Saving Receits and Keeping a Record of Spending

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After reading some of the posts about the cost of food I have decided

that for 7 days I am going to save my grocery receipts and keep a daily

record of money spent only on food and bottled water.

I also plan to record for these 7 days my main meal. In the past when I

cooked for family I made weekly planned meals and shopping lists. Money

was tight and I wanted to make sure we were all getting as many

vitamins and nutrients as possible. Sometimes it's an *eye-opener* to

see what we spend on things.

Like the capers that I bought yesterday. I looked at the price on that

little bottle (I bought the organic at my local market), and put them

back on the shelf. But I went back for them. LOL

I will go to the file today to choose a recipe . If anyone has a

favorite feel free to email me.

Anyone care to join me in a *discover reality in food costs for 7

days*???

Smiles and hugs

Deanna

[Guest guest]

Ya know, when I am broke I spend less, and when I have more, like when I get the

paycheck and the bills are lower, usually in fall and spring, I can afford to

get more extravagant.

Before I started work I was doing pasta with olive oil and garlic, with steamed

cabbage etc. You can do it cheaply, or you can sure spend a lot. Seems to me

it's the same with a carnivore.

 

It's education that people need. It is such a new thing to eat healthy that

people don't know how.

 

Hugs,

Chanda

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genny_y2k

Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:23 AM

Saving Receits and Keeping a Record of Spending

 

 

After reading some of the posts about the cost of food I have decided

that for 7 days I am going to save my grocery receipts and keep a daily

record of money spent only on food and bottled water.

I also plan to record for these 7 days my main meal. In the past when I

cooked for family I made weekly planned meals and shopping lists. Money

was tight and I wanted to make sure we were all getting as many

vitamins and nutrients as possible. Sometimes it's an *eye-opener* to

see what we spend on things.

Like the capers that I bought yesterday. I looked at the price on that

little bottle (I bought the organic at my local market), and put them

back on the shelf. But I went back for them. LOL

I will go to the file today to choose a recipe . If anyone has a

favorite feel free to email me.

Anyone care to join me in a *discover reality in food costs for 7

days*???

Smiles and hugs

Deanna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Deanna

 

Spurred on by this thread I started last Sunday to keep a

spreadsheet of everything I spend for the next month. A week is not

a very good indicator of my spending patterns, particularly as I

recently stocked up on store cupboard basics.

 

As part of this process I realised that I buy from a number of

different supermarkets and health food shops and that prices for the

same items vary substantially from one shop to another. Often I

don't notice the disparity in pricing because things are sold in

different package sizes which bamboozles me as my mental arithmetic

skills are somewhat lacking. However with the aid of a calculator I

have worked out the price per kilo for a number of recent purchases

and have discovered some items over 50% more expensive from certain

stores which I found pretty shocking. I can see I shall need to take

this info and a calculator with me the next time I go shopping.

 

Hope you enjoy the capers.

Christie

 

, " genny_y2k " <genny_y2k

wrote:

>

> After reading some of the posts about the cost of food I have

decided

> that for 7 days I am going to save my grocery receipts and keep a

daily

> record of money spent only on food and bottled water.

> I also plan to record for these 7 days my main meal. In the past

when I

> cooked for family I made weekly planned meals and shopping lists.

Money

> was tight and I wanted to make sure we were all getting as many

> vitamins and nutrients as possible. Sometimes it's an *eye-opener*

to

> see what we spend on things.

> Like the capers that I bought yesterday. I looked at the price on

that

> little bottle (I bought the organic at my local market), and put

them

> back on the shelf. But I went back for them. LOL

> I will go to the file today to choose a recipe . If anyone has a

> favorite feel free to email me.

> Anyone care to join me in a *discover reality in food costs for 7

> days*???

> Smiles and hugs

> Deanna

>