Archive for May 9th, 2008
Testimonials
Here are a few testimonials from some of our “happy campers” who are now members of www.emealsforyou.com. We also encourage you to visit their website.
Melanie Minor wrote on 9/10/2009:
I signed up for e-mealz.com a couple of weeks ago. Believe it or not, I think I’m spending MORE at the grocery store after signing up for e-mealz! Their plan does not follow my local grocery store sales at all.
After signing up with e-mealz.com, I came across your site. I’d like to switch to your program instead, and I was wondering if you could offer me any additional discounts.
Thanks so much!
Stacy Guthrie wrote on 9/9/2008:
I am first timer of your blog and website and I love it! It inspires me to do better and try new things out! Could you please send me your excel meal planning worksheet?
Thanks,
Stacy
Pam M. on August 17, 2008 said,
I do a lot of purchasing over the internet and I have to say that you have the best customer service I’ve experienced.
by Miranda1127 on May. 6, 2008 at 12:34 AM
I did my shopping for the month .. and it only cost $150. I usually am a sale shopper. I shop based on sales and cater my plan around the sales. With http://www.emealsforyou.com/ I was able to get a list together for the month (instead of the week) and it really had a big difference on my spending. This way I’m only spending for what we need (no extras…if we have extras we will eat them) so it actually worked out to be less (next month I will work better w/ the sales so I should see a drop as I get better).
So far I have gotten all my meat (except 1), all of my hard goods, breads (I freeze them so they keep), all of my …well basically everything except produce/milk for $150 (and about $50 of this stuff is pantry stuff…spices etc…. b/c my pantry was empty) . I also did this weeks produce/milk run for just over $25, and plan to make the weekly runs for my produce (b/c you really can’t store them, at least I can’t…I wont eat them unless they are fresh…pet peeve…lol.). I’m a little upset w/ the produce market, everything was in bulk. I wanted 4 bananas and got 4 bundles (about 16 or so). Yes it was only $2 but like I said I really can’t store them so it’s more than we needed. I’ll be looking for a new one, and hopefully bring the $25 down to about $15.
Well anyway I’m really excited, if I can do this every month than I’ll wind up saving a ton. We usually spend anywhere from $75-$100 per week ($300-$400 per month). This way we will spend $175 week one and $25 on weeks 2,3, and 4 ($200-$250 per month)…which is a whopping $100-$150 savings. And I feel awesome about this…mostly b/c I know I’ll actually be spending less than $200-$250 a month once I can get a good routine down and find a non bulk produce/farmers market.
Ok so I guess my point is …this site was so worth it for me, and will become more worth it the more I work at my new and improved system.
Julie Elkeshen wrote:
Ok what I think is that I could stay on that site for hours…..an addiction…love it. Thank you for sharing with me. let us talk, I think that moms would love this!!!! Ok I am off to browse more… http://sf.citymommy.com/ http://citymommy.com ( invite code mommy)
Lisa of Cafemom
Hi, Thank you! I’ve signed up and started looking around. What a neat idea.
Elizabeth Edwards www.momcooks.net
I’m looking forward to working with you. If there’s one thing I can definitely get enthusiastic about, it’s other people helping me plan my meals.
Lori http://www.mywoodenspoon.com
I just signed up and man, it does soooo much more than I thought!
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Retail Mentality versus Return On Investment – Rant
The personal world sometimes mimics the business world, when it comes to running the business of our homes this is especially true. In business, when money matters tighten up; businesses revert to a “Retail Mentality”. This simply means they tend to focus on, “What’s it cost” as opposed to, “What’s my return on investment (ROI)?” Well, I don’t have to tell you times are tough in the real world, the world we call home. The cost of living has risen rapidly while our paychecks seem to shrink. So were tend to follow the business world and look at our cost rather then our ROI.
A simple exercise in this theory is our car. Maybe it is getting a little old, maybe it needs some work. Putting Best Business Practices , another business term, to work we should evaluate how much it would cost to bring it back to decent shape versus how much a new car cost. There are many programs designed to help you with this equation. It just may be that all things considered you may have to spend some money to save more money in the long run (ROI).
I know all of you are now sitting on the edge of your seats wondering how this ties into www.emealsforyou.com . Well friends, the wait is over. Meal planning is a lot like looking at something through the ROI glasses. It may require some work on your part, a departure from your normal routine. It may require spending a few bucks to save even more down the line. As with the car decision above there are tools to help you transition from Retail Mentality to ROI. www.emealsforyou.com is one of those tools.
We did a recent survey of moms on another blog. We asked them to tell us how much they spent on Fast Food each month. We further broke this number down by money spent on Pizza, Mc D’s and other (Chinese, ribs, takeout). Our sampling had both ends of the spectrum as to income. Our highest spent each month was $400 and our lowest was $30. The averages are: Total spent per month $98, pizza = $24, Mc D’s = $46 and other came in at $29. Most of the respondents mentioned that they thought they were spending too much on take out and should try to be better in the future; many saying they should be making better food decisions for their families.
So it all comes back to ROI. If I spend $36 on a 1-year membership to www.emealsforyou.com ( $31if you use the promo code on the right) how much will I save in the long run? I think the more important question is,” How much better will I be feeding my family?”
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