This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio:
The churches of Whiteford Township in Monroe County, Mich., have announced they will have free food on a “first come, first served” basis for any Ohio or Michigan resident during a distribution from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday Nov. 21 at Crossroads Community Church, [...]

The following article is intended for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and was in today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News. But I’d like all of you to note the paragraph I put in red:
Beginning next week, a shipment of emergency food will be available for low-income Monroe County, Mich., residents.
The food is available [...]

I use a plastic index card box with index card dividers to store and sort my coupons. It holds all the coupons my family needs and is small enough to fit in my tote bag when I go shopping.
But the box system frustrates a lot of people, so I’ve been mentioning other methods when I [...]

Have you seen the TV ad campaign hosted by Americans Against Food Taxes?
The TV and print ads can be found here. It’s an effort to recruit the public to help campaign their legislators for no taxes on juice drinks and soda.
A beverage tax idea is one possibility that has been discussed as government agencies look [...]

Thanksgiving is one of those occasions when one could feel like you have no alternative to spending money. If you’re going to travel, you’re traveling on an insanely busy weekend. If you’re hosting the dinner or overnight guests, you have to plan for a bigger grocery bill.
But do not spend more money than you need [...]

Here’s a post from Moms Need to Know that’s getting a lot of traffic and comments – When couponers and non-couponers collide.
The story is based on the snarky comments that non-couponing customers have made to couponing customers.
A snippet:
As long as one is completely organized with their coupons before getting in to line and is using [...]

Costco Warehouse stores have done a pilot project in New York state on accepting food stamps, and soon the program will be available nationwide, according to an Associated Press story that is making the media rounds today.
Check out the comments at Oakland Press to see the reaction in the metro Detroit area.
There are no Costco [...]

As you go about grocery shopping for your own family, keep in mind that October through December is an extremely busy time for food pantry donation drives.
If you are already grocery shopping on a budget, you’ve figured out how to get groceries for your own family at a very low cost. But the families who [...]

The Nov. 3 issue of Women’s Day magazine has this article by Susan Samtur, aka The Coupon Queen: Slash your grocery bill in half (or more).
Here’s the lead:
Last month, I paid just 42¢ for $211 worth of groceries. Yup, you read that right. In fact, I save around 65 percent every time I shop, and [...]

It’s been awhile since I did a show-and-tell what I bought from Angel Food Ministries.
But as I’ve been doing my recent speaking appearances in the Monroe and Toledo areas, I’m finding that the grocery-by-the-box programs are the money-saving option that  people know the least about about.
At least three different services have been providing groceries in [...]