If you are single, childless, a millennial, and or a college student, like me, you should still watch Jordan. She's amazing. Love you Jordan!

We are a family of 5, with two teen boy athletes. While my husband is furloughed, we challenged ourselves to $500 a month grocery budget. We’ve been sticking to it! We literally cut $700 out of our budget each month! It’s more work, but I see it as a game, a challenge. What can I cook from “nothing” tonight? We won’t ever go back to that high price budget!

i’m literally 14 and not anywhere CLOSE to being married or a mom but i still love all your tips haha😂💗

The biggest tip I've learned from you for my family is planning the meals for the week first, than shop my fridge and pantry. It seriously helped me to not overspend at the grocery store.

Jordan you changed my life in so many ways I can't thank you enough for that. I've been living alone since I was 21 and all the money I was getting from my job used to vanish before I even realized it, but since I started watching all your videos my perception about money have drastically change. Because of you nowadays I have a decent meal plan for every week, get to pay in order all my bills and by the first time in my whole life I have some money saved for any emergency. Once again thank you so much Jordan, you were a blessing in my life ❤ (sorry for any misspelling I'm from México)

I can’t believe you have 8 kids and still make time to give great content to your community! We are a family of 4 with two teenagers who are very active and hungry all the time! You inspire me to stick as close to $100 per week as I can! 😊

You had me at “I’m coming out with a cookbook”😳 so.excited

I saw this video on your Instagram. I really enjoyed it. Meal planning, stretching our groceries & being frugal has saved my family so much money! It helped us get out of debt & now is helping us top off our emergency fund. The one tip that I took away from your video is that if you’re going to be under your weekly grocery budget (which I tend to be...thank goodness) then you can use the rest of the money you have left for the week & buy things that are on sale so that you can always be ahead of the game. I literally just took your advice about a half hour ago when I placed my online grocery order & was able to use $50 to stock up our freezer with meats & chicken so that I have a stockpile for the future. Wonderful job as usual Jordan!

I just got home from buying groceries and the whole time I was thinking about you! I was like "I made a list and I'm buying things once every two weeks instead of daily, Jordan would be so proud of me" 😂 are you proud of me? ❤

I have GOT to get my grocery budget under control. And you're right, it's in the cooking. Right now we're doing the, "what's for dinner, let's go buy the ingredients" rut and it has to stop, thanks for the inspiration!

I did the budget boot camp in May and I was shocked. I’ve cut my grocery bill in half. I’m not quite at the $100 per family member but really close to it. I’m saving about $500 a month this way!! ❤️

I love ordering online for pickup! Then when I get to the end and see oh yikes I dont want to spend that, i can reevaluate my cart and shave off a few items. Or I see "oh wow I have some budget left!" And I can stock up more. Also, it is easier to price match online!

I'm a weird 18-year-old... I LOVE grocery shopping. 😂 And girl, you made my day today with a new grocery video! Congratulations on your new cookbook! 💜

What great ideas. Many countries add meat as a condiment instead of the focus to a healthy meal of whole starches and veggies. I've been plant based almost 20 years and my protein tested on the high side of normal. So dont be afraid to reduce meat I take, it wont harm you.

I have slipped into old habits and pleased for this video. It works! In a year I’ve saved over £10,000 being frugal, still having family holidays and saying no to myself. I take that challenge up and see you in a month and see what has been saved. Blessings always 🙏🏻🕯❤️

I don’t really have leftovers (I’m living alone, and I’m italian, so used to cook from scratch) but I prepare in advance things I just lately finish cook, like boiled whole rice (more “sturdy” than white varieties), or chopped pumpkins, chopped tomatoes things I don’t even need to unfreez to use, I just put them in the pan and they unfreeze quickly (I don’t have a microwave). And I store with glass cans given with the food I buy. I already have those, and I don’t pile on plastic consumption or general waste so much.

Since the whole COVID thing I started a new storage area in my guest room. I put up shelving units and purchased a good bit of extra food over a couple months time. It's not ideal but it works.

I consider myself very well researched and savvy when it comes to budgeting and your budget boot camp STILL surprised me and gave me new tips and ideas that literally worked and helped me stay within my means. Incredible Jordan thank you!

