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!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A New Month, A New Membership

I am not an avid warehouse shopper, but I finally paid for a membership at BJs, having not shopped there for a few years.  Their new membership fees were attractive:  $40 for 14 months, with a money back guarantee.  The deciding factor was their new gas station.  It consistently sells gas at least 10- 15 cents less than local stations, which should save me money when I am out of Price Chopper Sunoco or Stop and Shop Shell gas points.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 3:20 AM

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