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. This week’s meal plan should already be complete–that was Day 1’s assignment–so we will use these meal ideas on Day 8 when we plan next week’s menu and grocery list. Today is Day 4 and your assignment: Pantry Challenge.

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Groceries Grocery Budgeting Budget 100

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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. Lately when I see my bill at the check out, I’m shocked at how few groceries are actually going home with me. Action Step 1 : Plan your grocery budget for March.

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Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

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OCTOBER 23, 2011

If you answered yes to any of these options", then check out 12 Healthy Breakfast Food Ideas That Are Quick and Easy. Also, offer your tips for grab and go breakfast ideas. "If Are you familiar with Money Crashers ?

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Menu Planning Menu Plans Breakfast Real Estate 127

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JULY 9, 2014

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. Our savings: $55 a month or $660 a year. For my system, read my 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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Grocery Spending Financial Goals January Budgeting 242

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 20, 2012

One very important part of couponing is tracking how much you are spending and saving. Hopefully you have a general idea of how much you spent on groceries pre-couponing, but even if you don’t, tracking your spending can be extremely beneficial. You need to save your receipts every time you buy groceries.

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Groceries Grocery 2013 Calculators 111

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 29, 2011

One very important part of couponing is tracking how much you are spending and saving. Hopefully you have a general idea of how much you spent on groceries pre-couponing, but even if you don’t, tracking your spending can be extremely beneficial. You need to save your receipts every time you buy groceries.

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Groceries Grocery 2012 Calculators 95

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. How much cash can you find?

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February Frugal Financial Goals Goals 130

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APRIL 1, 2021

Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. The following list of 25 ideas is broken into two larger categories: ways to reduce your spending and ways to earn extra money. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

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JANUARY 20, 2023

My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break. 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. I spent about $870/month on groceries.

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Financial Goals Goals Debt College 130

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MARCH 2, 2015

Meal planning is #1 way that I save money on groceries. Without a doubt, the 30-60 minutes I spend on Sunday planning our upcoming week’s meals saves me time, money and my sanity. And since the grocery budget is the easiest category to reduce, I am diligent every weekend to plan our meals for the upcoming week.

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Meals Used Dinner Recipes 100

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I offered ideas to help you find $1000 too. I’ve never written every single day before, but I laid out my ideas on a calendar the last week of September, reviewed them with my husband to get his feedback, and then I just dove into October. So did we find $1000 this month? Day 13: Update #2.

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Finds October Bank of America Friends And Family Sale 258

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AUGUST 28, 2013

I''m happy to report that I was able to reduce our grocery spending in August by about $50 and I''ll put that money in our Christmas savings. Our grocery spending has crept up over that last several months and it was time to rein it back in. Start looking for Christmas gift ideas.

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August Club Christmas Goals 100

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Variable categories change monthly depending on your spending habits and include categories like groceries, dining out, clothing, utilities, and entertainment. 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.

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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

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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. 8 – Find Cash.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? 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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JUNE 8, 2018

– Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. Now that you have a list of every possible expense category, project your spending on each category for the month that you’re planning. Use old receipts, bank statements to get an idea of how much you must spend. The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

This also helps keep my grocery spending down, as I am using up ingredients that I already have instead of going to buy new ones. If the ingredient stays in my pantry for longer than two months after having done this, and it’s not crossed off of my “inventory” list, I donate it to the Food Bank. Get Organized'

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Cleaning Appliances Donation Green And Frugal 221

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JUNE 25, 2013

Here are a few ideas to quickly make up the shortfall: Host a yard sale. Or challenge yourself to reduce your grocery spending by your shortfall. I''m now scrambling to figure out how I''m going make that up. Have you found yourself short with your savings goal? Or sell some bigger items on Craigslist. Have a pantry challenge.

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June Club Christmas Goals 100

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts? Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Although my kids are young (9 & 6), they truly eat like adults, truly.

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Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

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MARCH 2, 2011

Groceries are the one area in our household budget that I feel like I have the most control over. The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. Sure, there is time spent upfront; about 30 minutes for me each Sunday when I plan my menu and make a grocery list.

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Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

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JANUARY 1, 2015

I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. 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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2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100

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JULY 9, 2015

The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. Here are some ideas from the Debt Free Stories interviewees: Olivia’s husband reffed basketball. Brian suggests you track your spending for 2-3 months so you get an idea of where every dollar is going. Tracy used cash for her spending categories.

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Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100