Grocery Shopping
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Grocery Shopping
Asked by T.Z. from Philadelphia
on September 1, 2007
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hi ladies,
I am haing this debate with my husband that my food budget is too much for our family of 4. My budget is $250 every two weeks. I have 2 children one 4 ...
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- since you are including house hold stuff that isnt that bad. i spend about $75 a week and that is just food. but once a month i stalk up on meat so that charges an ...
- hi T.- this might sound a little strange, but i am separated and going thru a divorce now, and i have been amazed at how much less i spend on groceries ever since my ...
- I spend at least $300 each month for my 10 year old daughter and myself on groceries alone. Toothpaste and Tide extra. I shop almost exclusively at whole foods thoug...
Coupons for Grocery Shopping
Asked by K.J. from Phoenix
on January 16, 2009
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I am looking for on-line resources to get coupons for grocery shopping. I generally shop at Fry's or Safeway. I have a 16th month old son that eats real food and lov...
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- Register your frys card at shortcuts.com. They have online coupons linked to your club card and will use those as well as any paper coupons you have, so its double sav...
- Hi- I don't shop much at Safeway, but if you sign up for a Fry's card, you can save substantially. I usually save between 20 and 30 dollars per weekly trip, so it's w...
- There is a lady I know that owns a business and part of her business is to keeps track of all the discounts at different stores. I believe she has on her website link...
The "Grocery Game"...????
Asked by E.A. from Dallas
on August 30, 2007
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Dear moms:
I'm trying to save a little money, specially in grocery shopping, and I'm wondering if The Grocery Game really works and if it's really worthy to try..??...
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- Hi E.. Well I did The Grocery Game for about 6 months. Did I save money? Why yes I did. Alot of it too. So it does work but there is one thing, one important thing t...
- OMG - I LOVE the Grocery Game! I have been doing it for years and save tons of money, not to mention get to try new prods that I normally would not have and my pantry ...
- I've done the grocery game (www.thegrocerygame.com) for a few months now and like it. My average weekly grocery bill is $70 for a family of 4, down from $100, so it's...
Grocery Game
Asked by S.G. from Saginaw
on July 11, 2010
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Has anyone ever tried the grocery game or something like it? I have heard some good things and was thinking of trying it but thought I would ask all you other mommas o...
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- I LOVE IT!!! I mostly work the "Drugstore Game" for my freebies, but I also try to save at the grocery store and Target. Remember: ANY savings is better then NO saving...
- I've been using happyhomemakercindy.com and myfrugaladventures.com. They are 2 blogs that I believe do pretty much the same thing and are FREE! It is amazing how muc...
- I did it for a while and if you really watch it you can save a lot. However, I realized that I was buying stuff that I normally would never buy, and some things I just...
Grocery Coupons
Asked by A.O. from Sherman
on October 15, 2008
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Where do you moms find grocery coupons? I hate spending some much $$$ every week. FYI: I usually shop at Target. (I live in Oklahoma so no HEB here)
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- The Sunday paper is the first place to look.
- Target is so expensive. I shop at Krogers if I have coupons for that week and HEB if I don't have any coupons. You should also try www.thegrocerygame.com. It helps you...
- I usually go to couponmom.com. This way, I'm not buying a newspaper just for the coupons, and I can print out only what I want to use. Make sure that the coupon says...
The Grocery Game
Asked by H.M. from Dallas
on January 7, 2008
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Has anyone participated in the Grocery Game and had it work for them? I just started a trial membership and wanted other opinions. It sounds like it can be very help...
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- I did my weekly shopping yesterday (actually 2 weeks since I missed last week): Bill before shopper card and coupons was $286 Bill after shopper card and coupons was...
- LOVE IT!!! I've been doing it for almost a year now and it does take alot of work but it has saved my family at least $50/week and we have more groceries at our house...
- I honestly have found that I do not have the time to deal with a whole lot of coupons, so I actually cut of very few (if any) most weeks. I have found a couple of ways...
Grocery List
Asked by J.C. from Denver
on November 30, 2006
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Everytime I plan meals and grocery shop my brain seems to be all over the place. I either don't come home with snacks for my daughter or not enough meals and a lot to ...
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- Hi Nicole, Try visiting the "Flylady" website: www.flylady.net She has lots of suggestions for meal planning and shopping. She even has a menu-mailer you can subsc...
- Nicole, Your daughter is at an exciting age. You can expose her to a variety of foods and hopefully she does not become the mac and cheese, hot dog and fish stick ki...
- Although I am not that organized myself (I'm always at the store), I agree with the other responses. Lists are helpful to me too. And planning a menu makes a lot of ...
Grocery Budget
Asked by R.M. from Colorado Springs
on January 9, 2009
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My husband wants us to cut back on grocery spending. Right now we spend about $90 a week for the two of us and our daughter, who is still in diapers. We buy nothing bu...
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- First of all he needs to do some of the shopping. Cut all extra snacks which includes any of his favorites. No Quik, chips of any kind or for that matter junk food....
- Sorry to be forward here but your husband needs a wake up call. $90 a week is awesome, I am impressed with that! Diapers alone are what, $25? An with a baby coming! Co...
- We try to budget $100 per week for a famliy of 4, but usually go over by quite a bit! (I'm blessed to be able to pick up extra shifts, so we usually have "extra" incom...
The Grocery Game
Asked by M.W. from Dallas
on August 18, 2007
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Does anyone out there take part in The Grocery Game (aka Teri's List)? I've just signed up for the 4 week trial and am anxious to get into it, but it seems a little da...
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- I've been a member for about 2 years. For months, I'll do really well and then get busy and "fall off the wagon" so to speak. It does take time to go through the cou...
- I have been doing it for about a year now and it is daunting at first. One thing that I have changed about how I do the coupons is that I leave them unclipped in a fo...
- I've been doing the grocery game for over a year and it is a lot of work but definitely has saved us some big bucks. I used to do it every Sunday afternoon, but now I...
The Grocery Game
Asked by A. from Dallas
on January 14, 2007
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At the store yesterday, the woman in front of me seemed to get way more groceries for her money than seemed possible! I said I needed to learn from her cause she was o...
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- I use the Grocery Game and have found that I save more at Tom Thumb than at Kroger (we moved and I switched stores, but now I'm switching back). You probably won't sa...
- I use iwantfreegroceries.com (it is a local service that is just like Grocery Game and Coupon mom) - I am also one of those coupon ladies in the grocery store. I have...
- I do not know anything about the grocery game, but it sounds very interesting. I know that Kroger does not accept online printed coupons so this would not work for the...
