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!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Can You Afford Hannaford?

I rarely go to this grocery chain because of its distance from my house and the sales are not as attractive to me.  The store has a huge ad in this Sunday's Worcester Telegram.  The frozen chopped spinach packages (82 cents) and sale on Quaker Chewy granola bars and canned vegetables is tempting me to make the trip, especially since it is near where I need to pick up my daughter today.  It is also near a dollar store that happens to sell Sunday papers for only $1; great if the coupon inserts are valued more than that, which they generally do.

Check out that paper, if you live in the area, for a $5 off any purchase of $50 or more (valid at specific stores) and info on a store contest -- grand prize is free groceries for a year.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 8:20 AM

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