I am a HUGE fan of making routine tasks more fun, so this week I designed a “game” to make meal planning for 2 months be more exciting. This is a very simple game, and it is so easy to include your family and kids to help with making meal planning just a little bit…
Summer has started for us and the temperature are rising. This means I want quick and easy meals that don’t heat up the house. We will be utilizing the grill, air fryer, crockpot, and stove top so we don’t have to use our oven. All these meals are quick and easy to make, and you…
One of the easiest ways to add flavor to a simple dish is to add a sauce. Now some sauces can cost a lot if you buy then pre-made at the grocery store. Don’t worry though, because we got you covered with some easy sauces that you can make at home! Most are even made…
This week’s free printable PDF is a savings challenge. It has 30 spots so you can easily do it for the month of June or any month with 30 days. There are also no set rules for savings challenges, so you can start this on any day and keep working on it till you hit…
Our last stop in Wausau, Wisconsin is to look at Pick N Save (a Kroger owned store) and Lamb’s Market (a small local chain). Will this be a David and Goliath battle or will we be surprised by the prices? We love to compare real prices on real foods that families actually eat. So, we…
Our second stop in Wausau Wisconsin, will be Festival Foods which is a family-owned IGA type of store and Target a large retailer. It’s always interesting to me to see how these types of grocery stores compare when it comes to overall total. We don’t like to compare just one item to one item. We…
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…