Easy Grocery Shopping Secrets To Cut Your Grocery Bill In HALF!

As grocery prices continue to rise in 2023, many people are searching for ways to save on grocery shopping. Today we'll share our top tips on how to cut your grocery bill in half and answer your burning questions!
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[@debraigo2711]

I recently started getting food stamps. I get plenty for myself and actually some extra. I am not frivolous with them, still shop sales and discount stores. I'm not a big soda drinker, but still don't use my snap card to buy it when I do, I pay cash. I've been able to stock up a little on basic needs and am greatful for what I have and make it a big point not to waste anything.

[@maryhobbs3243]

I am 1 of 10. Always popcorn for evening snack. After dinner. No soft drinks.....but tea or koolaid in the summer. I lived just fine. I am 70 and well. Thank you

[@cpandfamily1]

I’ve noticed the same at Walmart . Also , the rebate apps have been great. I have been getting free or almost free food, drinks and personal care items . I’ve learned by watching coupon shows on KZbin. One of my most used recipes of yours is the pancake recipe. I like to premix when I have time and taped the recipe to the container. Certainly a good way to save.

[@ericluna2934]

I went off sugar. And was shocked at how quickly I felt full!! Definitely didn't need as much as I was eating!

[@carolbrownell950]

Jill, I have always set out fruit or veggies for grabbing just before dinner. Like you said, the kids get hungry and mine would polish off a veggie tray very quickly. They still eat very well to this day.

[@ishani5290]

I highly appreciate your great advice. Love to you all! ❤❤❤

[@susiefloosie8885]

That is the reason I like to check myself out at Walmart. At Kroger, if the item rings up wrong, I have no problem going back and getting a refund. It does happen often at Kroger, but they know me and are always very friendly. Heck, I go back for a quarter...it all adds up!!! Thanks for your tips!

[@atdepaulis]

Lol nice!

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

Publix is also decent for making things correct

[@bonniekidder3569]

I just ordered 4 cookbooks, 3 volume 2 for my daughter, daughter in law and my self and 1 gluten free to have on hand. I love your recipes and how you try to help everyone !!!

[@esthers9140]

I went to Walmart the other day and when I got home and looked at my receipt I saw that I was charged twice for something I only bought one of. You talk about a hassle trying to get it taken care of at customer service the next time I went in. It definitely taught me I'm going to be a lot more careful when my things are being wrung up.

[@carenfeldman8854]

The siren song of sugar is loud and insistent. The more sugar you eat the more you crave. It's a metabolic fact. One can get used to eating less sugar and that will stave off those sugar crashes which can spur those addictive-like cravings. If we all decided to use sugar more sparingly our bodies would thank us, and it would fatten our wallets as well.

[@lynnette3020]

I drink water with a slice of lemon. I also make my own ice tea with hot water and tea bags, then pour in a pitcher and set in the fridge.

[@dianaglenn3921]

Great snack is a large apple sliced and peanut butter dip (pb, a little honey, and milk- heat in the microwave and stir till thickened. Adjust to your liking.)

[@suebryant1188]

My favorite snack/breakfast as a kid was taking a banana and pressing the peeled end into dry cereal before each bite. I’d forgotten about that, I think I’ll have that for breakfast today! 😊

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

That would be great with granola

[@sweetbarksandberries4556]

I was out of town for this. I find myself more and more dumping the sites that have long directions or crazy ingredients. I have been investing on growing my own and considering a high tunnel and growing what I can indoors (grow bags and pots) to avoid as many chemicals as possible. I have about a half acre and no HMO in this small Midwest town. Then dehydrate and can. I have a small chest freezer but it will require electricity and they are trying to get Illinois to go "smart". I know it is so they can control our thermostats. I keep my inside temps 70 in winter and 75 in summer due to health issues (born with asthma) which is not quite as warm as I want in winter or cool as I want in summer. I will be adding chickens to my homestead next week. And I would love to follow you around everywhere to hear what you have to say.

[@annieb9627]

I use Dollar Tree for tea. My local grocery store charges close to $4 for 100 tea bags. Dollar Tree charges $1.25. Coffee and tea are all we are buying now. Thanks for sharing this!

[@angelam4258]

Im a bargain shopper and I am a mark down shopper. that 25% has stopped a lot of people from buying healthy food. I used to be an extreme couponer but most coupons even today are useless and for junk. things have changed and people's health is paying for it because trash food is what you find most days on markdown or even unusable food. I rarely eat out but some days like today fast-food apps pay off lunch was 3 dollars after being stuck at a dr apt

[@lenorabritton4352]

Coffee, tea, and chocolate contain caffeine, which is addictive. I gave up caffeinated coffee for decaf and suffered with a headache every day until I realized it was the decaf. I Mixed in caffeine coffee with decaf, no more headaches. 😊

[@dianereece4495]

Thank you so much great fun for all your help .