I have become so creative with leftovers my husband looks forward to leftover dinner days.. So thankful because it really helps stretch things!

I was a solo mum of 3 before l was 20 so learnt pretty quickly how to live frugally, l have no food waste and only put out 1 rubbish sack a month. Meat is expensive so we only have 2 or 3 meat meals a week. My supermarket marks old stock down at 10am so my daughter in law rings me to te'll me what is being put out, she is butchery manager, l go in and get the markdowns. Last week l got near originally priced at $81 for $21 l portion out to meal size and freeze that amount will last for 6 weeks at least. I have a running list of what is in the cupboard and check before shopping. I put items on my list in the order they are on the shelves of the store. First l go around the edges as that's where the staples are then only go into aisles l need something and go directly to it. All the dairy, meats and fruits are on the edge so that is where the discounts are. I stick to $80 pw for myself and the 1 child left at home. I save what is left over for meat specials and my daughter in law uses her staff discount when any extra good deals come up. I go to the supermarket once a week and will not pickup any other time. Leftovers are saved and on Friday night's they are used to make a meal we call scrappy Joe they are either fried together or blended with eggs and baked as scrappy pie.

I’m single with a dog and I spend about $40 -$80 every two weeks on grocery’s. personally I don’t think it’s bad. I don’t buy anything extra and food is pretty expensive where I live. I also have to buy a lot of fresh fruits because of health issues.

Jordan you are my financial teacher! Thank you!!! I’m saving all these tips for when I go to college and have to live on my own.

I like that, “scrappy!” Yes- this morning my celery was lookin sad so it got chopped and thrown in freezer for a soup at some point.

All of these tips are SPOT ON!!! All of them are things I’ve figured out on my own, over years, and a lot of trial and error. 😅

I would love to hear how your mother has influenced who you are today. It's obvious that someone greatly invested in your life.

These are all such great tips! We find food is MUCH cheaper in Germany, which I like! 🤑 I grew up on fast food and microwave dinners so Iike to cook everything from scratch for my kids. ❤️

This does work!! Jordan you have changed my life. I payed off my car early and out of credit card debt because of the simple tips and tricks you have taught on you tube. I am not perfect but I have far from where I was.

I have a 6' vegetarian teenager in the house. She's leaving for college in the fall and I feel like it's going to cut so much off my grocery bill, it's worth the cost of tuition!

This has saved my budget! I started cooking everyday and we have saved $200 in the last 2 weeks. I keep a tally on my phone calculator as I go through the store and if I get to my budget before I’m done I either just go straight to check out or I put things back I don’t need in order to get other things I know I need. Also I round up. If something is .$.88 I say $1 on my calculator JUST IN CASE.

Got a Budget and math lesson every time we went shopping as a kid, mum made us add up the total shopping cart as items were added.

As an incoming single college student I have to say these videos are a CRUTCH for saving money! Thank you so much, these are just incredible. I'll be coming back to these for sure!!

I definitely love following your channel and saving myself money. Ever since I saw you on Extreme cheapskates I have learn to make every single penny of my budget worthy. I do all the meal preps you show to save myself time and money. I have 5 beautiful children so our budget is on track. We spend $700-800 a month depending on the products available in store. Moms all over the world need some Jordan tips in their life!! 💕

I’ve been following you for just about a year now as a newly wed and I have been using your grocery budget method since the end of last summer. I am never going back! My husband and I are lucky that $200 a month of groceries has been great and has forced us to be creative with our cooking. Thank goodness I found you!

Loving these tips. When you talked about prices of chicken, I just bought fresh chicken ina 40pound box for $1.49/pound! Yay! Loving these tips!

I have literally been following a Jordan since I was 19 years old and she has been a life saver time and time again. 10 years later, I still learn new tips and tricks every time (even from the videos that don’t really apply to my current situation). Anyway, for digital lists I recommend Google Keep. There are tons of videos about it, you should check it out. One of my lists on Google Keep is a price comparison notebook. I prefer digital lists because I never forget it, it’s much more convenient than carrying a paper/pen, and it has a search function. I set it up to where it knows my location so it will send me a notification when I arrive at the grocery store or Costco. Now I never forget about its existence while I’m shopping and trying to figure out if something is a good deal or not.

