groceries

Save time and money by planning your groceries and meals for the week ahead. Your wallet and belly will thank you.

Our money expert, Caroline Cakebread, recently wrote a post on the $21 a week for groceries challenge. I was skeptical — like many of our readers — afterall, I usually spend $20 in one day — how would it be possible to make one twenty last a whole week? I decided to put the challenge to the test.

I spend about as much on food each month as I do in rent (give or take a few dinners out and impromptu pizza deliveries.) The hefty food bill isn’t just the result of an appetite gone wild, but may also reflect pricier times.

No matter how hard we try to meal plan and shop frugally, there’s always something in the fridge that ends up moldering or wilting away.

Do diet: Slash your grocery bills and your waistline with these simple tricks for eating well for less