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Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Store Brand vs. Name Brand

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May 17, By Kristia Leave a Comment

Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Store Brand vs. Name Brand

Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Compare Store Brand vs. Name Brand Buying store brand products is one of the easiest ways to save money on groceries. A store brand is a product line manufactured specifically for a particular store and often bears the store name, but not always. Examples include […]

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How to Stop Food Waste in the Kitchen

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May 16, By Kristia 2 Comments

How to Stop Food Waste in the Kitchen

The next time you open your refrigerator, consider this troubling statistic: According to the U.S. Dept of Agriculture**, a U.S. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. Let’s reread that sentence: A U.S. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. Did that stop you in your tracks? I was […]

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Day 15 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this Week’s Meals

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Day 15 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this Week’s Meals

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending Today is Day 15 and your assignment: Plan this week’s meals and shopping trip. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. If you do just one challenge this month, make it meal planning. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will […]

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Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

Today is Day 14 and I’m recapping the week’s menu and my shopping trips. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went to our favorite local pizza/sub shop for lunch with my parents and grandmother. We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Monday: I had Ham & Bean soup in the freezer […]

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Day 13: How to Batch Cook Ground Meat & Sausage

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Day 13: How to Batch Cook Ground Meat & Sausage

This is day 13 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending Meat is one of the more expensive items on my grocery list, so when I stumble on a great deal or markdown, I stock up. Larger packages of meat (3-5+ lbs) tend to cost less per pound than smaller packs, so I do […]

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How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries

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How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries

Pinterest! What’s your opinion of this popular social media platform? I have caught myself spending way too much time perusing the pins and boards in awe the laundry room as big as my living room and the Frozen birthday party ideas that must have taken 4 months to plan, but for the most part it has […]

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Day 11 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid One Use Disposables

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Day 11 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid One Use Disposables

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. It is so easy to grab a one use disposable of anything these days, such as disinfectant wipes, paper plates or towels, water bottles, and cleaning supplies, and those products might […]

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

Today is Day 10 and your assignment: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session What is a Freezer Cooking Session? Freezer cooking is wildly popular right now and it involves prepping meals to be stored in the freezer. I bit the bullet and had my very first freezer cooking session a few years ago. It was a […]

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Day 9 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Grocery Apps

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Day 9 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Grocery Apps

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending Today is Day 9 and your assignment: Save money and earn cash back with grocery apps If you have not tapped into cash back grocery apps, you are missing out on easy money. I was resistant at first to try grocery apps, but my tune changed when I was […]

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Day 8 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals

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Day 8 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending Today is Day 8 and your assignment: Plan this week’s meals and shopping trip. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. If you do just one challenge this month, make it meal planning. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will […]

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