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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