Eating a whole food diet can be expensive. I learned some cost saving tricks. With my son in college, my daughter going to college in the fall, my family follows a food budget. The tricks I learned allow us to eat healthy and stay within the budget.
These tricks can help you eat healthy without busting your budget. I will post these tricks on this blog to share them with you. My money savings ideas are for Missoula, Montana grocery stores and a couple on-line stores. The concepts can be applied to your town grocery stores. Research your store’s sales and coupon systems and with planning these tools should work anywhere.
Free-range eggs are a big part of my family’s diet. Our favorite brand cost $5.49 a dozen at most grocery stores in Missoula. At the Missoula Natural Grocers I signed-up for {N}Power, the in store discounts program. The free-range eggs through {N}Power pricing are $1.99 per dozen. We usually get 3 dozen a week. That would be $16.47 at most grocery stores. At Natural Grocers in Missoula, the 3 dozen eggs with the {N}Power program are $5.97. That is a $10.50 savings every week or a $40 savings for our monthly budget.
Saving in areas like this where I can, allows my family to continue eating a whole food diet within our budget.