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, August 31, 2011

Free Eggs

Stop and Shop has a great sale this week:  Buy two Tropicana orange juice containers and get a free dozen of eggs.  I used the $1 off coupon from the booklet the store gave out during the summer, making this an even better deal.  The last day of the sale is tomorrow, Thursday, so check it out soon if you can!
Posted by Dilara Channing at 7:54 PM

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