Slashing the grocery budget fast
There’s a really good discussion on the Frugal Village boards that started with the question: Has anyone slashed the grocery budget for an extended period?
A snippet from my4littlebuffaloes – who started the thread:
I am now running into problems though. I don’t have the cash to replenish the things we have run out of. Every week I buy perishables, the items we need, and try to spend a little money stocking up on the great holiday sales (we are talking maybe $5 here). The $50 a week I have given myself goes too fast.
The ideas include as many cook-from-scratch menu items as possible and stocking up on those supplies when prices are good. Yes, it is time consuming to cook that way. But when you have to pinch pennies, money is more precious than time.
On that topic, I do have a huge list of tips that I’ve collected during the past three years at my Grocery Shopping on a Budget sidebar.
This fall, I organized that list into the 8 Week Plan that is aimed at cutting the grocery budget as fast as possible. If you’re wanting to take my grocery shopping class based on the 8 Week Plan, the next one will be Feb. 10 in Monroe, Mich., with Monroe Community Education. (Sign-up details to be announced later!).
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There’s a really lively discussion on this thread both at Frugal Village and at Monroe on a Budget – follow the links!