Posts tagged as:

Groceries

This may seem a little off the wall, but then again, it wouldn’t be the first time I wrote something odd.
You see the title and you are reading this, so we already know that you know how to read. What you read can save you money, or cost you time and money.
You see, there are [...]

{ 0 comments }

Lately, I’ve been focusing on saving money on food, and eating more healthy. Just recently it dawned on me that sometimes all it takes is a change of attitude, or reframing a situation in order to make the most of it. The reduced section of my favorite grocery store is where I started…

//

{ 0 comments }

A Little Trick to Save On Produce

by John T on September 1, 2010

I learned a little something a while ago from a little old lady savvy senior citizen who didn’t even speak English.  I was in the produce section, picking up some vegetables, and saw a lady with a shopping basket nearly full of bagged carrots.  (Maybe she was a rabbit lady – like a cat lady [...]

{ 0 comments }

Stockpiling is a concept that when used correctly can save you a bundle on household goods and groceries. Used incorrectly, it just creates waste and you end up buying more than you would ever need.
There are specific goods that I tend to “stockpile” when I see a real bargain – like canned goods, paper goods, [...]

{ 0 comments }

AHH! Summer is here, and the living is easy. (Or so the old, old song goes, so old that I don’t even know the name of it…  somebody tell me in the comments section…)
So how do we have a great cookout without barbecuing the budget?
It’s really pretty easy.

//

{ 0 comments }

With the Memorial Day weekend coming up, and my new profoundly skeptical yet compelling interest in coupons, I went to several coupon sites to collect coupons for hot dogs. I found several for two brand names I recognized, Oscar Mayer and Bar-S, both brands that my local stores carried. I searched further and even got [...]

{ 1 comment }

Not long ago, I started teaching myself to cook. Not just cook in the “average guy” sense of grabbing a box of macaroni and cheese and defrosting a burger, but really cook. Saving money on food by cooking from scratch. This is a radical departure from my former life of dining out most of the [...]

{ 0 comments }

When faced with an expense of any kind, I take a few moments and think it through. What do I need – not what do I need to BUY, but what do I need to accomplish?

{ 0 comments }