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, September 8, 2011

College Savings Right on Target

I just found out about an offer from Fidelity:  Open a UFund College Investing plan and sign up for automatic investing of at least $50 per month on the account and receive a $50 Target gift card.

This offer is only good in MA.  I opened one up for my youngest one.

With our local Target sending us tons of food coupons in the mail lately (discounts on grapes, nachos... a free bread and free eggs coupon), I am looking forward to grocery shopping there once I get my gift card in the mail.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 10:04 AM

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