How I Frugal Meal Plan & Shop for the Week.
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- This week I take you through my shopping after I complete a proper meal plan.
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Hello everyone and welcome. We hope that you find this video helpful.
Just had a giggle. I’m Canadian and 92 years old. For years I was a handweaver and my looms were made by Mr. Leclerc of Quebec from away back in the 40,s. I enjoy your LeClerc😊
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Congratulations on 30k subscribers!
Very well deserved and a testament to all your hard work!
Thank you
Yesterday went to Aldis. Right now they are running specials reflecting prices from a few years ago for Thanksgiving. Got 2 stalks celery at .95 vs 1.79, 3 pounds of cranberries (will freeze for later) at 3.96, butter (to freeze) at 2.49 per pounds (limit 6). Eggs are.98/dozen. The hunt continues! 🤔
Thanks for sharing
As a newbie to meal planning rather than just winging it, I find your video very informative. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Our small top up food shop this week was £56, mostly from Lidle, gluten free bread from Tesco. No meat, no pet food, no cleaning products. Cutting everything down to bare minimum but it's still horrendously expensive in the UK.
It's so tough for families
Prices for food here in Canada are holding fairly steady, with much smaller increases than previously. I find clearance racks and meat that is short dated to really help our budget. I also complete surveys to gain Amazon codes and buy food with these. Peanut butter, mayonnaise, salad dressing and tinned goods are great off Amazon and don’t cost me anything out of pocket. I also take as much food as I can get off of our local free groups. I will only pick up locally so it is not any sort of drive for me and I usually combine it with other errands.
@andreagillan7372 Not sure where in Canada you are located, but we are located in Vancouver. You sound like you are doing great to make it work these days!! Way to go! Heidi
@@greatwhitenorthtreasures3606 I am in London, Ontario so not as large a city as you. I just try to make it work with lots of creativity and very simple, healthy meals!
Not so much here in Alberta.
@@roenadykin689 Things are so regional here in Canada that everyone’s experience is totally different.
@@andreagillan7372 I agree, really does depend on where you live.
just started watching the video but also just noticed...30 thousand subscribers!!! woohoo Jane & Michael, well done :-)
Thank you so much and to all the subscribers
Brillant ways to shop and meal plan. Food is rising here in U.S., however with your tips we are good. Thanks Jane and Mike and Puppies
Thanks so much
The lists make sense. Mine are simpler (lazier?) I always keep a list which is regularly updated. I don’t list what I have, just what I need.
This is very helpful. Next week is thanksgiving here so stores are having sales on non-turkey meats. Works for me cause I don’t like turkey anyway 😊 I got some boneless skinless chicken breast and thighs for 3.99$ a pound and felt quite happy about it.
Happy to help
Looks like a tasty week for you both! Well lest say the lardons are €3,89 over here, yet cucumber is about€0,75.. If you are willing to cook from scratch and look at the sales and don't mind to eat a vegetarian meal a couple of times (legumes /eggs) you can keep prices down. Meat cheese and dairy are still up. Veggies are getting better, but onions are €3,- for 1,5 kg (used to be about 1,50 or less)
oatmeal for breakfast with 1/2 a piece of fruit (🍎🍐🍌 in winter for example or homegrown berries🍓🫐🍒 in summer and a a spoon of flax/chia/sesame seedsmix for extra fibre to be extra filling
Thanks for sharing
Our prices are quite a bit higher overall. And I really wish we had the frozen veg varieties you have - especially the chopped legumes and soup mixture! 🙋♀️🇺🇸💕‼️
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Hi learning from u every day the frugal way ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much
Our prices in the US are starting to come down although beef is still really high. I liked seeing how you plan everything out. I'm always trying to fine tune how to do a better job of making the inventory, grocery shopping and meal planning work smoothly. Another great video.
Lov.u lov watching lov thr way u shop .frugal faboulous delicious food.meal planning 😋 😊❤❤❤great 👍 tips and tricks ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 yummy yummy in.my tummy delicious ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😊
another great food on a friday vlog i have couple of days off this week im going to do an inventory and try to use what i have and prep in time for Christmas ..thank you
Sounds great!
Hello Jane and Mike.
Thank you for this video, much appreciated.
Unfortunately here in South Africa prices are not stabilizing.
I have got to be extra careful with my spend.
But I am certain I can do it.
Until next time.