Jordan, Thank you for all the grocery+budget help. I used to always beat myself up about the grocery budget, especially when we still needed stuff. When other bills are high, we have to cut back on groceries. With your help, I am a wiser + more comfortable shopper. We are especially thankful because our Church family looks out for us + gives us milk+ produce every other week or so. They give away free food in our community. We are truly Blessed.

I was just looking at old videos of this same topic to reference to before I went grocery shopping 😂 yayyy, we have an updated video ❤️❤️❤️❤️

When my husband and I were on a TIGHT TIGHT budget (I mean he had lost his job and we had 900 dollars a month for EVERYTHING) I use to pre-look at prices on line. Write down where I found it cheapest and would make a list according to what I found. That way places like Aldi that I couldn't see prices ahead of time I could look at my list and know if I was getting a good deal or not. I also tried to shop in areas that had the main stores I needed close to each other so I wasn't driving a ton to get the best deals and lastly I carried a hand calculator. I was in college at the time so I had one of this big fancy ones but now a days I just carry my phone to do the math. I also can price compare on my phone with the stores. So If I am about to buy something I am not sure of I quickly price compare. I like the idea of going to the store once. I fall into that lets go every few days trap.

Still learning how to do this. I have 3 teen boys with appetites larger than our current budgets. I've got to keep trying to get the hang of this. Thanks for the tips!

THIS WAS SO EYE OPENING!!! THANK YOU! Where it really clicked for me was how critical it is to actually use what I've already bought--like you said, cooking matters even more than grocery shopping. Inspiring!

I cook throughout the entire week, and we have a FFY day. (Fend for yourself) any leftovers is what we're having on Saturday.

So much valuable and helpful information!!! You are amazing, Don’t waste anything! 😊

Everyone should join the Shelf Cooking group on FB! So much inspiration! I was committed to not spending much money this week, so I made a lot of vegetarian meals this week. I had everything for 3-4 recipes, except the meat. I've been following you for 8 years and I have heard half of this before, but I still ALWAYS get something new to try! Can't wait for the book!!

I love having a budget. Saving today means more money for trips, holidays, and general fun times. If I gotta get the apples that are on sale this week, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for a more fun Christmas, etc :)

Love these tips and love you and your family!!! My biggest bill next to rent is GROCERIES! We have NO pantry or storage closets in our rental house. But we have a nice sized 2 car garage. I bought 3 white storage cabinets and keep one to side of my kitchen and two in the garage for Pantry items. We also have metal shelving in garage that we use for extra toiletries cleaning items and drinks. Plus storage bins. I bought them all off craigslist or FB marketplace. So glad!!! I am trying to nail a deal for a good upright freezer.

We have a lot of extra cabinets in our laundry room so we store our overload of dry and canned/bottled goods there. I think it's better than storing them in our garage which can get quite a bit hotter than the rest of our house. Love the only go grocery shopping once per week and googling a substitution tips, I need to do that more often! Two tips that work for me: 1. Check Amazon's prices compared to your most local grocery store. Sometimes I see that on dry/canned goods/paper products they can be cheaper than my nearby Safeway on price (even including when on sale) for per item or by unit etc. And if you have Prime it's obviously free to ship it to your house. 2. Jordan's previously shared tip I swear by: Don't buy bagged/precut fruits and or veggies - they cost more and have more chemicals to keep them preserved better in the store until someone purchases. Buy regular fruits and veggies and then do the prep work yourself when you're close to wanting to use them to save money.

I've been doing this shelf cooking for a year and it does save money and helps to not waste food. I have a family of 4 in a one bedroom apartment and we keep stock piled food stored in bins in a corner of our room. Eye appealing,NO having extra food you need on hand, YES. Thanks for the tips

I love how you call out the export farming in Hawaii 😁

My grocery budget has spiked since the pandemic. I can't shop at different supermarkets since I'm at risk. I try to minimize risks by doing grocery pick-up, but it's only available at 1 store which is not the cheapest. Firstly I just let go of a budget, but now I decided to set a new budget, a little higher. I decided to give myself grace.

I have done this for YEARS guys and it WORKS.

