Trying To Eat Out Less: Ideas On Reducing My Grocery Bill
Last month one of our credit card statements spanned two pages because we had eaten out so often. Not only is it more expensive, I'm pretty sure it's less healthy. So now we're trying to limit ourselves to 2-3 times a week (minus the cafeteria at work), and making one of our outings to a new restaurant that we haven't tried before.
This means more grocery shopping. But did you know that grocery food prices jumped 5.3% in 2007? Milk, eggs, and bread all cost from 10-30% more than last year.
This year looks to be even worse, especially with rising oil prices making transportation more expensive. In last weekend's WSJ Sunday edition, there was an article titled Savvy Grocery Shopping that had some good money-saving tips.
Here are a few of them along with some others I've also picked up elsewhere.
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Stockpile and Hoard
Keep Track of Prices
I've also noticed that you can also start to learn when they mark down meat, usually a day or so before the legal sell-by date. The meat is still good, I just stick it in the freezer right away until I need it.
Be a Coupon Ninja
Buy Frozen and/or Generic
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