Take care
We too have to be careful
Hlo. I am also from SA. Happy to see a fellow Saffer following Jane and Mike😊😊😊
With Thanksgiving coming soon in the US, there will be a good many sales on certain items. I try to stock up on butter and a few other items that i know I'll use!
Our prices go up at Christmas time
Thank-you for that our food here in Australia is up and down all the time. I got 12 eggs Thursday for $11 dollars just so wrong 😫 today is Saturday morning. I hope you both have a great weekend, thanks for all you tell us.😊🙏
that is an absolute hideous amount for eggs, something I consider a food staple
A video. Ive just bought some frozen fish from Herons that was in the offers freezer and some broken brownies. Icould have bought more but thebuses are on strike here. The ones not dont come into Wallsend, and had some other shopping. Never mind
Oh no Elaine, more strikes.
Thank you for sharing your life with us. Many of your prices are the same as ours in N. Illinois. Your coffee is much cheaper. Your butter is almost twice as expensive. Eggs have gone down in price, as has our gasoline. This coming week is our Thanksgiving. I got a turkey for $.59 a pound. I am still keeping our grocery prices around $300 a month, although last month I spent $381.09. For us that price does not include household goods and we go out to eat. Meals for us can be bacon and eggs, homemade chili, chili dogs on buns, spaghetti in meat and mushroom sauce, bratwurst, ribs, BBQed hamburgers on buns, hot dogs, pancakes, cheeseburgers, and homemade soups. There will be lots of turkey dishes like hot turkey sandwiches, turkey casseroles, turkey on biscuits, and turkey vegetable soup after Thursday.
Turkey is 6€ a kilo here , equivalent to $3 a pound ,
Hi jane and mike glad to see you are well .we been spotting some cheap little deals about but we live down the road from farm foods .i got some choc orange choc bars 49p and they are doing blocks of butter 129.and some grated cheese for pizza just on the pound price .and all the other shops sell bassa and lemon fish with pepper .wich we both like 199 every where else is double .so get a few of them .and small jars of passata the other week 3 for a pound so got lots of them too .soooi hsppy got a free double bed today good condition to go into my spare room.so i will give some one a few bits for nothing .like paying it foreard saved us a lot of money.we are decluttering have to much stuff .want to minimize it a bit .thanks for your video x
That's great news
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Enjoy your shopping hauls.
It is almost Thanksgiving in the USA. Stores are offering sales on turkey, ham and ingredients for the traditional side dishes plus for desserts. Eggs have come down as well as I am seeing specials on butter. Beef still seems high but I can find chicken on sale as well as some types of fish. I plan meals around what I find on sale and what I have on hand. I am missing my local farm' s fruit and veg. stand as they are closed for the season.
I'm so pleased that you're getting some bargains
30K!🎉
Prices are high in the US but seem stable. I feel fortunate b/c it’s so much worse in many countries. Also, we have loss leader sales before thanksgiving thru Christmas that people can stock up on for baking/meats. Butter at Aldi this week is 2.49 a pound for example. Turkeys at most groceries are very cheap ( I saw 15# turkey for 10$ at Meijer)
Thanks for sharing!
Hello Jane and Mike
Enjoying the video in snowy Tromso Norway 🇳🇴. Lovely but chilly scenery in the mountains.
Love comparing the food prices in the UK versus Australia. Have not been into a Norwegian shop yet but I am aware that it is more expensive.
I have visited the country several times before and like the culture and cuisine.
Thanks for the video 👍
Our pleasure!
Hello from San Diego, California! Our prices are much higher here, although the crazy inflation has slowed down a bit. The cheapest gas we have here is $4.85 a gallon. Yikes! The meat prices are ridiculous, so I make many vegetarian meals. Thank you for explaining how to do the meal plan and shop for it. Very helpful! 😊. PS- that gas price is down from $5.69 a month ago.
From North Carolina. I have seen gas below $3.00 this week. I think gas is just higher in CA for some reason.
Diesel is $7 a gallon here
Excellent haul, Jane! Prices in the US are skyrocketing! Enjoy all your videos.
Oh wow!
Beautiful menu plan.. tasty dishes.♥
Thank you
Thank you Jane ❤
You are so welcome
Your shoppig is wonderful. Our prices are going up in the usa.
