Save BIG With This Insanely Simple Checklist | 2023 Extreme Grocery Budget Challenge
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In this video, I’m going to do an extreme grocery budget challenge! For this challenge, I spent less than $20 a day on groceries.
It was good to see your process. Do you then use the data in the spreadsheet to do a monthly or annual analysis?
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This is wonderful information thank you!
Awww… I want to buy Julian all the watermelon! My little boys (15 year old twins) like ground flax seed on their apple sauce 🫨; always have. Go figure! 😊 Great video as always. Thank you for sharing.
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I think as the economy changes we will see more discount markets… I hope so!
Don't forget the day-old bread stores! You can usually find great bargains on breads and snacks. You can also freeze the bread to make it last longer.
Great clearance deals this week!
We have a go grocery outlet and an auction house store that has deals that are unbelievable! I always check those places first before I go to the major grocery store. I’m not sure if everyone has a place like this to shop but I feel super lucky tj have these places available to go to because they are so cheap. Sometimes you have to check the best by dates but a lot of time I will freeze what’s getting ready to expire. It’s a life saver and I save so much money shopping at places like this! Checking sales papers is such a great idea because you can grab fresh food for cheap! I always have to go to 2-3 stores to do my shopping to try to save as much as possible. I usually have to go without my husband because he is not as patient as I am 😅 it’s a lot of work to save money! It’s a whole days work for sure!
I love your hair Maria.
You know they have those same brand of raviolis at dollar tree an there the same size bag. The beverages look like there really good by the way.
Great advice! And your meals look great. Those enchiladas are magazine worthy!
Some great ideas and I love the checklist! I will definitely put it to use. When I was at my local grocery store, I asked the person stocking the meat shelves what day of the week did they mark down the meat items. He said their delivery for meats was on Tuesday for chicken & fish and Thursday for beef. Meat was marked down the day before the delivery in order to empty the shelves for the fresh products. They remove any meat that has not sold by the listed sell/freeze date. When I need to stock up, I know what days to head to the store. So talk with your stores to find out their price reduction dates on their meats, breads, dairy and produce!
You look amazing. I work on spreadsheets all day. Grocery spreadsheet? A must.
What state are you in, we live in rural upstate ny our lunches are $1.50, or free for most in our area.
Rotisserie chickens are the bomb. I buy 4 at a time and can up a ton of broth and freeze the chicken in portions to use throughout the month.
gosh a cooked chicken for 4.25. nice!
Wow $4.29 Rotisserie Chicken great! I'm in suburb of Detroit & pay at Meijer or Walmart $6.99.
very helpful video and your highlights look great in your hair 😊
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This is Great thank you! Our stores around here do t have great mark down stuff!! I’ll try your system and hopefully it will work thanks again!!👍👍👍👍
I bet the kids would love egg bites in mini muffin tins…kids seem to love anything small they can pick up. Have you ever tried making pancakes on a stick?
If I don't buy items on sale, on clearance, or with a coupon, I feel like I'm getting ripped off.
You look beautiful, love following your videos
You need to do a makeup video. You look flawless. We wanna save money on all stuff!! I never know what products to buy. Which one me are worth the price and the cheaper ones that work great? Also, what about moisturizers, hair products, cleaners for home and face/body. I always go over budget. Candles garbage bags, storage bags? Some don’t zip very well. I would love to see how to save money on lots of things. Also, what to not go cheap on.
I have never tried to make cheese myself, but I understand that ricotta is not difficult to make. It could potentially be cheaper to make it yourself. I watched a video and it did not look too difficult. Instead of using croutons if they are expensive, could you use toast chopped into small pieces? If it was cheaper? Thank you for the video!
It’s usually about $50 a week for us, but our local grocery store is extra expensive. I try to make it into the bigger town nearest us (40+ miles away) about 1 or 2 times a month. Usually pick up pantry staples and anything I can freeze there to save costs.
I cook big Meals to last for 2 days only need 3 dinners
This week we only 45 3 adults
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