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…
This week will be an interesting one because Aldi recently bought up all the Winn-Dixie stores. They haven’t really had time to change much at Winn-Dixie, but it will be fun to see how they compare. We like to compare real grocery lists of real meal plans for families, so this should be helpful to…
Our next grocery price battle in Lenoir City, TN is between Food City and Kroger. Food City is a smaller regional chain with about 150 stores versus Kroger being a huge chain with over 2,700 stores. IT is always good to price compare multiple stores because it isn’t always the biggest stores that have the…
Our first grocery price battle will be between Ingles and Aldi. Ingles Market is a smaller regional chain while Aldi is a discounted retailer all over the US. By doing this grocery price comparison, we can potentially save money on our weekly food trips. We like to use real shopping lists so this is a…
This week we are all about doing some tasty dinners on a low budget. For fun we are going to start doing our menus in the different area of our Facebook followers. So, all the prices this week came from Lenior City, TN and came out to a total of $58.36. I could have thrown…