CNN article - Moms' new battle: The food price bulge - Beyond clipping coupons, families are embracing generic grocery brands, and making their own baby food and detergent.
Soaring food prices elicit creative solutions from moms - Apr. 21, 2008
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As American families face the double whammy of higher gas and food prices, moms nationwide are resorting to considerable ingenuity to stretch their monthly grocery budget.
For instance, Christina Pond of Arlington, Texas, makes her own detergent.
Pond, 26, a stay-at-home mom with an almost 8-month old daughter, does four loads of laundry every other day.
Detergent is very expensive, so I make my own," she said.
She grates natural soap, boils it, adds Borax, baking soda and essential oils, and lets it cool overnight.
To that end, Pond has planted her own herb garden. She buys eggs at the local feed store and pays $4.50 for 20 eggs. She purees vegetables and fruits into home-made baby food.
As a result, she's been able to bring down her monthly grocery bill to under $200.
Linda Murray, editor-in-chief of BabyCenter.com, an online community for moms with more than 4 million subscribers, said thousands of mothers - including those mentioned in this story - have expressed their concerns about gas and food prices through the Web site's message board.
Many more moms are cooking at home, growing their own vegetables, breastfeeding instead of buying expensive formula, using leftovers to stretch the week's meals, and even hoarding discounted products.
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It's an interesting article which shows how the high fuel prices and the high cost of food is affecting American families. The article also shows great examples of what measures MOMS are taking to cut back and make ends meat. GREAT ARTICLE.
GOD BLESS US ALL
Soaring food prices elicit creative solutions from moms - Apr. 21, 2008
Excerpts from the article
As American families face the double whammy of higher gas and food prices, moms nationwide are resorting to considerable ingenuity to stretch their monthly grocery budget.
For instance, Christina Pond of Arlington, Texas, makes her own detergent.
Pond, 26, a stay-at-home mom with an almost 8-month old daughter, does four loads of laundry every other day.
Detergent is very expensive, so I make my own," she said.
She grates natural soap, boils it, adds Borax, baking soda and essential oils, and lets it cool overnight.
To that end, Pond has planted her own herb garden. She buys eggs at the local feed store and pays $4.50 for 20 eggs. She purees vegetables and fruits into home-made baby food.
As a result, she's been able to bring down her monthly grocery bill to under $200.
Linda Murray, editor-in-chief of BabyCenter.com, an online community for moms with more than 4 million subscribers, said thousands of mothers - including those mentioned in this story - have expressed their concerns about gas and food prices through the Web site's message board.
Many more moms are cooking at home, growing their own vegetables, breastfeeding instead of buying expensive formula, using leftovers to stretch the week's meals, and even hoarding discounted products.
End of excerpts.
It's an interesting article which shows how the high fuel prices and the high cost of food is affecting American families. The article also shows great examples of what measures MOMS are taking to cut back and make ends meat. GREAT ARTICLE.
GOD BLESS US ALL
. Had to drink it when finances were tight growing up. That stuff is just foul... and raises bad memories.
