How to save money on groceries while building up your food supply a little by little. By taking advantages of sales, we lower our grocery budget without lowering our food quality.
We are a family of 5 and our grocery budget is $375 a month. Often time I feed a household of 6 or 7 with the same budget. When I spend less than $375 a month, I save the remaining of our grocery budget in an envelope to purchase food staple and consumables for my food pantry as well as to purchase clothes and shoes for the kids, and to celebrate birthdays and holidays. Our budget of $375 includes food budget of $200, fruit budget of $80, and meat budget of $95 a month. The food budget of $200 is used to purchase food staples, consumables like toilet paper, and cleaning supplies like borax, vinegar, washing soda, and baking soda. The food budget also is used to purchase clothes and shoes for the kids, and seeds for the garden. Sometimes money saved from the fruit budget might supplement the food budget but in general, I keep each budget separate and save what was not spent in each category separate envelopes.
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