Food seems to be the number one thing that people talking about needing to cut back on spending. Fortunately and unfortunately, food savings is the easiest and hardest. It can be extremely easy to overspend on food, but it is also one of the best places to start when cutting spending in your budget.
If you filled out your Savvy Budget Workbook 30 Days of Spending and realized that you spend FAR too much money, then this guide is for you!
Food savings can be extremely easy for some people because tracking their spending alone can help decrease how much you are spending in general.
Here are all of my blog resources about food savings:
My #1 Money Saving Secret For Grocery Shopping:
Hint, it really isn’t that big of a secret! Check out these 8 tips for saving money when you go to the grocery store.
Marker Board Meal Planning
Using a marker board to meal plan was something I started in the very beginning of my debt free journey. My roommate and I actually started it as a way to keep track of what we needed from the grocery store if one of us was going, but once I moved out on my own and then later bought a house, it turned into the best way to keep track of expiring foods and inventory on things we bought for one meal and never used up! To this day, I still use my marker board to meal plan!
6 Foods I Keep at Home to Limit Eating Out
The things you stock your pantry with can make a huge impact on how often you find yourself reaching for the takeout menu. These are the 6+ Foods that I keep at home so I don’t lean to restaurants as often!
13 Things I Do To Avoid Fast Food
Life happens sometimes and it can be easy to lean on fast food, but if you are serious about your food savings, here is a blog post all about the 13 things that I do to avoid stopping to get food!
A handful of tips for food savings as a single millennial
When I was living on my own as a single woman, I would often look at my grocery budget at the end of the month and question it. Even I wondered how I managed to spend less than $200 on food for a month. So I started really looking into the things that I was doing to keep my grocery budget so low. Here is the blog post all about how I did it when I lived alone.
Step by Step Guide to A Successful Pantry Challenge
“I don’t know what to make for dinner.” You say as you stare into a cabinet full of random ingredients. This pantry challenge is perfect for you! A pantry challenge is a focused time when you use up what you have before buying more food.
As I continue to write, I will continue to update you with all of the best food saving tips for you! Check out my amazon store for all of my kitchen favorites!