This vlog was money people! If you didn't watch anything else she did, this is totally worth it. Listen to her. She's totally right ❤️

So....I just found you. I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU!!! You are amazing. Thank you so much for your tips and knowledge on this. I hate grocery shopping and I hate cooking, but with what I have been watching from your YT channel, I am understanding how to make it all work, especially now with the pandemic and going or not going grocery shopping and how much to spend, what ingredients do I need to get, etc. etc. It's just me and my husband, no kids but pets, and I have been challenged by you and am looking forward to grocery shopping tomorrow and getting all this down. I have been trying freezer meals, and making large meals to eat half of now and freeze later, which has worked, but I hate cooking all day. I am taking your challenge and will see how this will turn out. Thank you Jordan. You are a life saver.

i'm single in my 20s but this is preparing me for when i do have my future family. love your energy and all your tips! greatly appreciated!

You’re the channel i most look forward to watching! So motivating for debt free journey!! We only have 2 months left before being debt free and were sooo excited!! Next up is saving for a house 😏

Great advice! My budget has increased because food is cost more. I do stock up on things when they cost lower and that really helps! Blessings!

Hey, Jordan! I found your channel a year ago just before moving across the country. We really didn’t have any food when we unpacked in our new place. I loved the idea of having a “store” of food in my house, so I started buying “one for now, two for later.” My husband found some used metal shelving and set up a little storage shelf in our basement laundry room. As the months went by, it got completely filled with food that we actually used on a regular basis. When the pandemic hit the US in March and the grocery stores were getting cleaned out, my MIL called me in a panic saying she’d send me a bunch of money so I could hurry and go buy food storage. I told her I already had food storage and texted her a photo of my shelves! It gave her (and me!) so much peace of mind during a stressful time. Thank you for all your helpful advice!

I use half of my linen closet as a pantry because it's right next to the kitchen and it's big. Also, I have one large metal rack shelf in the kitchen and I store snacks, cereal, bread, and the appliances I use most often right there in the kitchen. I just keep it looking nice since it's basically just out in the open.

We have a family of 5 and, with your tips, I have not only cut our grocery down to around $150 a week (we also have 2 cats and 5 dogs so we needed just a tad bit extra), BUT the last 2 weeks, I have also included some shelf cooking because we're getting ready for back to school and needed more money freed up. The last 2 weeks I have spent LESS THAN $120, including paper towels, toilet paper, basic hygiene, and pet supplies! Thank you sooooo much for all your tips!!

I'm a 25 year old single dude who is taking on a mortgage payment. Probably not your primary demographic but your grocery budgeting videos are going to help more than you know. Thank you.

With the online grocery shopping, I always add items to my Fred Meyer cart throughout the week as like my grocery list. It is great because like you said it shows the running total. Then when my weekly day to get groceries comes I know how much I will spend, have already added in the stores coupon offers for extra off certain items and just use the app as my list and clear items as I get them. It works so well!

One thing you didn't mention was that every other week you go to Costco for non perishables and you use your other budget too,so you do spend more every other week.

Living on a Dime to Grow Rich. Best grocery savings advice out there.

Thank you for putting this on KZfaq! I limit myself to this and Facebook to stay productive and love I can see this! Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

Jordan Page, FunCheapOrFree I took your free boot camps in May and they have helped SO MUCH!! I cut my grocery bill by over HALF this month with all your tips! Love you girl! God bless💜

Finally got the code worked and took the bundle , yeeeeeeeeeey.so excited to start the programs

To make more space for food storage in my home, I converted my formal dining room into a pantry of sorts. The room was never used for any meals, ever. I had all the fancy dining room furniture, full of dust all the time, so I donated everything to Habitat for Humanity and purchased a huge wall unit that is now my stocked pantry.

Can't get enough of you!! I feel like we are already best friends!

I heard this weekly budget for groceries advise from you a while back and implemented it right away. IT'S BEEN AWESOME!! I even do it for our Eating Out budget. I made seperate line items for each weeks grocery and eating out budgets in the budget app I use. Soooooo helpful!! Thanks!

IM SOOOOO EXCITED

Imagine getting chicken for $1.89 no way in Australia! Thanks for the tips Jordan!

