Welcome to a new month of food! Did you go under or over your budget last month? Are you making changes to the way you meal plan and shop this month? Set your May food and supply budget then track your shopping and meal planning with us!

The USDA has a website that post the average cost of feeding a family of four. This would be two adults and two children. For the month of Nov, 07 , the latest one listed, the low cost , thrifty plan is for $ 485 to $558. per month. The lower cost is for younger children. I think that most of us are...

The January menu is available to view. Are you ordering? What meals are you planning to make if you are? 1.25 lb. Bacon Wrapped Beef Filets (5 x 4 oz) 4 lb. Individually Frozen Chicken Leg Quarters 2 lb. Lean Hamburger Steaks (4 x 8oz.) 1.5 lb. Boneless Pork Roast 1.25 lb. Meaty Beef Short Ribs 20 oz...

When we first moved to this small town I was amazed at how expensive groceries seemed. I had to totally come up with a new budget plan based on this area. We also gave away our food storage when we moved and planned on just starting over with most things. It took a while to know the sales cycle and find...

Just read through the other posts, I have a budget of $100 a week for stuff- food, soap, diapers, etc for our family of ten. So $400 a month. But I also will "splurge" and stock up every now and again for food storage. We'll go and buy a couple of hundred dollars worth of staples. If my...