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, June 1, 2011

CVS Candy

Not a nutritious deal, thereby not warranting a photo.  But at CVS this week, Mars candy bars - my favorite peanut M&Ms, are on sale 2 for $1.  If you purchase 2, you receive a $1 extrabuck, essentially making the candy, a night-time energy food for my final-exam studying all-nighter teenagers, free. (I had to justify the purchase somehow)
Posted by Dilara Channing at 11:04 AM

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