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Save on Groceries in 2025

Is it Time for an Online Grocery Price Comparison?!

July 8, 2024 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Comparing Grocery Prices Online Can Save You Loads from Your Food Budget - Here's How and Where to Start!  Are you buying the right ingredients but from the wrong stores? In today’s challenging economic prices and with food prices continuing to rise, now is the time to get control of what you’re buying and where you are buying it. Now is the time to accept Erin's … [Read more...]

The “Let’s Fight Inflation” Weekly Meal Plan

March 1, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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This Budget Friendly Weekly Meal Plan Will Help You Fight the Rising Grocery Prices & Inflation As the prices at the grocery store continue to rise, we want to help!  I have a simple 3 step approach to help you fight the inflation and keep your grocery spending in check.  Step 1 - Write a meal plan with budget friendly recipes (See below - we do this part … [Read more...]

5 New Ways to Save on Dinner in 2020

December 27, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Fun and Creative Ways to Save on Dinner and Groceries in 2020 If 2020 is your year to get your finances in order, the best and easiest place to start is dinner....or groceries. The grocery line item of your personal budget is really the easiest to control. It just takes a little knowledge, a little planning, and a little dinner hacking.  Saving money on groceries is … [Read more...]

$1/1 Art of Green Coupon: 5 Simple Ways to Afford More Natural Products and Ingredients

September 11, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

Be Inspired by These Simple Ways to Save Money on "Green" and Natural Products Do you ever suffer from "green guilt" - meaning you want to get the best, natural products to use in, on, and around your home, family and life...but just can stomach the sticker price?! Well...I have some ideas that will help you incorporate more green and natural products into your … [Read more...]

NEW! More $3/1 Tide COUPONS!!!

January 26, 2019 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

New Tide Ultra OXI is where it's at!!!  And this week, we have 2 NEW high value coupons - for Tide PODS and for Tide Liquid Detergent! (The NEW means that if you printed last weeks, you can print these too!) PRINT PRINT PRINT!!!! If you're a Tide PODS or Tide Liquid detergent fan like me, or a wannabe Tide PODS fan, you have got to get this new coupon printed! Tide … [Read more...]

PRINT NOW: $3 Off Tide PODS Coupon!!!!!

January 18, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

(Yes, I use this "sports odor defense" for all my sweaty basketball playing boys!)  I haven't seen one of these high value coupons for Tide Pods in a LONG TIME! PRINT PRINT PRINT!!!! If you're a Tide PODS fan like me, or a wannabe Tide PODS fan, you have got to get this new coupon printed! Tide PODS 2.0 are OUT and they have been upgraded with better stain and odor … [Read more...]

Best Grocery Savings Mobile Apps

December 27, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

Check out the Best Grocery Savings Mobile Apps! These are also Erin's favorites. (She might be a bit biased about the first one!) MyFreezEasy With MyFreezEasy, it really is as easy as 1-2-3. Get organized, choose your recipes, use the shopping list provided, and then follow the instructions to get your make ahead freezer meals into your freezer! You'll save on groceries … [Read more...]

Coupons – Print & Save Big Every Week

December 27, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

Save Money on Groceries with Printable Coupons! Smart shoppers can save big every week by using the latest coupons. With the growth of smartphones, loyalty programs and mobile tech, there more and more ways of getting your coupon on, but don't overlook the savings you can find through printable coupons! I love them so much - and have saved so much money with them over the … [Read more...]

Best Subscribe & Save Deals from Amazon

December 26, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

I'm all for convenience, when the cost isn't elevated, and that's exactly what the Subscribe & Save program is all about. You can save when you commit to the subscription of getting that product you always need (at our house, it's toilet paper!!) and seem to run out of and not notice. This program helps you not forget, and helps you not run out, and you save too! I'm … [Read more...]

Prime Pantry Coupons

December 21, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Did you know that you can clip coupons for items in your Prime Pantry box?  And you can save a lot of money with them too! Add in the convenience and time-savings of having your stuff delivered to your door, and it all adds up to Amazon being a terrific addition to your arsenal of strategies to save your time and money. There are thousands (yes, THOUSANDS!) of … [Read more...]

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