[@susanxa8158]

If you can put a pencil through a hole, a mouse can get in. I would check to seal them. I hope she gets rid of them.

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

Comparing food and drugs, a person can stay away from drugs and alcohol, can't stop eating. I'm dealing with eating disorders. I am glad I have you to reinforce correct food decisions

[@janebush2478]

We lived in a place where we had a lot of mice that were hard to get rid of and we bought cubed.warfarin rat poison and we threw those underneath the house and in places like behind the washer and stove where pets and kids can't get to and they were all gone in a week. We only put out about 6 cubes and no more mice.

[@nicolette6327]

My go to recipes from your book are the sweet muffins and the Chinese chicken base. The muffins I add bananas and chocolate chips or jam.

[@carlyirene9232]

I agree with cutting back on portions sizes. Eating food the way God made it is best for me. I don’t drink juice because I prefer to eat the fruit instead. Most of the packaged foods have a long shelf life because they put preservatives in them. Some of those preservatives our body doesn’t even recognize. We must realize we carry the responsibility for our health and well being. Good food that we make taste great and the left overs even better

[@nancykraus5127]

Barter with people helps too for food. I have a side yard with sun. New neighbors have no sun and three little girls. I offered my side yard as garden space for them in return for vegetables. I keep garden watered and help where I can with pinched nerves in my spine. Living the fresh little tomatoes and herbs so far this year.

[@lynnette3020]

Snack foods we eat is popcorn 🍿 or if I on shopping day ìl get ice cream or sugar free fudge pops and that is all we need. We will walk my service dog after that to walk the calories off(at least 1/4 to 1/2 )

[@paularizzo5217]

I would love to teach free classes to people using food assistance. I'm seeing too many people who don't know how to cook without all those quick-to-fix pre-packaged meals.

[@debraigo2711]

Sadly, that's more of a choice than not. Here, the food bank offers cooking and prep classes, free child care during the classes, and extra credit to use in the pantry, and they usually only have one or two attend.

[@karenwelborn9929]

Keep going Ladies - y'all are doing good!! Appreciate all the advice, suggestions & tips!! I have Vol 1 already & will be ordering Vol 2 after your show today! ❤❤❤

[@normamason3185]

I make iced tea every other day, 2 quarts using tap water, 2 family size tea bags, 4 teaspoons of Pyure (zero calorie sweetener) and 2 squirts of bottled lemon juice. I drink 1 quart of iced tea daily, then however much water I can. I do keep a bottle of ginger ale just incase I am ill. Even when I was restricted to just $20 weekly, I was well fed. I think that people want to hear you agree with their perspective that food (especially junk food) has gone up so that they can't afford it, and not the truth that they are buying stuff that isn't necessary for good meals, eating leftovers, and cutting portions.

[@rosebuddanielle967]

Only the 2nd time I have listened. So glad I have come across your site. You have such good tips and ideas! I will be working on incorporating some of these into our life. Thanks for sharing your expertise to help others.

[@cynthiamiller5118]

Yes you ate what momma cooked or you didn’t eat. But thank the Lord my momma is an amazing cook 👨‍🍳

[@paulallshouse3377]

Not leftover but planned over is what I call them.

[@Chelle-kd1po]

Your white chicken chili really is the best!

[@tonyarensch7411]

Jammy doughnut muffins are a hit.

[@lynnette3020]

I admit I do order home chief when I get it with 40%off . I only order it then and only if I'm doing very bad with my health and can not cook that day. I'll freeze the meat and use the veggies in that day if I feel better when the meals come..

[@jonicadavenport5117]

Happy Mother's Day to both of you. Just wanted to say made Sheala's Ham And Noodles we all loved it.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

As for recipes in the books we like... Vol 1 is my favorite cookbook. I say it all the time, granola bars and snickerdoodles are my go to snacks when our son comes over or my husband needs a treat to share at work. I always have those ingredients. But the other day I was flipping through and came to Garlic Salad. I totally forgot about that one. It is SO good! Celery, carrots, garlic and mayo. It is a treat for a summer picnic, BBQ whatever. I will be making that again soon. Just flip through your book, you will find some great favorites of your own.

[@kerrynwright]

I don't think I've ever seen cans of green chillies in Australia. I've looked online & I can't see it on any of our stores. Could you show us a can of it sometime so we Aussies can see it to look for something similar. Yes, I remember only having soda, chips & chocolate for birthdays, Easter & Christmas & never had them at other times. I hope Wanda can get rid of those pesky mice! 🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨

[@carenfeldman8854]

A long time ago prices in Norway were frighteningly high when you converted them to dollars. Higher than even Swedish prices, Danish prices. Nowadays things have settled down and at least for now, the cost of groceries has become almost parity to US, at least in areas with a higher cost-of-living . Blame it on the rise and fall of exchange rates, cheaper food imports, inflation, who knows. A friend went there recently and took pictures of supermarket shelves as proof that it's not as bad as we remembered it to be, so maybe $10 for regular sugar was true when you were there but not anymore.

