How do you keep your grocery bills down?

[LaDeeDa]

Vegetable protein sources are usually cheaper than meat. Try replacing some of you meat dinners with tofu or legumes.

I wish - DF is the original if it moves shoot it - if it doesn't cut it down kind of guy ...
Carnivore to the extreme

[~Trish~]

We do 99% of our shopping at Aldi and it costs us around $100 per week (it can be more if we buy extras, DH likes their beer LOL). I have learned to work with what Aldi has and make food around what I can buy there.

We meal plan so we buy all the food we'll need in one shop and don't generally need to go to another supermarket for the extras, but if I do it can cost up to an extra $30 per week.

I buy my nappies for DS2 from the manufacturer Naelfran in Ferntree Gully. A pack of 100 seconds costs about $17 and I have no problems with them. I do use Aldi nappies for night time though.

Another money saver is to grow your own herbs if they are something you use a lot of.

Ummm...that's all I can think of for now!

[LaDeeDa]

[QUOTE=~Trish~;1842955]I buy my nappies for DS2 from the manufacturer Naelfran in Ferntree Gully. A pack of 100 seconds costs about $17 and I have no problems with them. I do use Aldi nappies for night time though.
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Naelfran and I don't get along too well - DS just soaks straight through them
I get bulk Huggies from NappyLand about $40 for 108 so thats not too bad - a box lasts me almost 3 weeks

[helle]

I wish - DF is the original if it moves shoot it - if it doesn't cut it down kind of guy ...
Carnivore to the extreme

haha, had to laugh. Same as my DF! And god can he eat. What I eat in a week he can eat in a day and what annoys me more is he's 6 foot 3 and a bean poll, damn him.

All great suggestion! I find it hard to find the time though to take my time to check out the best prices, or check what's in my cupboard before I shop.
They need to make a "budget section" or something... instead of having all the specials hidden away in the shelves all over the place!