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Your Grocery Budget Toolbox *Giveaway*

July 17, 2012 By: amyswandering

Do you ever decide to do a little project around the house, get frustrated when you can’t find all of the tools or supplies, and quit before you ever get started?

(What? That’s just me? Ok, then you’ll have to pretend! 😉 )

The same thing can happen when it comes to eating healthier. You decide to start feeding your family whole foods, go to the store and have a minor stroke over the price of healthy food, and quickly fall back into your old pattern of eating.

Your Grocery Budget Toolbox is going to teach you how to feed your family real food on a real budget!

I used to be a couponing pro, regularly saving 60-85% on my shopping trips. Those savings rapidly declined when we started transitioning to a whole food diet a few years ago. I plan my menu according to the weekly sales, and make the majority of our meals from scratch, but I know our grocery bill could be lower.

I was over-the-top excited when I started reading Your Grocery Budget Toolbox! Anne not only takes you step-by-step through the many ways you can save on healthy food, she also breaks each chapter down into specific details.

Take my favorite chapter for example: Sourcing Healthy Food

A lame ebook would simply list all of the stores that carry inexpensive organic foods. But this is no lame ebook, it is a Toolbox, and it lists exactly which organic items can be found cheapest at each store!

Every chapter is filled with valuable information!

  • Budget (how to make one, what you can afford on your budget, a sample $250/month budget, and more)
  • Price List (what it is, how it helps, how to make one, how to maintain)
  • Sourcing (a comprehensive review of sources – online and brick-and-mortar – for inexpensive healthy food)
  • Once-a-Month Shopping (maximizing your budget by shopping once a month)
  • Price Caps (learn how to set limits for how much you will spend on different items)
  • Coupons (can coupons be effective when shopping for healthy foods?)
  • Do it Yourself Foods (foods you can make yourself and save money)
  • Take it to the Next Level (develop frugal habits that will save you LOTS)
  • Saving Money in the Internet Era (frugal hacks from the modern age of internet and social media)
  • Resources
  • Printables

There are several challenges in the book, and I decided to take the Once-a-Month Shopping Challenge. I know that fewer trips to the store will add up to bigger savings each month.

Here is my best guess of (some of) what my family of 7 eats in a month:

  • eggs – 6 dozen
  • milk – 18 gallons (wowsers)
  • bread – 6 loaves
  • pasta – 6 lbs
  • rice – 2 lbs
  • produce – 20+ lbs
  • flour – 4 lbs
  • sweetener – 2 lbs
  • meat  – 20+ lbs
  • butter – 6 lbs
  • oatmeal – 2 lbs

I will be using several of the challenges in Your Grocery Budget Toolbox over the next month to help me figure out my Once-a-Month Shopping plan.

You can purchase Your Grocery Budget Toolbox for only &4.99!

Even better, order by July 24th and save 20% off with this code: wandering

Feel free to go ahead and buy yours now because you will get a refund if you win the giveaway!!

Giveaway Rules

closed – winner announced on Tuesday!!

(Leave one comment listing everything you completed)

Mandatory: Leave a comment telling whether you are a.) a whole foods wannabe, b.) a whole foods newbie, or c.) a whole foods fanatic

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  • go ahead and purchase Your Grocery Budget Toolbox
  • follow Are We There Yet? on Facebook
  • follow Are We There Yet? on Pinterest
  • follow Your Grocery Budget Toolbox on Facebook
  • follow Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy on Facebook
  • share this review on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog

Giveaway ends on Monday, July 23rd!

This post contains my affiliate link, but I would be crazy about this super-duper ebook even if it didn’t. 😀

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Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    I am a total fanatic!

  2. nicole says

    July 18, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    I am a whole foods wanna be

  3. kendall ibsen says

    July 18, 2012 at 7:22 pm

    I am a whole foods wannabe 🙂

  4. Laurin Beardsley says

    July 19, 2012 at 11:03 am

    I am one of the ‘wannabees’. 🙂

  5. danielle @ RLR says

    July 22, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    I’m a wannabee…and it doesn’t help my cause that Trader Joes and Whole Foods are quite a hike :

  6. danielle @ RLR says

    July 22, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    I’m a facebook follower of yours 🙂

  7. danielle @ RLR says

    July 22, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Now following on Pinterest too. Not sure how it took me so long?!

  8. Anna Maloy says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:04 am

    I’m a wannabe. My sister has taken the plunge, and I’m ready to dip my toe in.

  9. Anna Maloy says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:06 am

    I started following you on pinterest. Lots of great stuff! Thanks!

