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Stretching Your Food Dollars

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Strategies at Home

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Stretching your food dollars doesn’t begin when you get to the store, it begins at home. Spending a small amount of time planning ahead can save money later.

Let’s look at some quick, easy tools you can use at home:

  • Plan a Food Budget
  • Take Inventory
  • Check the Ads
  • What to Cook?
  • Planning Ahead
  • Make a List

We’ll go through these strategies one at a time. Let’s start with Plan a Food Budget.