School is out! Grocery bill skyrockets.

I am not looking forward to school ending next Friday. Since we both work full time, Andrew has to go to day camp..This costs us $160 a week.

I know what you mean about the grocery bill, FYI - I have two growing boys, and both are the "bottomless pit" types! They get free breakfast/lunch at school, so when they are out, the bill goes way up.

The only "good" thing about summer is that normally both boys are gone for most of the summer. The utility & food bills go way down...but I miss them so much that it's hardly any consolation to have a lower food & utility bill. I'd rather have them here! This summer, only one of them is going, so my bills won't drop that much.

I do not remember the name of the specific service, but someone recently (1-2 months ago) posted the name of a church-based food program that sells boxes of restaurant quality food to a large number of people.

Mine got out of school last week and I am suffering terribly. Mine is 11 but is already 5'6". I am trying to keep him busy so he stays out of the cabinets and fridge. My trick is to stock the fridge and cabinets with fruit, veggies so atleast when he is feeding the bottomless pit, it is healthy. :?

Morningstar - I think that would be the Angel Food program?

A box of food provides about 2 weeks worth of meals for a family of 4 - not complete meals, but enough to get by, for about $30. Additional packages can be added on to the basic $30 box for $20 each package, and contain extra meats - like steak, chicken, etc.

Our church is a participant, and we're doing our first distribution this weekend.

My only problem with the program is that you are required to pay for the food allotments 2 weeks before you get it - these days, if I had $30 to $50 to spare, it would be going directly towards groceries we could use right now, not in 2 weeks.

But it's a good program for those who can make use of it.

The school system in the next town does a wonderful program. The kids can eat breakfast and lunch ther, even in the summer! I wish all kids could have that option. I know when I was teaching, sometimes that would be the only meal they would get.

There are churches around here that also have food banks that are open to anyone, they just have to be in need.

Sue that angel thing is around here too. I need to look them up for my brother and his wife, do you know how to do this?.karen

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I know exactly what you guys mean. My daughter is almost 16 and I can tell a huge difference in the grocery bill when school is out. She is really bad about eating when she gets bored which according to her she's bored all the time lol. This summer howeever we have gotten a pool and so far she's spending most of her day outside in the pool which may help the grocery bill a tiny bit. I've also started stocking up on veggies and fruits that way at least she's eating healthy.


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I've had to revise my idea of what to do with that stimulus payment (when it finally gets here, hopefully in about 3 weeks). I was planning on taking a trip with my boys for a couple of days, since we've never gotten to go on a vacation together. But, since it won't come until after the planned date of the trip, and one of the boys will be gone with his dad for most of the summer after that date, I will be using it to pay off bills and to stock up on groceries. My hope is to have the fridge in our garage (left by former tenants of our new home) up and running so we can stockpile meats, etc. in there for the coming fall and winter. We've already tested the fridge, it works fine - just need to clean it out.

FinsFan....

If you have a day care flexible spending account through your employer it will cover the camp expense.

If not,its still a deduction!

I know what you mean. My 18-year old comes home from college on 6/13 and my bill is going to shoot up...I just went to the store for me and hubby this week--and the bill was only $58. Sweet....

Our grocery bill is $250-300 per week. Every week. $40 of that is milk...

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