Best budget stretchers?
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
September 13, 2015 5:20am CST
What things do you do to stretch a budge. I so some, like I already know to get meat in those larger packs and then move it to smaller packs when I get home and freeze it. I just need some other good ideas! I do some other things, coupons when I can, sales when possible. I know sometimes cheaper isn't better when you have to use tons to make up the difference. But every penny saved on households is one of those things that just helps.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
13 Sep 15
here in my town if you volunteer at the food shelter/bank..for a week they give you free food..
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
that's neat on several fronts!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
13 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt yes it is..helps everyone
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@gudheart (12659)
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13 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt I think some food brands that are too cheap do taste cheap. I have certain ones I can stomach lol
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
@gudheart exactly right, some are just plain terrible. Some things I actually like the store brand better than the name ones
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
I do this with many things, there are a few I am picky on, but that generally is where the generic tastes horrible, or something.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Sep 15
I need to do more with fresh, and learn to can I think.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
13 Sep 15
This gave me an idea for a post, thanks!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
hehehe. I saw that and wondered if you had thought of that first, or if I had been inspiring!
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
13 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt Yes you were inspiring, I tried to tag you in it, but it didn't work.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
@AbbyGreenhill I saw, thanks! I shall glow in the credits of whatever comes my way, hehe
@ZHVegas (248)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Sep 15
Well that's hard for me, I was always good at saving money, I don't even know what I do exactly, I just... save it?
That's a dicussion that really got me now. I just buy things I really really want that are on my list, besides that, sometimes even when going out with friends I try not to spend so much, try to keep it to the minimum and still not looking like an idiot when going out.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Sep 15
@maggs224 Found it! And thats a good idea, hit the good meat stores on the day they clean out the older sale meat, I have a freezer for that kind of thing already!
@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
17 Sep 15
When I was much younger with a young family I would ride my pedal bike into town and I would ride from one side of town to the other just to save a few pennies. Back then we always had more month than we did money. I got to know where I could get the items that I regularly bought every week for the cheapest price.
Sometimes it involved going to half a dozen different shops. My fresh fruit and veg I got off the market. Fruit and veg were always fresher and cheaper from the market and you had more choice. I always used the same stall on the market, because I was a regular and bought a lot, he often did me great deals and would slip extra in too for free.
I also learned where the different stores put the food items that were near their sell by dates. When I went into the store the sell by shelves were the first place I would look.
I could buy items near the sell by date for up to 50% cheaper sometimes. I never bought prepared processed food, I would make and cook everything we ate from scratch. I also grew some of my own veg and fruit in the garden.
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@resuri (116)
• Manila, Philippines
14 Sep 15
I am planning to get a credit card where I can get a rebate. That's the thing good brands mostly are good quality product whereas cheap brands are usually low quality products. We need to choose wisely to save money without compromising the value of the product
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Sep 15
yeah I did capital one for that, money I am letting sit there until it is big enough I can do something cool with it
@resuri (116)
• Manila, Philippines
14 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt That's great. It is one way to earn passive income. It is not great but it will still helps
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
13 Sep 15
When I was healthy and working, I would work more to earn more and meet the expenses. I would never compromise on quality and quantity back then.
Today, I am not much in control but still, if I come across a chance, I still do the same - work more, but sadly that "work more" of today is not that enough.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
yeah there comes a point where working more means shortcuts elsewhere, with health, with diet, and it ends up sometimes hurting more in the long run
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
13 Sep 15
I buy things off the internet when possible, amazon is great for bargains and deals. I also walk or use public transport if I can to avoid the cost of running a car.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
Amazon I often use, esp around the holidays since I can ship directly to whomever is getting this present, so i dont have to shell out for shipping to. Walking, well too far of town for that to be possible really, but I try to condense town runs into one trip multi stops
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
13 Sep 15
bigger packages with more in them,buy more then one break it down into meals coupons if not in the paper mabe in a basket at the store i sometimes do that i'm finding out that appetites are somewhat bigger im not sure if thats economical or not.we can even more try to make the groceries stretch
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
yeah, I found out if we do that before we freeze the meat it goes further because I have less chance of cooking too much
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Sep 15
cash does tend to leave one more sure of how much one spending for sure.
