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!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Check out these Checkout Rewards

I just noticed on the racks where they hold the flyers that Price Chopper clearly prints out a brochure on what their checkout rewards are.  For Advantedge shoppers, for example, if you buy 2 Pedialytes, any size, you save $1.50 on your next shopping order.  Or, if you buy 20 Yoplait cups, you save $2 oyno, buy 4 YoCrunch Greek yogurt cups, sve 50 cents oyno, buy 3 Dole Real fruit bites, save $2 oyno, buy 4 Dole jarred fruit, save 50 cents oyno, buy 4 Dole 8 oz. pineapple, sve 75 cents oyno...

And the list continues.  The best way to use this info is to combine them with upcoming sales and coupons.  
Posted by Dilara Channing at 8:51 AM

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