Comments on: Tightwad Tuesday: Talking Grocery Budgets

By: jessi.mckay

jessi.mckay — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:53:31 +0000

we live in an apartment building and don’t have the space (or money to purchase) a deep freeze. Our fridge is apartment sized, which is a eupheism for “tiny” so we can’t fit a lot of anything in the freezer. Any suggestions?

By: LGreen

LGreen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:21:51 +0000

Our three main money saving tips for groceries are: 1 – buy all produce at the local farmer's market or produce stand (buy extra in spring/summer to freeze for winter meals)– 2, buy all meat at the local butcher — 3, plan the rest of the menu around the grocery store wtih the best weekly sales

By: loyda

loyda — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:27:42 +0000

Great reading everyones thoughts on how you all save ! One thing that wasn't mentioned was those of us who live in a small community. My choices here are… Safeway (most expensive), Walmart (least well used to be) and Fiesta Foods (both) we do have a Big Lots but have not bought food from there yet. My budget is anywhere between 350-400 for 3 adults, one dog and 3 cats…. I coupon only when its food/products I usually purchase.
Also, SO looking forward to Summer to take advantage of my vegetable garden. I haven't come across to much on here about how much you can save having your own garden! I hardly buy anything from the store in the summer time. Plus I am able to freeze and can from the garden that will stretch all the way into January. This year I am going to be planting more as my goal is to be eating our gardening food thru next spring!

By: monkeyme

monkeyme — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:23:38 +0000

I want to say the deep freezer is saving the most money. We just bought one a few months ago and have noticed it saving money every week. Less food is going to waste and we are able to stock up on our favorites.
I was recently was able to take our budget down to $110 from $150 by buying some meats in bulk. I am still up there, I am only buying for 3 adults and 2 kids. I was awful for years, I bought what we wanted and had a huge budget with it. I knew how to budget, I just didn't want to, lol.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:38:06 +0000

I just got the biggest kick from this article. Only because, I seem to have these things ingrained in my DNA, from years of grocery shopping with my mom. I never took Home-Ec but everything you wrote could have come out of my mouth, while explaining to people how to grocery shop. Kudos! This is a great site, I am very happy to have stumbled upon it.

By: Brent Patton

Brent Patton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:47:43 +0000

My budget is $140 a week for 10 people Nice article

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By: Hannaford

Hannaford — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:28:42 +0000

These are the things that need to be taught in school these days. Most people have no idea about budgeting for food yet it’s a weekly expense that can be budgeted very effectively!

By: wendy

wendy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:25:09 +0000

I am glad to hear that some of you do not use coupons because the things you buy do not have them, but did you know that most of your generic items are just the name brand item with either the store name on it. or the same company has a different label to sell the same item at a cheaper rate but still make a sale. Lets say you do not like so and so company for some reason so you buy a product with out their name on it, but that product is put out by the same company under a sister name or TJ wants their name on it. Same product, cheaper price, no coupon and company still making sale. Different stores are owned by the same company but geared to different income levels. Also if you are traveling you might what to look at the local stores to see what products they have on sale to bring home with you. Different states have different products in their stores due to demand and also local availability.

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