I mentioned that shopping lists are probably the best known and most used tip. Pricebooks are probably the least known and used of all the tips, but there are some excellent financial reasons to learn more. First, let’s talk about what a pricebook actually is.
Read More >>This is probably the most common of all of my advice—probably not because it’s a great tip (it is!) so much as that it’s the easiest of all of the tips to actually do. Most people are aware of shopping lists; heck, there’s a whole site devoted just to “found” shopping lists (the geek in [...]
Read More >>Meal plans are your friends. What is a meal plan? I guess the definition of “meal planning” is simply investing a little time in advance (listing out the food you’ll use in a given time period) to save time and money later. In particular, you’ll save time by not wondering what to make for dinner [...]
Read More >>Many people are coming here from Google searches on meal plans and frugal meal planning, so I decided to put mine online as an example (on the right side under “Articles > Meal plans”). You won’t see rice or beans anywhere, because my husband, Daniel, is allergic. But it’s reasonably frugal anyway, and we eat [...]
Read More >>Unless you live in a very small town, there is more than one store competing for your grocery dollars. In my area, the big three are Wal-Mart, WinCo, and Albertsons. Obviously this will vary depending on where you live, but chances are you have a similar assortment: cheap groceries (Wal-Mart and WinCo), and a more [...]
Read More >>As I mentioned in the intro to the “Smart grocery shopping” series,one way to cut back on your grocery costs is to cut back on your grocery trips. Frugalites have long brought up the point that when you just need to get eggs and milk, it’s not like you can walk into the grocery store [...]
Read More >>In my view, grocery shopping can be a great victory or a stunning defeat in the battle to save money. In most households where people are already making some effort to be frugal, grocery shopping is the single most variable expense. It is very easy to spend more than necessary, but it’s also the area [...]
Read More >>Just a very quick note to point out that I’ve posted a few articles (look on the sidebar under “Articles”) on the topic of making money. Hope that you find them useful! What else would you like to see an article about?
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