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Three Easy Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill

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Jill / April 15th, 2015 / 1 Comment

The average American family spends roughly $150 a week on food—over $6,000 every year. For most of us, groceries eat up a large portion of our monthly budget. If you want to cut back on expenses, food is actually one of the best places to start. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You already know that bringing your lunch with you to work instead of going out, skipping your daily...

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged with: budget, food, frugal, frugal meals, frugality, groceries, save money, save on food, saving money

Moderation and the Grocery Budget

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CF / May 15th, 2013 / 27 Comments

This past weekend, Brian and I made a trip down to Granville Island (not really an island) and did a bit of grocery shopping at the marketplace. Now, we’re pretty infamous for our $200 grocery budget, so it may be surprising to learn that we really do enjoy good food. I ended up purchasing (among other items) four slices of fresh European style smoked bacon for nearly $5. Yes, $5 for 4 slices...

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, groceries, grocery motivation, real life grocery budget, Saving money on groceries

Complacency is the enemy

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CF / April 12th, 2012 / 6 Comments

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines complacency as: self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction. We all have instances in our lives where we feel like being complacent. Humans tend to prefer routines and a sense of normalcy. We like to get up in the morning, have our favourite...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: career, dealing with complacency, groceries

Turning a $6 ham into 24 meals

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CF / September 5th, 2011 / No Comments

I bought a ham. And it is the most glorious ham ever. Why? It cost me only $6 for 6lbs of it. Here’s how it fed me and Brian: Note: Some common calculations: Eggs are ~20 cents/egg given $2.40 a dozen Slice of cheese ~15 cents given a 400g-450g block for $4.29, and I get about 6 slices from 100g Rice ~30 cents/pot, assuming I make a pot of rice every day and a half and knowing that a 40lb...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Minimalism and Frugality Tagged with: budget, groceries, ham