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 11, 2011

Gas Card Opportunity --Check it Out

According to an advertisement in the paper yesterday, People's United Bank is offering a $100 gas card for opening a personal checking account and taking one of three actions they require (see them for specifics, in general they are:  getting direct deposit, paying bills online or using the debit card a certain number of times at least $25 each transaction.

For more info visit https://www.peoples.com/gascard/ and "check" it out.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 11:50 PM

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