Our first showdown this week in Wausau, Wisconsion is between a very small local grocery chain and nationwide discount retailer Aldi. This will be an interesting comparison of grocery prices! We like to use real grocery lists and real family meal plans for our comparisons because this is more accurate for a family trying to…
Our last grocery battle in the New Franklin/ Akron Ohio area is two smaller grocery store chains. Buehler’s has a total of 14 locations and Dave’s Market has 12 locations. Both chains mainly operate in the Ohio area. We like to use real meal plans for families and use their grocery lists to make the…
The next stop in our New Franklin/ Akron Ohio area is to Acme and Save A Lot. Acme is part of the Albertsons company and Save A Lot is a discount retailer. It will be interesting to see if that makes a difference in their food prices. We like to use real meal plans and…
This week we are checking out grocery store prices in the New Franklin/ Akron, Ohio area. We will compare local grocery stores to see where we can get our groceries for the cheapest prices. We like to use a real meal plan and grocery list for our price comparisons so that it is a better…
We talked a few months ago about the 6 to 1 grocery method, and I still think it is a great strategy to work into meal planning! It offers a set structure so it can help a lot of people that are struggling to get started. It also leaves some creativity as well as basic…
Summer is quickly approaching and if you haven’t heard this before: Kids have summer stomachs! LOL…. That means they tend to want to eat all their favorite foods, snack foods, and lots of them. So, this week we tried to show a typical week for a family of 4 to enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks,…
This week, I have been super busy so one-pot meals are always needed to make sure that dinner is quick, simple, and yummy! I’ve tried to include a variety of flavors for these meals as well as use ingredients that are low cost and mostly shelf stable. We were able to keep all the meals…
Someone mentioned the other day that it would be nice to have a printable sheet that they could have on hand for each person’s food preferences. This would need to include what foods they love, what they don’t like, any allergies they may have, and possible substitutions. So, we made one! The more I thought…
For this last showdown, I was struggling to find another grocery store option. I tend to not include stores that I know only offer all natural/super healthy products just because they never come close to our budget. The Fresh Market was one of the only options I had left that offered online shopping, so we…
Next for our showdown this week is Publix and Greer’s. Both stores are common in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, but Greer’s only has 29 locations compared to Publix’s 1300 locations. We like to compare real shopping lists of a what a typical family might buy to see how the prices really add up. Both stores…