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$100 Week Food Budget

July 24th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Frugal, budgeting

This article on MSN has a Melissa Fulmer struggling to survive on $100 week Food Budget for a family of 4.  I have to give her credit for trying.  But I can see where she went wrong.  Couple of reasons why it’s hard to succeed.
First she had no stockpile.  She started from scratch.  Thus unlike [...]

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Hillbilly Housewife $70/week

July 8th, 2008 · 25 Comments · Frugal

I’ve mentioned this site before for cheap meals, Hillbilly Housewife.  Anyway I decided to investigate what it would cost for me to feed a family of 4-6 where I live using her menu plan and shopping list for $70/week.  Now HHW, lives in North Carolina and her prices are from 2006, so there will be [...]

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