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 31, 2011

I Met My Budget Goal, but...

Finally, after months of overspending, I limited my grocery/pharmacy purchases to $820.07.  What scares me is that I tried really hard this month, grouping coupons with sales and specials, using free coupons from store promotions, and yet, all I did was save $10 from my goal.

It is more than disappointing; even a little depressing.  We have seven members in our family, but surely there are other big families out there that spend significantly less.  Nevertheless, I must keep at it.  Maybe next month I can do even better.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 1:18 PM

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