Grocery Shopping: Toddler
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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...
Grocery Shopping with Newborn
Asked by V.S. from Philadelphia
on March 1, 2012
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I have a newborn and a preschool aged child. I know you are not supposed to clip the baby car seat on the front of the cart anymore (a child fell off and died). But ...
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- Just the other week, we had a 12-18 month old fall out of the shopping cart (I work at Wal-mart). He was sitting up in the front of the cart. His mom had just set him ...
- I would put your preschool child in the front and newborn in a carrier. The carrier does get a little heavy when they are older though.
- I would put my preschooler in the cart and the baby in a baby carrier-I used a sling for the first few months and then switched to an Ergo as he got stronger. Now he ...
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...
What Is on Your Grocery List?
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on March 18, 2012
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Hello Mamas,
I am in need to redoing how I buy groceries. I am finding that we eat out ALOT. And we want to stop that and save some money. When I go grocery shop...
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- Things that may help: Consider delivery. Unusually the charge is minimal but how much you should tip varies. It will keep you from impulse buys in the store. We...
- I usually go through the sale ads once a week and make the list based on that. I try to store meat in the freezer and plan meals around these two things. It helps to...
- Gotta love Riley J's list Similar to mine and really listed well. Just adding: Also love getting the veggies from Costco. Things like Asparagus and Artichokes an...
Grocery Savings ??
Asked by C.S. from Phoenix
on November 25, 2009
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I am looking for some suggestions or free websites to get coupons to save on our grocery bill. Im always hearing how people save and get almost their whole grocery bi...
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- I have had decent luck with coupons.com and smartsource.com for coupons. I hope it helps you as well.
- There is a web site that is not for coupons but very easy and inexpensive, its a fresh fruit and veggie CO-OP you can volunteer or not, its only $15 for a basket that ...
- I have a very coupon/saving friend who highly recommends pinchingyourpennies.com Hope that helps!
What's on Your Grocery List??
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on December 31, 2008
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I just read the post regarding weekly menus for dinner at home which I think is a great question. I see a lot of ideas for dinner but I was wondering if you know what ...
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- I try to keep in stock the itmes I use on a constant basis. When I shop I buy chicken the the family pack and then seperate the meat into two pc's per fozen zip loc...
- I have stocked my home with ingredients that will be used for all products - spices, veggies, flour and sugar, coffee, tea, cheeses, eggs, milk, bacon and sausage as a...
- I've always got spices, flour, oil, and Crisco, dried beans, tomato products - sauce, paste, chunked, chopped, you get the idea, potatoes (instant and real), spaghetti...
Grocery Lists
Asked by M.R. from Rochester
on October 18, 2011
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I am a planner and a list maker, even if I have nothing to work with (hopeless situation = I still make a list or a chart!). I spend a lot of time on my grocery lists...
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- Ok, so I have a master Family Menu, we choose from the menu for the month. I have a Master Grocery List that includes EVERYTHING needed for each meal (all three plus ...
- You're so lucky with the milk. $4.00 per gallon here. We usually one big trip per month at a wholesale store like Walmart or Sam's. And when we run out of milk, bread,...
- Our milk is almost $5 a gallon, $3.50 for a half gallon... and that's generic store brand. I go about once a week. Would go less often, but the fruit/veggies here g...
