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Here are some great grocery savings tips from my friends over at All You Magazine. These are just a few of the things that we talk about in the Savings Nation Grocery Savings workshops, so if you have not attended one yet make sure to join us for a workshop in June!
(Thanks to All You for these Save Money on Groceries tips!)
Lisa says
I’ve always considered myself pretty thrifty. I do buy organic milk, which accounts for about $75 of my food budget, but our budget for a family of 5 is nearly $700. That counts everything we eat (even going out, which is rare) or buy at the grocery store (paper and cleaning products). I make a lot from scratch – laundry soap to bread with freshly ground wheat to save money. What I do buy at the store is always on sale and usually with a coupon to match. Shopping clockwise doesn’t always happen, but I follow the rest of the tips (except the deli meat, because I only serve meat 3 times each week and I rarely find a good deal in the deli).
Anna says
Hmm. For what it’s worth, my family of six spends about 15% on groceries, and I can say that while I’m not an extreme couponer, I am pretty thrifty. It’s probably the meat, though. I can’t, can’t, can’t buy bone-in chicken breasts. I am not good at trimming them pre-cooked and they take too long if I cook them bone in. That’s probably the other splurge.
Also, I hope they mean sliced-in-store-and-pre-packaged meats, as opposed to sliced directly for you. The commercial, factory packed stuff is around $4-5 a pound, and the deli counter is usually more around $6-8. Right?
Lots of good advice, though! A steal I made this week at Target: the 5lb bag of Feline Pine was $8.99. The 20lb bag was $8.50!!!! I made sure to point it out to my kids (nine and under) to show that you really can save if you watch the unit prices and bulk options.