Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half With America's Cheapest Family: Includes So Many Innovative Strategies You Won't Have To Cut Coupons (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I am so impressed with this book! Originally, I bought it to have something tangible to give my lovely SIL when she asked me for grocery-oriented budgeting advice. But it found it on clearance at work, so I bought myself a copy as well, and MAN, I am so glad I did! There are many suggestions for reducing your overall food costs, and to implement all of them at one time would be overwhelming (Annette and Steve even recommend to NOT implement all of them at once, start small!). I was encouraged to try some new things, and enjoy that recipes are in the back of the book. :) I appreciate the style in which the book was written. It's clear that Annette and Steve really want to empower families for success! Highly recommend this book to ANYONE who feels like they spend too much on groceries, or want to eat better or are overwhelmed with the food prep process. You can do it! Either lots of their advice is common-sense, or I am a grocery genius, because I am already doing most of the things they recommend that it makes sense for us to do (as a family of two). The book was also pretty annoyingly sexist (e.g. the wife does the shopping and cooking, daughters help prepare meals while sons help dad with projects around the house). And while they are good ideas, topics like how to organize your kitchen or encouraging you to sit down as a family for dinner don't necessarily save money on groceries. It was also annoying that a lot of things were repeated over and over throughout the book, but it was designed so you could start at any point, without having to read from beginning to end, so I guess they needed to restate things sometimes. I did appreciate their common-sense approach to couponing and to buying organic.
What do You think about Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half With America's Cheapest Family: Includes So Many Innovative Strategies You Won't Have To Cut Coupons (2010)?
Great information. I am going to try some of their ideas to help save money.
—westpride21
I like the tone of the book, the strategies, and the recipes.
—ritika
same advice. different words. worth the read though.
—carouri
Had lots of info need to finish reading
—CitrusJuie
