From the category archives:
The following is a guest post from Claire Broadley from wish.co.uk.
One of the biggest single purchases you make each week is your groceries. You may have switched brands to cheaper alternatives already. Does it feel like the cost is still rising?
Supplies of foods such as wheat have been restricted this year, causing prices to escalate [...]
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Food is expensive there is no doubt about it (Well, besides ramen noodles, but who wants to eat that everyday). This is especially challenging for college students who typically have a tight budget. Even if you have a meal plan, sometimes you can get hungry after the dining commons close. So what are your options? [...]
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What if you didn’t have to spend hours every week walking like a zombie through the grocery store? What if you could have groceries delivered right to your door? Or have you already discovered the world of online grocery shopping?
I’ve written off this idea in the past as lazy/privileged/silly, but without any analysis of the [...]
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It’s 12:30 am in Boston. Are you ready to bunker down for 28 days with a variety of nutritionally balanced canned meals while the government quells the zombie infestation? I am. $96 worth of preparation. Mostly in the form of Progresso and Campbell’s.
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So you’re at work and it’s lunch time. Time to go out and grab something to eat right? Well sure, if you can afford it. But for those of us on a budget, we’re usually brown-bagging our lunch. We all know that bringing food from home isn’t always exciting. But there are ways in which [...]
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About 10 years ago, self help guru Tony Robbins coined a term called CANI – Constant And Never-ending Improvement. What does this have to do with you, shopping and your budget? Everything!
When it comes to saving money, trimming here and cutting there, you are never done. There will almost always be another way to save [...]
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In my last post, I attacked the convenience store for selling me less coffee for the same price, and paying for the privilege by buying their travel mug. Today, It’s about chewing gum.. and something I did not know, but you should! No, no, It’s not about the gum itself, its about retail franchise policies.
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In my previous post about Unit Prices, I may have picked on warehouse stores a little bit. On the other end of the retail discount rainbow is the “everything is a $1″ dollar store. Your neighborhood may have a 99 cent store, or a Dollar Tree, Family Dollar – whatever. Good stuff for cheap – [...]
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For veterans of frugal shopping, unit pricing should be second nature – an unconscious automatic calculation leading to the best prices available. (Wow, say that ten times fast… or just continue reading.) For the rest of us, it requires just a little bit of thinking and perhaps a calculator. And there is a little secret [...]
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Do you like the feeling when you know you actually saved money during a sale rather than just buying an item during a sale and thinking you saved money? I know I do. (Now I sound like a bad infomercial) But there is a way to know exactly when you are getting a deal on [...]
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