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!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

We're Having Rice Pilaf Tonight

I had been meaning to use my 50 cents Carolina Rice coupon for months now, and finally had a chance.  I was wandering around the grocery store trying to come up with a $50 minimum purchase so that I could use a store coupon for an extra 200 free gas points.  Not exactly extreme couponing, but since I had just flown back from a visit down South,  I needed to do grocery shopping anyway.

The rice package was small, mini-size even, but selling for 10/10.  With the 50 cents coupon doubled, it became free.  I was able to bring down my bill of $84 to $50.01 after all my coupons.  But still, I did have to pay that much before leaving.  My total gas points for the day came out to 449, which equates to around $8 in gas savings, not too shabby.

Oh, and for those of you who do not care about using generic, Stop and Shop has a nice buy one get one free sale on Careone maxipads.  Two packages for $2.59 is not too bad...
Posted by Dilara Channing at 12:10 PM

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