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Hello from Australia. I always put the purchase date on my groceries, It’s helpful because I know how long things last , So I know how much to store or buy going forward Sometimes I put an opened date if it’s something like washing powder . For something like long life milk I put 1 of 5 , or 2 of 5 kind of thing , I know how much I’m using . I find I have a good idea of what things cost but agree a price book would be great To start with I am taking a photo of receipts . I’m thinking more often what things I can make myself, Perhaps you could make your own dry onion soup mix ? I portion and freeze cheese to divide it out over time . The other thing I find helpful is to use a measuring cup or spoon . I use a 1/3 cup in oats I divide out serves of yogurt Because certain family members would eat a whole tub . If I’m cooking frozen veg I allow a 1/4 cup per person. 1/2 cup of milk with cereal . Same with having small snack size bowls , I also have fairly small dinner plate sizes , It’s not about restricting food , It’s about not wasting. I also use a pump bottle for dish detergent and use 2 squirts . It’s all habits and might seem picky But little things add up and it makes a difference over time . I’m also on a restricted budget And have to stretch and budget wherever I can Good luck on your challenge !

Oops, my original comment was for the previous video i was watching. So deleted. Im new to your channel, RUclips recommended your video & Im glad I have found you. I want to save money. Wish I had factory shops near me. How many are in your family? 4? Guesding from the title, are your family young kids, or bigger tummies? I have a family of 4, two grown kids. Curious to know if $1000 a quarter could work for our family.

Yes please to a pantry tour. Thank you!

Savvy shopping 😊and a good store cupboard stock up. Yes, keep a check on prices. French onion soup powder mixed with cream cheese used to be popular in Australia 😊🇦🇺 Do you have Aldi in NZ? Best of luck with staying within your budget 👍🇦🇺 Interesting video ✔️

I enjoyed watching. Im a kiwi but now living in Australia, 2 years,so i am interested in prices there still. I think a lot of the prices arent too bad. I used to write in a notebook my regular basics and then just pop it in my bag,so when i was at the supermarket i could compare.😊

I always new ideas that challenge my thinking. I’ve been working thru your idea of a quarterly amount rather than a weekly. I give myself 15 per week. It only works because I have a good pantry. You’ve given me food for thought 😂. Thanks

Did you say you use one toothpaste a week? For four of you? Are they mini ones?

I have a price book, keep notes of main ingredient prices from the supermarkets I use. Examples of this is explained by the Cheapskates club or Dining on a dime, both on Utube. Im in NZ.

Solution to remembering prices - a price book. Cath Armstrong (Cheapskates Club Australia) and a range of other frugal living people explain how to do this.

Looking forward to seeing how this challenge goes!We are a family of 5 in south Otago and are lucky to have Chickens and a big garden but that doesn't always go to plan...what a sad summer we're having! Great video : )

I’ve been wondering if it would be quicker to pick the tomatoes and have them ripen inside on the windowsill!! It’s been a shocker of a summer. We currently have plenty of carrots and courgettes ready though. I managed to get some of the sausage meat bungs last weekend for that great price. They also have bulk bags of cooked chicken and bacon bits which are great to freeze in smaller bags to add to dishes.

I MISS onion dip so much, splash of malt vinegar/lemon juice - delicious. French Onion dip is an okay substitute in the states but I long for Maggi onion soup dip!

I meat shop at the butcher's and fruit and veg from their store but while I'm shopping I check the prices at the supermarkets with the grocer app to compare prices

There is a 'grocery' app you can get that you can compare food items between different supermarkets and the warehouse too. I have heard some people keep a little note book and write the price down when they are at the supermarket so they know what a good special is

Great video! I would think it's a bit easier to do a bigger shop but less often now with a car? Your budget will get a boost once the garden starts to produce and you can eat what you're growing. I agree it seems a bit crazy that we grow so much food right here, but pay as much as the export prices. I don't think it's the farmers getting rich though.

I can't believe it. We literally have a similar budget, and I, too, am swapping to quarterly budgets this year. With once a month big shop. Great minds think alike, hey!! I look forward to seeing how you go. ❤

Im from Australia and I do a similar dip with the french onion soup mix, i do it with cream cheese and sour cream. Others just do sour cream.

I love this idea ❤

Hahaha, i did the same at work with the label maker 😂 loved the video as usual ❤

Happy New Year from the US 🎉 Found your channel from watching Stacy on Farmers Wife. Your channel looks interesting. Prices are going up here as well. We all need to be more frugal I guess. Looking forward to watching your videos 💛

Happy New Year! Getting the Sunday jitters thinking about returning to work tomorrow! So I’m rewatching this video-I’m saving your most recent videos for later. Your bomb sniffing rat sounds amazing. One of the teachers had a pair of rats in her classroom. They were so smart and sweet-it’s a shame they don’t live very long. I came out of the holiday season on right side 😀 I kept you in mind during the month of December and it paid off!!

Love the garden shots. Awesome doing the Christmas clubs, I am taking a bit from my food budget each week. Work well for us too as I am working on being super frugal this year so we can work toward a big family holiday in 2026.

