February Food Budget Challenge Update: Did We Save Money on Food?

We saved a lot more than this in February.

In a recent post, we challenged ourselves to spend $100 or less on food for the entire month of February. In an effort to meet our goal, we shopped at the cheap grocery store, bought food on sale or with multiple coupons using these tips for [...]

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February Food Budget Challenge: Can We Live on $100 or Less?

$2.99 for oranges? I won't be shopping here this month! (Photo: sxc.hu/ckforic)

Budgeting is one of the tenets of Cheapo living, and creating a food budget is a key component of your household’s money management. I spend most of my food budget on basics like canned and dry beans, fresh and frozen vegetables, rice, flour [...]

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Our Love Affair with Fine Fare

It took 18 months of living in our new neighborhood to finally (fine-ally!) discover our favorite supermarket: Fine Fare. We tried every grocery store in a half-mile radius, but found no other food store that beats Fine Fare’s low prices. If you live in the metropolitan areas of New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, there [...]

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