Meet the winner and finalists! November 24, 2009
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Congratulations, KC, and to all of the fantastic finalists from this summer’s Grocery Challenge! We hope you caught the segment on CBS News’ THE EARLY SHOW this morning, but if you missed it, you can watch it here.
Be sure to also check out the gallery of tips from all the finalists on allyou.com, and pick up the December issue, on stands now!
Thank you again for everyone’s participation; we look forward to hearing from you during the next challenge!
Tune in! November 10, 2009
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We have a winner! August 25, 2009
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But…we can’t announce who it is just yet! The winner is scheduled to be revealed on CBS News’ THE EARLY SHOW and will be featured in our December issue — and has been sworn to secrecy until then. (We can’t wait to tell you who it is!)
Our apologies for keeping you in suspense! We hope you will continue to visit this blog and share ideas with each other. As it gets closer to December, we’ll post details about CBS News’ THE EARLY SHOW, where you can see who the winner is, along with information about the Grocery Challenge feature that will be in the December issue. Thank you again to all of the fantastic participants.
The finalists are in! August 20, 2009
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To all the Grocery Challenge participants: Thank you so much for sharing your ideas, enthusiasm and determination here on this blog throughout the contest. It was an extremely difficult process to narrow down all of the entries to ten finalists, but it had to be done! All ten finalists have been notified, and we will be announcing the winner here very soon.
As we said before, the communication on this blog was fantastic, so we’ll be keeping it going—and keeping in touch with all of you. Feel free to visit any time!
Lastly, if you created any yummy recipes throughout this Challenge, we’d love to hear them! We’ll be collecting a bunch of recipes from participants and posting them online at allyou.com. If you’d like to contribute a recipe for consideration, please send it to grocerychallenge@allyou.com as soon as possible.
Thank you again—and congratulations to the finalists! (Feel free to tell others you’re in the running!)
Thank you! August 17, 2009
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Grocery Challenge, and for sending in your exit forms on time! We will be notifying finalists very soon. Visit here often for further updates! Good luck!
In the meantime, feel free to keep posting comments and sharing tips with each other!
Has anyone kept their money-saving momentum going since the Challenge ended?
The exit forms have been sent! August 10, 2009
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In case you accidentally lose today’s Grocery Challenge email, here are the questions below.
To activate your entry for a chance to win, please copy and paste the questions into an email, answer them to the best of your ability and send the e-mail to grocerychallenge@allyou.com by August 16, 11:59 p.m. EST. If we do not receive your answers by then, you will not be counted as an entrant into the Challenge.
Also! Although the four-week contest is over, we invite you to remain a visitor to this blog. You have all shared such great tips, and may continue to do so—about all things money-savings—long after the contest is over. We’ll continue to post, too!
-Name:
-Age:
-City, State:
-E-mail:
-Phone number:
-Number of people you counted in the challenge:
-Weekly allowance:
-How much money did you spend each week? (Reminder: Finalists will be asked to send in their receipts.)
Week 1 = Week 3 =
Week 2 = Week 4 =
-What creative strategies did you use to save money?
-What healthy strategies did you use?
-What did you learn from this challenge?
We’re interested to know…
-If you used our optional spending chart, did you find it helpful?
-If you wrote on our blog, allyougrocerychallenge.wordpress.com, what was your screen name?
-Did you keep your own blog, journal or chart throughout the challenge?
-Do you have any suggestions for future challenges?
Good luck! And thank you for participating!
Week 4 is almost over! August 6, 2009
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How’s your last week going? What have you learned so far from doing this Challenge?
Exit forms will be sent on Monday! To activate your entry for a chance to win, please send the form to grocerychallenge@allyou.com by August 16, 11:59 p.m. EST. More instructions will be included in your Monday email.
Good luck!
Welcome to Week 4! August 3, 2009
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Okay, Grocery Challengers—you’re in the final stretch of the four-week contest! In today’s email, we gave you a bunch of our favorite shopping tips, such as: eat before you shop, look high and down low on supermarket shelves for good deals, and bring cash to the store with you.
Do you have any shopping tips of your own that you follow?
Almost done with Week 3! July 30, 2009
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We’ve passed the halfway mark, and judging from your comments, it looks like everyone’s going strong! 
To help you out with the remaining part of the challenge (and even after it’s over), we encourage you to check out dailysavings.allyou.com—our blog about all things money- and time-saving. There just may be a coupon or promotion code you could use during your next shopping trip! (We’ve even posted some of your fantastic comments here!)
Here are a few recent links we think you’ll like:
Grab a free meal on Tuesday nights
Now, tell us! Where do you get most of your coupons? And how is your Week 3 wrapping up?
Welcome to Week 3 of the Grocery Challenge! July 27, 2009
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It’s the halfway point! How did everyone’s Week 2 go? 
In your email today, we gave you our favorite food-related tips. In case you missed it, check them out below. Now we want to hear from you! Have you created any delicious recipes from your pantry so far? Are you planning your menu at the beginning of each week, and has it helped at all?
Buy basics: Canned beans, soup, tomatoes and broths are inexpensive core ingredients that can be used in dozens of meals. Canned fruits are a great option as well—just make sure they’re packed in juice rather than syrup, which is loaded with sugar.
Phase out frozen meals: If you regularly purchase frozen dinners, you’re paying a premium for what amounts to a fairly small amount of food. You’ll save more by freezing individual portions of entrées made from scratch, such as casseroles and lasagnas.
Swap pricey ingredients for cheaper alternatives: If the recipe calls for red wine, use pure cranberry juice instead. For white wine, use apple juice. Macadamia nuts? Use walnuts, almonds or cashews.
Use weekends wisely: Cook at least one entrée on Saturday or Sunday that you can heat up for lunch or pull out on a busy weeknight. Stew is a cost-effective meal, especially if you use less pricey cuts of meat. To save even more money, go meatless once a week with a veggie-based meal, which has less saturated fat, but plenty of vitamins and fiber.
Count on calcium: Milk is the most cost-effective source of calcium—it’s cheaper per ounce than yogurt or cheese—so include more of it in your family’s diet. Calcium is central to bone health. Be sure kids get four servings daily, and adults get three.
Sources: Lisa Bakewell, freelance writer; Elizabeth M. Ward, registered dietitian.