  10. Jennifer Winchester says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:38 am

    im a newbie!

  11. Jennifer Winchester says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:39 am

    i like you on facbook

  12. Jennifer Winchester says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:40 am

    i follow you on pinterest

  13. Jennifer Winchester says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:41 am

    i like your grocery budget toolbox on facebook

  14. Jennifer Winchester says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:42 am

    quick and easy cheap and healthy on facebook

  15. Diana Hatch says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:59 am

    I am a whole foods wanna be

  16. Ginger says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Whole foods newbie

  17. kwolek21 says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:24 am

    I’m a whole foods wanabe.

  18. kwolek21 says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:24 am

    I follow “are we theri yet” on FB as Linda Kwolek

  19. kwolek21 says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:26 am

    I follow Amy on Pinterest as Linda Kwolek

  20. kwolek21 says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:26 am

    I follow Gracery Toolbox on FB as Linda Kwolek

  21. kwolek21 says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:27 am

    I follow Quick and Easy on FB as Linda Kwolek

  22. Harold D says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:12 am

    A Whole Foods Fanatic!

  23. gail says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:33 am

    i am a newbie

  24. gail says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:33 am

    liked are we there yet on fb

  25. gail says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:34 am

    liked your grocery budget toolbox on fb

  26. Theresa Shafer says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:41 am

    More of a newbie, not quite fanatic.

  27. Sam Kelley says

    July 23, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    a whole foods newbie!

  28. Maria Nay Kiguthi says

    July 23, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    A Whole foods Newbie.

  29. Maria Nay Kiguthi says

    July 23, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    â– follow Are We There Yet? on Facebook

  30. Maria Nay Kiguthi says

    July 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    â– follow Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy on Facebook

  31. danirenee1982 says

    July 23, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    b///I am a newbie!

  32. Amy Garner says

    July 23, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Whole foods wannabe

    awilson614@gmail.com

  33. Amy Garner says

    July 23, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    I followed are we there yet on fb!

    awilson614@gmail.com

  34. Amy Garner says

    July 23, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    I followed Your Grocery Budget Toolbox on fb!

    awilson614@gmail.com

  35. Amy Garner says

    July 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    I followed quick and easy, cheap and healthy on fb!

    awilson614@gmail.com

  36. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    I’m a Whole Foods Wannabe!

  37. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    “Like” Are We There Yet? on FB (Mandy Peters Kauffman).

  38. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:37 pm

    Follow Are We There Yet? on Pinterest (MandyPamby).

  39. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    “Like” Your Grocery Budget Toolbox on Facebook (Mandy Peters Kauffman).

  40. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    “Like” Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy on Facebook (Mandy Peters Kauffman).

  41. Mandy Kauffman says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    Tweeted! https://twitter.com/SuperGrover83/status/227578539187261440

  42. Kristie D. says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    Alas, I’m a whole foods newbie. Follow Are We There Yet?, Your Grocery Budget Toolbox, Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy on Facebook. Kristie Morrison Donelson. Follow Are We There Yet? on Pinterest. Kristie Donelson. Shared on Twitter. https://twitter.com/kdonelson/status/227581051516645376

    Liked this post on Facebook.

    kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.

  43. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    I’m a Whole Food Newbie

  44. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    I follow you on Pinterest.

  45. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    I follow you on Facebook.

  46. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    I follow YGBT on Facebook.

  47. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    I follow QECH on Facebook.

  48. Corey Olomon says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    I tweeted at: https://twitter.com/CoreyOlomon/status/227588760106332160

  49. Debbie says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    I am A “whole foods wannabe”.

  50. Donna K says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    I am a whole foods wannabe

  51. Donna K says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:19 pm

    I follow Are We There Yet? on Facebook (Donna Kozar)

  52. Donna K says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    I follow Your Grocery Budget Toolbox on Facebook

  53. Donna K says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    I follow Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy on Facebook (Donna Kozar)

  54. Donna K says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    I follow Are We There Yet? on Pinterest (donnak4)

  55. Heather Abbe says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    I am a total whole foods wanna be. It just seems so hard!

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

  56. Heather Abbe says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    I liked you on FB.

    http://www.facebook.com/awesomebloggiveaways

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

  57. Heather Abbe says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:12 pm

    I follow you on Pinterest.

    http://pinterest.com/habbegirl/

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

  58. Heather Abbe says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    I follow Your Grocery Toolbox on FB.

    http://www.facebook.com/awesomebloggiveaways

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

  59. Heather Abbe says

    July 23, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    I like Quick and Easy on FB.

    http://www.facebook.com/awesomebloggiveaways

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

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