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!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Stop and Shop



There seems to be some kind of Lucky Pick Instant Win game with Marzetti dips happening now.  The information was on a stand in the produce section of Stop and Shop, along with $1 coupons off any fruit with the purchase of a Marzetti Caramel Dip.

I enjoyed selecting my produce today since I had a $2 off $5 produce purchase from the mail.  Celery, which I normally would only buy at Price Rite for 99 cents, was on sale for $2.50, so with this coupon and an additional purchase of bananas (grapes were also on sale for $1.29 a pound), I was able to take $2 off it; making the celery purchase essentially 50 cents.  I do prefer the Stop and Shop brand, which is just the celery hearts.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 6:08 PM

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