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, April 6, 2011

Another Great Deal at Stop and Shop

Great news for Stop and Shop shoppers.  This week if you buy 4 participating General Mills products, you receive a $4 rewards coupon.  Also, if you purchase $20 worth of participating General Mills products/cereals, you receive a $7 rewards coupon.  Using two of my $1 off Cheerios coupons, and two of my double your dollar coupons, I ended up paying $16 for 4 boxes of cereal, 2 boxes of granola bars, and 2 boxes of fruit roll-ups.  Including the $11 worth of  savings for my next visit, my total comes out to $5, plus each box of cereal has a $1.50 coupon for Pampers.  
Posted by Dilara Channing at 12:33 PM

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