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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.13.17

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals. If your budget doesn’t allow for that lifestyle, however, then this alternative is sure to please your wallet and your family. Don’t let a small grocery budget make you think you can’t feed your family well!

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MAY 11, 2016

My grocery budget doesn’t just include food, but also household goods, paper products, and cleaning supplies which unfortunately can take up a chunk of the budget. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily.

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JULY 16, 2015

The 5 Easiest Budget Categories to Reduce. If you are trying to reduce your expenses, groceries should be the first thing you attack. They are by far the easiest & quickest category to reduce in a household budget. And my absolute #1 way to save money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. In order to succeed with your money, you must spend time on your money–and that means writing a plan for your spending. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. 2 – Track your cashflow.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

If there is one line item in everyone’s budget that can get out of control it is groceries. It is so easy to walk into the grocery store with an idea of what you will spend, walk out with a bill that is double and get home to discover that you have nothing to eat. Grocery Planning/Buying Tips.

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MAY 4, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. The post Day 4 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Budget: Pantry Challenge appeared first on Family Balance Sheet. Today is Day 4 and your assignment: Pantry Challenge.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Yesterday’s assignment was to figure out where you are spending money. Today’s assignment: Reduce Your Spending in at least 3 Budget Categories.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts? My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. It’s been a busy couple of weeks and I wasn’t able to pull this together the last two Fridays, but I’m getting back on track.

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MAY 6, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Don’t be afraid of the clearance section at the grocery store. Find out your store’s policy on clearance groceries being stacked with manufacturing and store coupons. Shopping the clearance section is essential for slashing your grocery budget.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending. After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense. At the end of 2022, I totaled the year’s worth of groceries and was blown away by the number. Get out the shovel!

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JULY 9, 2014

In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635. I knew I could do better, so in January 2014, I made a commitment to reduce our grocery spending, but not sacrifice the quality of food and meals that I fed my family. Our savings: $55 a month or $660 a year. For my system, read my 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. In order to succeed with your money, you must spend time on your money–and that means writing a plan for your spending. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. 2 – Track your cashflow.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation. However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. These are strategies I use weekly to help keep my grocery bill in line with our budget.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Each month when they do their budget, they update their chart. If your big dream requires money, start saving, begin to budget, and direct your money in a way that you will be ready for opportunity when it comes up. Related Reading: Check out Deacon’s free Starter Budget Form. Then create a plan to get there.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. Selfishly, the reason for this weekly posting is because I tend to stick to a grocery budget when I know I’m going to write about it.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. Personally, if I don’t make a shopping list and plan my meals, my grocery budget is toast. According to the U.S.

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MAY 12, 2016

This post is Day 12 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries. Pinterest is A Gold Mine for Money Saving Grocery Tips. After the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending series …;)…the next best place to find easy money saving grocery tips is Pinterest.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. If I don’t plan our meals and my shopping list, I spend too much money and make too many extra stops to the grocery store during the week.

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JANUARY 1, 2015

In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. Weekly Meals on a Budget. Maintaining a grocery budget is a weekly process for me. Budget Financial Freedom'

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JUNE 8, 2018

During that time, I started to budget for everything. Every aspect of our lives was included in our budget. We got back on track with planning our spending and we were able to breathe again. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life.

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MAY 24, 2016

Day 24 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Save on Organic. I work weekly to adhere to our grocery budget, so I am always looking for ways to save money on organic food. It is possible to buy organic foods even on a strict grocery budget and here are my best tips. We fall somewhere in between.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. I''m happy to report that I was able to reduce our grocery spending in August by about $50 and I''ll put that money in our Christmas savings. If you have not done so, complete the Christmas Gift & Spending Budget worksheet.

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OCTOBER 23, 2011

If your grocery spending has spiraled out of control, yet you often feel like you have “nothing” to eat", then head over to Money Crashers for 10 Family Meal Planning Tips and Ideas on a Budget. If you answered yes to any of these options", then check out 12 Healthy Breakfast Food Ideas That Are Quick and Easy.

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MAY 1, 2016

Do you feel like your grocery spending is out of control? I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. Every day this month, I will post one simple challenge to help you get control of your grocery spending.

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JUNE 25, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. Or challenge yourself to reduce your grocery spending by your shortfall. If you have not done so, complete the Christmas Gift & Spending Budget worksheet. On with the June meeting. How did I do in June?

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MARCH 2, 2015

Meal planning is #1 way that I save money on groceries. Without a doubt, the 30-60 minutes I spend on Sunday planning our upcoming week’s meals saves me time, money and my sanity. And since the grocery budget is the easiest category to reduce, I am diligent every weekend to plan our meals for the upcoming week.

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APRIL 6, 2011

I guess it is possible to buy hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of groceries for pocket change, but nobody needs 62 bottles of mustard.or I believe the grocery bill is one of the easiest categories of the household budget to reduce and you don't have to be an extreme couponer to accomplish the task.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.06.17

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MARCH 2, 2011

Groceries are the one area in our household budget that I feel like I have the most control over. The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. But that one week where I don’t menu plan or do a shoddy job on it is the week that I’ll blow my budget.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. For the past two years, I have held monthly accountability challenges on the blog. In 2015, the monthly challenge will be Choose Thrift First.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. Stop Spending, BUT still live well: 1 – Declare a “Needs Only” month. How much can you save just by cutting out non-essential spending? ” Trust me, YOU WILL SURVIVE! Become hyper-focused on funding this account.

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JULY 9, 2015

When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. But if you currently do not have a system, read my tips on how to track your current spending. Brian and his wife used excel to create a budget spreadsheet.

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MAY 16, 2016

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it. If you’re following along with the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending , then you will remember, disorder = disaster.

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