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, January 7, 2012

A Quick Run to the Stores

Because of an afternoon nap and two free teenagers on hand, I was able to make some quick stops at some stores today without lugging around a toddler.  At Aldi's I picked up six 3 pound onion bags for only 99 cents each, four 10 pound golden potato bags for only $2.99 each, and 3 dozen eggs for only $1.09 each.

At the Dollar Tree I grabbed some Brillo boxes, brooms, and sponges.  At Walgreens I picked up a 24 Dasani water bottle pack on sale for $3.99.  I then swung by Taco Bell to buy a $20 gift card and get a free soda and chicken flatbread meal.  That promotion is over now, but the manager took my order and allowed the free incentives to ring through anyway.

And finally, my stop at Target was 'excite'ing -- five holiday boxes of Axe Excite, Dark Temptation, and the Shower pack originally $9.99 reduced to $6.98.  I used five $3 coupons, bringing down each gift pack to only four dollars, the regular price of a deodorant stick.  My boys will love this, making it worth the babysitting today, perhaps?
Posted by Dilara Channing at 4:55 PM

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