Optimize your Budget
The Hillbillyhousewife has created a guide for optimizing your grocery budget to meet your needs. By finding the foods in your local area which are consistently low priced you can plan meals and set a realistic price range for the weekly shopping trip. To make it easy she’s even prepared a PDF of consistently low priced foods you can compare with, for example her meat selection:
1 lb “bullets” of ground turkey, frozen
1 lb “bullets” of turkey sausage, frozen
12 to 16 lb Whole Turkeys, frozen
10 lb bags of Chicken Leg Quarters, fresh
1 lb packs of Chicken Hotdogs, fresh
1 lb packs of Chicken Baloney, fresh
Large packages of Turkey Ham, various weights, fresh
12-oz packages of Turkey Bacon, fresh
2 lb packages of whiting, pollack or trout fillets, frozen
3 lb packages of Catfish pieces, frozen
6-oz cans of Tuna
14-oz cans of Salmon
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I usually get my groceries at Wal-mart because they are significantly cheaper than other chain grocers. I do use the “bullet” ground meats because they are cheaper by at least $1 or $2 per pound. The meat’s the same - you’re just not spending the extra money on packaging.
The grocery game is a good idea to save money on groceries, too. Basically you search out coupons in the newspaper ads and on online resources, and you also pull up the various store ads to see which items are on sale and when. Yes, you may have to drive from store to store, but you will save countless dollars in the long run.