Food Budget

maryxc1

A previous thread plus going over the budget has me wondering how you save money on food. Over the past several years, I have switched to mostly organic and stuff without preservatives. I find that it is significantly more expensive and doesn't seem to go on sale or have coupons nearly as much. Does anybody have suggestions about saving money on this type of food?

GromMom

No idea for buying at the supermarket, the only way we have organic stuff is if I find it at the grocery outlet or I'm at a store that only has an organic version. We do grow a lot of our own food, tomatoes, potatoes, limes, grapes and cherimoya (tropical tree) we did grow our own peaches but our tree died. Because you get so much we trade with neighbors who have oranges or other stuff so there's some variety.

mrsshawnavanb

Look into checkout 51. I've just signed up myself so not sure about how well it works yet but I am in the same boat. I buy mostly organic and just found out we're expecting #2 so I HAVE to find a way to start saving some money on groceries.

bellelamb

Online there are a lot of organic coupons! I'll try to post links later

bellelamb

The other way to increase your savings is to learn to get health and beauty and house hold items for as close to free as possible. If you use store bought that is

maryxc1

I would love the links for organic coupons too!

bellelamb

https://www.bestorganicfoodcoupons.com
Here's a quick list of links you have to sign up for newsletters but they email you coupons I suggest signing up for a second email address if you don't want your main one full

bellelamb

https://www.iamthatlady.com/best-organic-gluten-free-or-allergy-friendly-deals-of-the-week-4514/

Heres a great blog she is gluten free and does a post weekly of organic, gf and allergy safe deals and coupons

bellelamb

Also places like aldi has great prices on organic produce like $.99 baby carrots and $.59/lb bananas

And finding out when your store marks down meat and produce that is almost at it's sell by date is a BUG savings! If you cook or freeze the meat ASAP it's fine and a lot of veggies can be cooked and used later too! Like I get organic baby lettuce normally $4.99 marked down to $2.99 and use it in salads for a few days then cook with it.