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Reducing your food bill can sometimes sound overwhelming or even impossible, then add on a good-sized family and kids will food allergies…and most people just give up altogether. However, taking control of how much you spend on your meals is a crucial step to getting intentional with your money! Like it or not, we all have to eat…and multiple times a day…but you don’t have to go broke keeping your family fed.
Shelly from Dinner for a Dollar is sharing how she cut her family of 6’s food budget by $12,000 per year! Her system is realistic and down to earth and she has a passion for helping families reduce their food bill so they can accomplish their real financial goals – not just spend all their extra money at the grocery store. Shelly is here to bust the myth that you have to spend a fortune to eat whole foods and to share why cutting back your food budget is actually the fastest and easiest thing you can do to save money.
In this episode, Sami + Shelly talk about:
Shelly’s book Dinner for a Dollar
How much money you could save by implementing the Dinner for a Dollar system
Why budgeting/saving money on food is so important
Why Dinner for a Dollar is not a menu or a meal plan, but a mindset
How this mindset can help your financial goals + your health goals
How you can eat affordable + healthy foods on a small budget
Simple action steps for lowering your grocery budget
How cutting back on your food waste could equal your entire retirement savings
Sami’s favorite parts of the book
Shelly’s BEST pieces of advice
Memorable Quotes:
“When we decided to live a financially responsible life, the first area we tackled was our food, because it was so out of control.” -Shelly
“We made a lot of changes over the course of a year, but the food I could do right away.” -Shelly
“When I sat down to do my first budget, and I went back looked through the last 3 months of my bank accountant, I was like, ‘we’re eating all of our money.’” -Sami
“The food is the most flexible part of your budget.” -Sami
“I’ve been feeding my family for a dollar per meal per person for about 4 years.” -Shelly
“Controlling my food budget was the number one way I could financially contribute to my family.” -Shelly
“When I invest in my planning and my shopping I spend way less time on my food.” -Shelly
“If you don’t make a financial plan your money will spend itself…it will disappear into the atmosphere, and at best you’ll have nothing to show for it, at worst you’ll be in debt.” -Shelly
Resources Mentioned:
[Sami’s Blog] Why There is No Such Thing as a Normal Grocery Budget
[Free Resource] Download One Chapter of Dinner for a Dollar
[E-Book] Dinner for a Dollar
Who is our guest?
Shelly Longenecker is a wife, mother of 4, and the author of Dinner for a Dollar. When her son was diagnosed 10 years ago with several food allergies, she felt completely overwhelmed, believing the myth that she had to spend a fortune on food and all day in the kitchen to feed her family safe, whole foods. She couldn't find anything on the market that taught her how to eat a frugal, simple, allergy-friendly whole food, veggie-forward diet, so she created her own system that ticked all these boxes and turned it into a book to share with you.
Free Chapter: Dinner For A Dollar
Website: dinnerforadollar.co
Facebook Group: Dinner For A Dollar
Email: Shelly@dinnerforadollar.co
Dinner for a Dollar explains how to feed your family a simple, allergy-friendly, whole food diet with loads of fruits and veggies for $1 per person per meal. Dinner for a Dollar isn't just a book, it's a whole system, complete with detailed action points to follow along so you can start saving time, and money.
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