trim your grocery bill

Molly says:
MSN Money has some really good articles lately on spending less at the grocery store.
In this article, a woman answers the call to try to feed her family of four on $100 a week. You can read the full story at the link above. Some of the key things I got from her:
The average food stamp allowance for a family of 4 is $117 per week.
The U.S. Government consider $182 per week a moderate budget for a family of four with ages similar to the author's.
$100 per week came to $1.19 per meal per person.
To stick with a budget like that requires meticulous planning of each meal and snack and everyone in the family has to stick with the plan.
Buy enough food to cover all the meals for the week -- returning to the store later might lead to overspending on impulse buys.
Instead of steak, buy lean stew meat and cook it in stew or soup. The crockpot works wonders.
Add three bean-based meals each week.
In terms of meat, consider canned: salmon, clams, tuna, and chicken are great in casseroles, wraps, and pasta and rice.
Stockpile stuff when you see a sale.
Cheap and healthy snacks: raisins, popcorn (cooked on the stove, not the microwave), carrot sticks, pretzels, cheese, and bananas.
Check the article to see the results of their weeklong experiment.