Love those Pink Ladies! Whenever I see 'garden peas' as opposed to 'petits pois', I snap them up, big peas have more taste. Did a good shop at the biocoop today, where they're doing 20% off all the 'vrac' stuff, I take all my ready-tared jars in and fill up with our favourite cereals, nuts etc, also found some curly kale there. Also a main supermarket shop, and a quick dive into the new Action, which looks good, well stocked and big spacious aisles, and much nearer to home than the one we used to go to, so a save on petrol there.
Thanks for sharing
Yes I think I read German food prices are 37% less the USA prices. I am curious as to why US prices so much higher?
❤️❤️Thank you ❤️❤️Love
You are so welcome
Prices here in Washington, DC are so much higher. I am envious.
Thanks for the video! I hope your power has been restored. Baking ingredients have reduced prices in November in our area. Other prices are holding steady ( still high).
Good and bad news
Following from Brisbane Australia, we are using Hello Fresh every other week, have tried delicious recipes to keep and spending less on groceries. Win win
Glad you like them!
I love part baked baguettes for soup as well. I get mine in sainsbury's and part bake them in the air fryer. 🙂
I am SO thinking of getting an air fryer
@@FrugalQueeninFrance My husband got me one just at the very beginning of this cost of living. I love mine and definitely recommend them.
@@Mariak82 I’ve had my air fryer a few years now and wouldn’t be without it
I use my air fryer so much, it has a roast function too, quicker than the oven as I can cook something in the time it takes my main oven to get to temperature, I have even baked cakes in it - I need to make better use of my instant pot, thats this Winters plan
@@FrugalQueeninFrance
Wow it's amazing how inexpensive your coffee pods are. At Costco their kirkland brand id $36.99 for 100 pods when on sale $6 off.😮
They’re dosettes, biodegradable bags that go in an espresso machine, thanks for sharing
The price of bin bags drives me mad. They are so expensive and yet they are just thrown away. I do keep and bags that I get that I can use as in bags so that does help a little bit.
They are expensive
In our area in South Africa there are many "Black Friday" offers, spread over a period of time (some shops the whole November, others one or two weeks). Some of the offers are very good, like the laundry powder that I prefer and we were able to get canned sardines at an excellent price. Unfortunately most of the items on offer are not the type of food we eat. Many are prepared foods or foods containing ingredients that I do not think is healthful. We are going into summer now so summer vegetables should be plentiful soon and thus at good prices.
We had a terrible avian flu epidemic and millions of chickens had to be put down. There is a shortage of eggs and chickens and thus very expensive. Some shops also placed restrictions on how many eggs customers can buy at a time. One chain restricted it to 6 eggs per shopper. Hopefully the industry will recover soon and eggs/chicken will be available before Christmas.
Keep well
Our supermarkets sell cheap junk food that we don’t eat so the offers don’t interest us either.
I'm in the U.S. with Thanksgiving coming up some of the select items people tend to have for dinner are on sale. Our lowest price on whole turkeys are 99 cents a pound. Bought one already going to get a couple more for the freezer. Stuffing is on sale for 89 cents, it's my cheater's way of getting by with a lot less meat, I save scraps of meat and put it in the stuffing - no big slice- and we have it all year round when the budget is tight. The most expensive thing here is the fresh vegetables and fruit, I can't even buy stuff to make a salad and keep the price under 15.00 it's incredible expensive. I'm buying everything that is on a good sale in bulk for the year now, I have saved for this shopping all year long and watching my pennies. There is only 3 more items on my pantry list that I want to stock up on. I do the math of 52 weeks in a year how often are we going to rotate that meal in and out of the plan. Also, do the noodles, rice, potato rotation at the same time to keep things from getting boring. I am not the only one doing this, noodles were on sale and I wasn't the only one with a cart full in line at the check out. It was to good of a deal to pass up at 49 cents a 16 ounce bag. I am proud to say there was no pushing or shoving and the more bendable younger people were on the floor pulling out the last of the bags for us old ladies that can't get down like we used to. My husband is becoming more aware of the prices and is bringing me home "surprise" I found this on sale items. He found white gravy mix for 33 cents now we have 25 bags of it. Guess I'll learn to make biscuits.
Thanks Cathy
Yourprices are way below what it is here in Colorado
All of Europe is cheaper than the US for just about everything. That's not a gloat by the way, just an observation
Your prices are so cheap compared to Canada
Due to a potato surplus, they've literally been giving them away through the Safeway app (10# bag = free) here in the PNW. That offer is usually once every quarter but it's been offered 4x in the last 3 months!