Menu plan – week ending April 5, 2012

Posted by Fay on Mar 31, 2012 in Food, Meal planning | 0 comments

This week’s menu plan will be based on No Frills grocery deals for the week ending April 5, 2012. Sunday Chicken Florentine Pasta (omitting tomatoes) Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts – $3.44/lb or $7.58/kg Saputo Mozzarella cheese 500 g – $3.97 Campbell’s chicken broth 900 mL – $1.88 Neilson 10% cream 500 mL – $0.99 Fresh bunched spinach – $0.88...

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Deals week ending March 29, 2012

Posted by Fay on Mar 23, 2012 in Food | 0 comments

Here are some quick highlights for the week ending March 29, 2012: Food Basics Natrel 4L fine-filtered milk (Selected varieties include Skim, 1%, 2%, 3.25%) - $3.88 Empire Apples, Oranges, or Grapefruit 8 lb bag – $3.44 ea. Oasis Orange Juice 1.89 L – $1.88 Kellogg’s Nutrigrain bars – $1.99 (Use Websaver.ca $1 off Superfruit flavours) FreshCo Tetley Specialty Tea...

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Saving money with a meal plan

Posted by Fay on Mar 18, 2012 in Food | 2 comments

I’ve explained how I save using store flyers and coupons but I haven’t demonstrated how to meal plan according to the sales. I made this meal plan/shopping list using only one store flyer, without poring over cookbooks or relying on coupons to reduce the cost.  The menu is not gourmet but it’s definitely child-friendly and easy to execute at the end of a busy day. Using a bit...

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Grocery deals week ending March 1, 2012

Posted by Fay on Feb 24, 2012 in Deals, Grocery shopping | 0 comments

Taking a short break made me think about why I chose to start blogging in the first place. During my hiatus I told a good friend of mine that she could find grocery deals through various forums and I was touched by her response.  She said of course she could, but she would rather hear my deals because she trusts me. So on this Flyer Thursday, I am debuting a new weekly feature, Canadian...

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