How to Slash your Grocery Spending in 31 Days

 

Need to find some wiggle room in your budget? Is an unexpected expense threatening your bank account? Or maybe you’re trying to build your emergency savings account, or save for a vehicle?

There is one place to look for extra money that maybe you haven’t considered–your groceries. If you don’t know what you spend each month on groceries, I encourage you to keep a tally for a month to give you an idea. You might be surprised and realize that YES, it would be possible for you to slash your grocery spending and still eat well.

Slashing your spending doesn’t mean you’ll be noshing on ramen noodles either. It is totally possible to eat your favorite foods within a grocery budget.  Keeping a tight grocery budget is giving us some wiggle room each month to put towards other financial obligations.

31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending

Day 1: Plan this week’s meals

Day 2: Organize Your Kitchen Pantry

Day 3: Organize Your Refrigerator/Freezer

Day 4: Take a Pantry Challenge

Day 5: Create Back Up Meals

Day 6: Shop the Clearance Section

Day 7: Week 1’s menu and pictures of shopping trips

Day 8: Plan the Upcoming Week’s Meals

Day 9: Use Grocery Apps

Day 10: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

Day 11: Avoid One Use Disposables

Day 12: How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries

Day 13: How to Batch Cook Ground Meat & Sausage

Day 14: Week 2’s Menu & Pictures of Shopping Trips

Day 15: Plan the Upcoming Week’s Meals

Day 16 How to Stop Food Waste in the Kitchen

Day 17: Store Brand vs. National Brand

Day 18: 9 Easy Places to Find Grocery Coupons

Day 19: Save Money on Meat

Day 20: Stock up on Holiday Sales

Day 21: Week 3’s Menu & Picture of Shopping Trip

Day 22: Plan the Upcoming Week’s Meals

Day 23: Shop at Bread Outlet Stores

Day 24: How to Save on Organic Food

Day 25: How to Save on Produce

Day 26: COMING SOON!

Day 27: COMING SOON!

Day 28: Week 4’s Menu & Shopping Trip

Day 29: COMING SOON!

Day 30: COMING SOON!

Day 31: Pulling it all together.

We worked hard this month to consciously shop for our groceries, reduce our spending, but still eat well. I stuck to our budget of $500 a month for my family of 4.  If this list is overwhelming, start with meal planning