Feed Your Family Dinner for 5 Dollars? Really?

 Erin Chase, of 5 Dollar Dinners, shares her best money-saving tips for the one of the biggest challenges for all of us: getting dinner on the table. 

In this episode we cover:

 How to hack ingredients and make meal planning work for you "Necessity the is the mother of innovation," How this all came to be. A general doesn't send his troops to battle without a plan- think of grocery shopping that way & take on the challenge. Using the strategies of: having a meal plan, a specific shopping list and coupons she cut her grocery bill (for a family of 4) from $500 to $250! What you need to know about coupons:  they are nothing but a marketing tool The key is to use them strategically (Erin's motivation):  "A dollar off coupon is a dollar you're keeping in your pocket; when you use them strategically at the right time." Just starting out on the coupons?  Set a realistic goal for yourself:  $10 a week using coupons can add up to some real savings. How to watch the sales and get the deep discounts on groceries. The couponer's high: how you can make the coupons work for you The problem with that Extreme couponing show Her 20 Meals for $150 at Costco tried to break the Internet When she knew that this was an actual business model "There's definitely no such thing as small change." Physical change like from the grocery store AND habit change.   How she works on this business, but still makes sure that her family comes first. They say "You can't have it all," how Erin's been able to make all of this work for her. How she achieves all the business elements with her team, and how she has moved from a one-person operation to an entire team working for her. How she avoids burnout in the business.   How she has eliminated the mindless scrolling on social media. How project management has helped her maximize her time.

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 Resources mentioned on today's episode:

Erin Chase on Twitter 5 Dollar Dinners 5 Dollar Dinner YouTube Channel

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