I have 3 boys, 2 of them teenagers. I always make sure there is lots of carbs. Pasta, rice, potatoes, or bread. This fills them up a lot. One of the cheapest meals I make is pasta with tinned tomatoes, frozen Mediterranean veg or home grown veg during the summer, some seasoning and dried herbs, and little meat such as ham, pepperoni or chorizo which gives a strong meat flavour with very little meat.

I love watching these videos and learning new tips. Our budgets been a little crazy lately, with my hubby losing his higher income, but we at least had a chance to pay off all our credit card debt which has helped us out. We tend to try and follow a meal plan through the week, but I never think to shop what I have in my pantry first. We created our stockpile pantry with a deep freezer we got on sale when Kmart was going out of business. We also bought one of their clothing stands with repositionable shelves we use to house most of the non perishable food (like pastas, soups, canned veggies, snack chips, etc) we stock since our kitchen doesn't have much room or shelf space. Which both are in off to the side in our garage.

I love your tips I'm a family of 4 in the UK with 2 high metabolism people, I can spend under £100 (almost $124) for just under 2 weeks worth of shopping, I love to shop every 2 weeks because I use everything I buy so theres no waste, I use the method of use one replace one so I've already got a pack up, I've turned a shelt in my cupboard to extra storage because I have 2 cupboard spaces in my kitchen! It is simple once you've got the hang of things.

“You don’t make it in time and everything goes bad...” I feel less alone.

I have a family of 6 and spend $300 every two weeks (we get paid biweekly so works with pay day). So $100/per person every month. Its worked for over a year. Got a little tough with kids being home due to covid, but I worked it out.

Interesting. I've found that for my husband and I, I spend about $350 a month, but that includes all my non-food items as well, like laundry soap, toilet paper, etc. If I have to, I can make do on much less, but it's more work with specific planning and cooking.

Just discovered you today and I’m loving this page!!!!

I love that you are talking about principles. I live in Romania and 100$ is worth a lot more here. it can sometimes be the budget for a whole month. But the principle still applies.

You know what Jordan? I've tried it like 4 months ago. I perfect it just by the start of June and I am very happy now that June is over.

When me and my husband were newlyweds in a two bedroom small apartment we turned a coat closet into a walk in pantry. we got awesome click in shelving from costco so we could take it with us and shelved the entire thing for our food storage. Now we are in a larger house we have racks for canned foods in our garage and are saving for a chest freezer. You just have to get creative and think outside the box!

Thank you Jordan! You inspired me to use the online shopping tool to add up the total so I don’t go over budget and use THAT as my grocery list before I go to the store. Places like Smith’s let’s you develop a grocery list in the app. You’re awesome Jordan! Bless you!

Your videos always get me excited to save and shop smart! The way you eat, with less meat, is likely a lot healthier too and better for the planet so win-win AND less food waste!

I have 4 kids, three of them teens+ so they eat SO much, I get it. But, trust me, Jordan is doing a lot of what I have already been doing but I am still finding her tips super helpful even after all these years.

Love your videos and tips! I’m a busy mom of 6, so I love your hacks for big families. Thank you for making these!! I have a mini freezer in my laundry room that acts like a laundry counter that’s hidden behind a little skirt too. 💕

My biggest tip is to do grocery pickup! I always stick to my budget because I see what's there on the list and how much it all costs. If I'm going over, I just delete some things from my cart. ETA: I was typing this half way though the video, awesome that you added it lol.

Thanks to Aldi, the internet, and my love of cooking my grocery bill hovers around $60-$80/month (its only me though). I did take a lesson from Jordan - I reup on staples at the first of the month and only get groceries twice a month (COVID has helped - going to stores makes my anxiety peak).

Our deep freezer is in our garage. We use extra shelf space in our laundry room for extra non perishable food/ household items and Costco sized snacks are hidden in the master bedroom closet. The kids get a small basket in the kitchen, and I refill it so that I can ration out those goldfish!

LOVE grocery pickup! It's all we do now. I did $100 per person grocery budget for June and stayed right on track! For reference I live on the East coast in MD. In our current home we didn't have an actual pantry but a random large closet in the dining room, so we converted it into a pantry. We also have a chest freezer, stand up freezer and an extra fridge in the storage part of our basement. I don't think I could function with one fridge and freezer again 😂

I was wondering if you could do a basic pantry essentials for college students/newlyweds? When there isnt much fridge space? I go to school out of state so I always start from 0 every semester and I always end up with too much food i throw/give away when I move back home.