[@paularizzo5217]

I would be an awful grocery cashier! I'm too much like Tawra and Jill!! 😊😊

[@craftyshell3822]

We used Tom cat poison kit you can find at walmart and home depot. They worked for clearing up our mouse issue. And we had a major one outside due to yard not getting cut like we had in the past. You could be standing there and they come right out like they were going to come up to you. SO gross!!!! where we live if you have a mouse or rat problem you also you will find alot of snakes, some snakes are good but we get copperheads. We let the non-venomous ones live.

[@nikkihole2481]

Pss update !!!!You know what would really be cool tawra. A list of all your ingredients for all your meals so i could go get them all 😮❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nikkihole2481]

Wow I will be making more comments if you are really reading them I know you are busy to 👍

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

Snack night would be home fried tortilla chips. Each child could choose their own seasoning.

[@hollynelson3336]

I skip a recipe if there's a lot of paragraphs of instructions, I don't want to read a book before cooking dinner.

[@froesfamily335]

Always easier to blame something or someone else than to admit we are making wrong choices and nothing any self control, haha

[@atdepaulis]

I have never found anything cheaper at a farmers market. I HAVE however, seen “farmers” sell onions for $3-4 a pound that still had the store sticker on it!! And the store was selling them for $1 or so per pound!! They were trying to pass it off as they grew it with their lettuce.. so dishonest

[@lindadenneypu6315]

Here in Melbourne Australia we have now paying 8dollars for a 5 kilo bag of potatoes

[@atdepaulis]

If you are addicted to it don’t eat it. I worked nights and one of my coworkers (years ago) brought in a huge tub of twirlers…. Ladies.. I saw that if I had one or two I just wanted to keep eating them.. so since I couldn’t just stop at 2 I just stopped eating them.. problem solved. HaHa When my son was a toddler I was a single mom and got food stamps for a year. They gave me $293 each month. I shopped sales and never spent more than $100 a month for us to eat. Those food stamps never expired so we ate well for way longer than one yr. Same with my electric bill… I got $688 a year towards my power bill… I watched our usage and it lasted me a full year verses 8 months it was meant to..

[@terrifuria3073]

Sticky paper like fly paper,it works

[@cynthiamiller5118]

That ESG scores also makes companies do several immoral things as well.God help us all xxooxx

[@christinagkika3813]

There are no left overs. Have thrown only two plates of food the past 5 years.

[@terarosen7909]

And if she doesn’t want to mess with the regular traps. Glue traps worked well for me.

[@crazychick]

This year is bananas and oranges both are have a lot of problems with certain bugs and trees are dying off

[@Tvjunkie145]

…the last several lives I have caught, Home Depot has been the ad that pops up 😂

[@jillpruett4772]

I have had problems with my Albertsons account to the point I don't bother adding coupons to my app and just note on my shopping list for Albertsons what the coupon was for and the note "ask back". Then when I check out I ask the checker to adjust the price.

[@Moneymama]

You have my vote for president!

[@Warriorofthe]

Tomcat bait for mice

[@Rebecca-zp4gm]

The amount of people using mobility devices and are very overweight is shocking. This is since COVID. One male who can walk with crutches etc but moaned about carrying shopping and uses an electric wheelchair as a result. He is rude, expects others to run around him and doesn’t listen. He goes to a local church, probably going to hell and I avoid him as much as possible. I have used crutches for over 9 years, I always try to say thank you and be nice - it pays to be nice.

[@irmapatino167]

I just ordered more books for gifts!!

[@nancykraus5127]

Has anyone considered that buying the junk fiid may partly be because home economics doesn't exist anymore so no one learns about proper nutrition?

[@denisebissell5875]

Love you but our vegetables in ga are so expensive. I’m afraid we are eating so many carbs. Our health is suffering. We used to eat very healthy like salmon, fresh greens, fresh fruit. Apples for example are 3.00 a lb, milk is 4$ a gal, eggs are cheapest aldi 250 a doz. Wish we lived by you. So tired. Not young anymore taking care of ill husband. Myself 70 with foot problems, just feel like giving up. So tired.

[@nancykraus5127]

I hope you are doing better a year later now. Is there a neighbor with a vegetable garden? Di you have a skill you can trade with? My mother would do sewing for trade. I can't sew like her but di mending and hemming fir a neighbor with chickens fir fresh eggs. They have 4 boys and mending the biys clithes has saved them money and gets me fresh eggs. A dozen a week.

[@karenkaren5013]

The next crisis will probably be rice.

[@barbg1012]

💕💕💕🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕💕💕

[@froesfamily335]

Not using, not nothing.