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

Free Meat Coupons

Keep an eye out at the grocery store for these Kraft Foods coupons -- "Save $2 on Fresh Meat with the purchase of Kraft BBQ sauce and two other products" (mayo, Country time drink mix, dressing, Miracle Whip, or A1 Steak Sauce).   I haven't tried using mine yet, but it should be interesting to see how much one can save with a sale.  I found my coupon at Price Chopper in Shrewsbury, MA.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 11:07 AM

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