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My little family of 3 keeps growing and growing. In the 2 years we have gone from 3 to 7. Yep, I thought what you are thinking now, that was fast! As a result our grocery budget keeps growing and growing as well. To top things off all I ever seem to hear is "I'm hungry" like 500 billion times a day. ( Ok maybe a slight exaggeration, but you get the point.) Our goals this year are to be more content and more frugal, less money going out and more being saved. Since we do not regularly eat out or go to the movies ( did you know it cost us to take 6 people to 1 movie, with 2 popcorns and 4 drinks $70! I about fell over when the lady at the ticket counter told me my total! Needless to say that was the last movie we all went to together!) Anyway back to my problem. So I came up with the " brilliant" idea to see how I could cut back my grocery budget. I do avoid brand name and prefab foods, but I insist on organic meat and dairy that is non-negotiable. I keep looking at website after website of ideas, some good, some insane, some I am already doing\, some that require lots more time than I have, but I cannot seem to figure out how to shrink my budget. Now 10.5 years ago when I got married I was told that you should budget $150 per person per month for food, so for a family of 6 that would be $900 a month right? But some of the little ones do not eat as much so they would be less. I generally spend around $600 that includes all cleaning products and toiletries, diapers..... I thought this was pretty good, But then I ran across this site where the woman says she spends $200 a month for a family of 4. IS she serious, I cannot ever imagine spending that little on groceries. Is this normal, does living in a small town in the middle of nowhere make it more expensive? So I wonder do I just spend way to much, how can I cut back? What should I do to cut back, I buy bulk on items we use often, I make almost everything from scratch. I make my own bread and my kids will eat 1 loaf in 1 meal, so should I bake more often and let them eat more bread since it is so cheap. What are your thoughts? |
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