Funny you should mention this. We met with a financial planner last fall, and she mentioned that our grocery budget seemed high for 2 people, particularly when you factored in our dining-out budget.
We decided to get through the holidays, and then in January we'd tackle it.
Interestingly enough, the grocery store we frequent also has an on-site gas station, and if you spent over $100, you got 25 cents off per gallon when you filled up. However, they ended that promo on 1/1/13.
Since January 1, I haven't spent over $100 yet. Not sure if it's because I'm really cutting back, or I'm not feeling the need to top the $100 mark, but in any event we've done really, really well this month.
We're using lots more Groupons to eat out, or actually finishing off leftovers rather than going out.
So far, no one has died from this little experiment
so we plan to continue it into February.