Challenge: To trim down the grocery bills by at least 33%

According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries. This statistic breaks down to $177 per person a month. My family is not the traditional nuclear family. In addition to me and my husband, we have four children -- three teenagers, a two-year-old, and a mother-in-law. Applying the above figures, our grocery bill for a family of seven should approximate to $1239 per month. And astonishingly, it has regularly fluctuated in the range of $1000- $1300. My goal is to trim this monthly pile of receipts down to $830,(including diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and restaurant bills) if not less. Being able to frugally feed my nutrition-conscious husband and appease the voracious appetites of my teenagers will be my main challenge!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Trimming the Bills with Lean Cuisine


     Stop and Shop, along with Target, is having a nice $2 sale on Lean Cuisines this week.  However, Stop and Shop is throwing in an additional extra $7 off -- good for your next purchase coupon if you purchase $20 worth of Lean Cuisine meals (after coupons deductions).   Over the past few weeks, I have been gathering $1 coupons off the purchase of two meals from the register coupons.  Using these, I purchased 12 boxes with $4 off coupons.  After calculating the $7 coupon I received at the end of the order, each frozen dinner ended up to be $1.08...  These boxes will be great on days we need a quick lunch or afternoon snack . Bon Appetit with Salmon Mediterranean -- 18 g protein, 6% Vitamin A, 6% Calcium, 10% Iron, and 25% Vitamin C!

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