{"id":2493,"date":"2012-04-24T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2012-04-24T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:24:32","slug":"how-a-family-spends-4-a-week-on-groceries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2493","title":{"rendered":"How a Family of Six Spends $4 a Week on Groceries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbbW6WpXWjw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kathy Spencer, of Boxford, Mass., recently caught our &#8220;cheap living&#8221; side of the brain with ideas on how she spends $4 a week on groceries for a family of six. <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n           google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0542617997214413\"; \/* Cheap-Travel-Side-Ad *\/ google_ad_slot = \"4615336226\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can view the ABC interview with Spencer in the above video.<\/p>\n<p>Using a committed, consistent and creative way of using coupons, Spencer has proven that what seems like an impossible budget-saving concept can become a reality. Basically, Kathy checks store policies (like if you can combine store coupons with manufacturer coupons) and then enters her chosen store with a pile of coupons. For example, she takes $1 off coupons and buys four separate orders of seafood. If she bought one pound, the coupon, obviously, wouldn&#8217;t have worked. Brilliant!  In the ABC video, she ultimately bought $267.23 worth of food for a penny!<\/p>\n<p>Remember, you can also employ these measures on a family vacation by going to the local grocery store at your chosen travel destination.  But then again, maybe not: with all the money potentially saved on daily food expenses, you might be able to splurge a bit more on your vacation!<\/p>\n<p>Kathy has also published a book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0738214566\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=visitingnewen-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0738214566\">How to Shop for Free: Shopping Secrets for Smart Women Who Love to Get Something for Nothing<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=visitingnewen-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0738214566\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>. Coming in at $10, that&#8217;s a pretty good deal, too, considering how much you could possibly be saving in the long-run!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article:<\/strong><br \/>\nFinding the <a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=758\">lowest daily gas prices in New England<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy Spencer, of Boxford, Mass., recently caught our &#8220;cheap living&#8221; side of the brain with ideas on how she spends $4 a week on groceries for a family of six. You can view the ABC interview with Spencer in the above video. Using a committed, consistent and creative way of using coupons, Spencer has proven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1043],"tags":[1965,1964,1966],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}