Without even realizing it, I pretty much stick to that grocery budget - I have 3 boys, two of which eat as much as, if not more than, me every meal. So meals I make need to be hearty and stretch (I also need enough for my husband to take a lunch the next day.) Organic is important to me so I make sure to plan meals that use similar ingredients so I don’t waste anything. I’ve always been really good about shelf cooking - I get to the end of our two week grocery haul and am left with few ingredients, but I have found some of our favorite recipes that way, just searching random ingredients lol. We have a deep freezer on our back porch where we keep our meat; my husband tries to hunt 2 deer each season which is a huge help for meat budgeting. I make as much as I can from scratch to save money but also cut down on packaging waste - pancakes for breakfast, specialty oatmeals, larabars, goldfish crackers, etc.. Meal planning is a huge help for me. I know some people gate it but it really cuts down on spending for me.

Going through all of your videos in preparation for our first baby coming in October. You’re an inspiration with 8 kids!

I always love & appreciate your budget tips. Greetings from South Africa

As someone with a very restricted diet where maybe 90% of what I eat is fresh, I find it important to meal plan not only for money but also to avoid accidentally eating too much of one thing and causing a flare up. It also helps me waste less food. Looking at how much food you're wasting is a good measure of how you're doing in terms of shelf cooking. Yes inevitably some things will go off, we're all human after all, but if you have leftovers figure out a way to incorporate them into lunch or dinner the next day, or freeze them and have a plan for them. Freezing something without a plan for what to use it for in my experience usually ends up with it being left there for ages and eventually thrown away. I also only freeze in single portions (as a single person household) which is a lot less than you think it is. For example one portion of bolognaise freezes well in 200ml containers. You can also blanch fresh veggies and freeze them to avoid them going off before you eat them, which can happen often in a single person household otherwise. But have a plan for them. Eg I blanch and freeze spring greens (similar to collard greens) to have with fish or bolognaise or roast dinner. Then with that frozen and bolognaise frozen I have a super fast super easy dinner, which is great on nights I'm tired and I plan that into my week- I'm usually too tired to cook on Thursdays and Fridays so I use food out of the freezer. It's important to know your body and what you can manage when it comes to cooking. If you know you're always tired by Thursday, or Wednesday is going to be a crazy day, then plan ahead and have leftovers or something super easy to have that day. I also batch make pizzas that are suitable for me and freeze them, eating one that night of course 🤣 Then another day in 25min of sitting resting dinner is ready. They are my emergency meals. Since I can't eat out or get take away without horrendpus consequences that's how I manage it. I spend a lot of energy on my diet and making batches of food but it is 100% worth it for my health and bank balance :)

I can't wait for your cookbook! That's so exciting!

I love your tips!!! Im usually good with grocery budgeting but I have totally been overspending during quarantine because I've been telling myself I have to keep buying meat so that I can last longer without going to the store. I definitely need to tighten up!! I don't have much storage in my kitchen at all but I have a short freezer like you talked about in my laundry room off of the kitchen. I find space in my kitchen for other groceries but if I stock up on something I have shelves in the laundry room (mostly filled with extra cooking appliances that are used less often like George Forman grill, blender, etc) but there's room on the shelves for extra groceries too. But I also have an unfinished basement if I needed more storage as well as a closet at the top of the basement stairs.

I bought $230 worth of food last week, and didn't "have" anything to eat for dinner. I debated ordering out, but instead found Supercook. I plugged in a 15 ingredients that I had readily available. Supercook found me 79 different recipes using those 15 ingredients! That was so helpful!

Love watching you and Bubba! Glad you reviewed this topic.

Storing food: we I’ll be getting a garage freezer in a few weeks. I also have a bookshelf in my laundry room that serves as my pantry.

Great way to help you is when you clean out your pantry. Write down everything you have. Then sit down have a drink, and plan meals of what you have. Then make a list of things you need to make these meals. And when you go grocery shopping stick to your list, focus and you can do this. 💪

What about quality of food? I think that is something that’s very important!! I know More organic natural chicken is more expensive but defiantly worth it