What’s On Sale in January – Grocery Sale Cycle

Grocery sales go in cycles and it can help you figure out the best deals if you keep track of what goes on sale when. I try to stock up when I can and have figured out how to get the most for my money by using the grocery sale cycle. Last June I bought [...]

Feeding Two People On $72 a Week, The USDA Thrift Meal Plan

The USDA Thrifty Food plan gives an allotted $36 per person for their meal plan. A meal plan that is horrifically unhealthy. I hear how many people cannot live off of this, and if you are living somewhere like New York or California I could see where that would be a problem, but here in the Midwest, [...]

USDA Thrifty Food Plan : Two Week Menu and Recipes

I just came across this the other night when I was looking for budget meal plans for ideas. I didn’t even know that the government had a meal plan based on what they think you can purchase for about $36 per person per week. You can see April’s numbers here. I realize that different parts [...]

Why I Won’t Be Couponing

I tried the whole coupon thing. I really did. I bought the newspapers for the coupons, I got the printer out to print out online coupons, got the trial at www.thegrocerygame.com, and went though all of the weekly ad flyers for the stores I shop at. It didn’t work for me. It may work for [...]

Tips for Shopping at Aldi’s

Many people who have visited can tell you about their first shopping experience at an Aldi’s grocery store because it is so unlike any other grocery store you have probably been to. Aldi’s is pretty basic compared to all the stores you may visit and their price, but generally not their quality, reflects that. Some [...]