Great to see your video come up, really looking forward to seeing your budget and plans for the year. I was wondering about you having a car from your 2024 budget video I went back and watched, that's a commitment. Garden is slow here in Hawkes Bay as well. Enjoy your summer!

Happy New Year - looking forward to following You this year !! ❤️

Well done, also needing ideas to change things for another year

Awesome I really admire you

Happy New Year and wow, well done you! It was really fun to hear how excited you were to total up your savings, made me smile. I don't really use/keep cash, did you switch from internet banking/cards to cash stuffing and is it easier or better for you? I'm relatively new to your channel, so I'll go back and see some earlier videos for this and your challenge details and info. Hope your Christmas was great and pavlovas turned out delicious!

Look forward to seeing how you restuff. I just cleared a lot of my funds to reset things for 2025 (they are digital though so I don't think as exciting)

Merry Christmas/Happy New Year and the muddle between those dates. I am super keen to do the coin challenge and the 52 week one. Do you have resource links? I am curious if you do pak n save Christmas club? This is always such a lovely surprise at Christmas they give you a substantial bonus and also mine gave me an extra $15 to spend in store in December. I think I had only loaded about $100 on this year, so not a bad return!

Happy New Year! You have convinced me that I have to try this method out!

Happy New Year, what a delightful surprise!!!! Just goes to show what saving a little regularly actually achieves! Congratulations. Enjoy planning and dreaming about what it can do for you and your family to bring joy into 2025.

Hi NZ money karma, I have been watching all of your videos and have really enjoyed them. Wishing you an amazing New Year and 2025! Loads of love xxx

Merry Christmas, it's crazy to think I need to start budgeting for my children's uni as well,

Really great gifts! I’m sure the kids will love them. What are their ages out of curiosity? The teens in my life want such over the top things. My kids are still small (5 and 2) but I worry about the pressures as they get older. I guess ultimately we are in charge of our family values :)

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a good recovery to your husband after surgery. Thanks for sharing your methods, it's great to see another perspective. An FYI, it has been our experience that living costs ( uni accomodation, food ) are about double what the fees are, at least in Auckland and Wellington.

It's crazy how expensive cream is! It was never as high as it is now and we use it in a lot of things.

I live in the middle of the US (Nebraska) and our butter prices are typically around $6 a pound at stores like Walmart, but with Christmas coming I've been getting it on sale at other grocery stores as low as $1.99 ib.

I would love to see what you cook as I am also in NZ and we spend way more (2 adults, 2kids)

We budget $200 a week for food (similar sized family) and also shop at Pak n Save. We do grow a small amount of our own food, have fruit trees and chickens. Nice to see similar content to us by Kiwi's on YT - The people need to be educated in frugality and personal finance. Home takeaways are the best and save a fortune (and the portion sizes are usually more appropriate) ! :)

Merry Christmas! Quite jealous of your ability to buy all that cream in one container. I remember canned fruit salad being a HUGE treat in our house, very rare, and yes scoring the cherry was amazing, a win over my sisters! Here in the States baking season means everything baking related goes on sale - I stock up big time on ingredients then. And have to hid the extra bags of chocolate chips because...... 😜 I'll be hunting out a leg of lamb (mostly likely from Australia - ☹- it is hard to find NZ lamb here) for Christmas day, most of our vegetables come from a local CSA so I shouldn't have to buy anything but the meat. Enjoy the holidays and all the good food! May your days be filled with laughter and love. ❤

I'm like you, I don't buy tinned fruit from China, either 😊 Or frozen veg.

I’m so happy to hear that you’ll be back budgeting in 2025. I guess I just assumed you would 😀.

You've done a good job with the budget for Christmas! We spend a bit more for our vegan and gluten free family members, but are lucky enough to have multiple well producing fruit trees ( apricots, avos, but same as you the peaches, plums and nectarines not quite ready yet). Have already put several boxes of strawberries from the garden in the freezer and fresh still coming so on Christmas, we won't have stood in line at the local berry shop.The hens are also doing their part producing eggs for us. This all still requires some investment in care, chicken feed, plants etc, but feels awesome to walk past it at the grocery store because I've grown my own. Merry Christmas, enjoy your time with family and friends. From Hawkes Bay, Dawn

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Salt never expires. It's just a date they put on the packaging to get you to buy more.

Those are great gifts! Stockings at ours also contain undies, socks and chocolate. When my children were younger, I felt the need/pressure to give something really fantastic, but would do it differently now. A few or even one special thing means more than boxes of things that are forgotten by the next day. Merry Christmas to you! 🌲

My goodness this video brought back memories of the stockings my mom stuffed for us .They were 90% filled with practical things! Even when I was in my 40’s she’d cram it full of things I could use in my classroom-post-it notes, dozens of pencils, snacks for the kids,dry erase markers and ALWAYS a pack of underpants 😀 Such good memories. Your kids will be thrilled. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Seattle Schools shut down next week until January 6!!!

Oh I have to try this! Yummie 🤩

2 adults here and approx $120/$150 per week. I bake almost all our bread products (sourdough, bread, baguettes, bagels etc) and cook from scratch as much as possible. We don’t eat red meat and only have chicken about once a week (partly for health and partly because we buy Bostock chicken which is expensive) We buy fish and eggs from our farmers market.

❤great video!