Waste Less, Spend Less
Waste Less, Spend Less
A practical e-book, workbook and digital toolkit to help you reduce food waste and take control of your grocery spending.
This eBook is a PDF and is also PRINTABLE.
The spreadsheet is OPTIONAL-there are PRINTALBE WORKSHEETS in the eBook to use if you prefer.
The meal planning prompt can be used with FREE Chat GPT and is a completely optional bonus feature.
With groceries being so expensive, food waste is an expense many households cannot afford. Waste Less, Spend Less guides you through a complete grocery reset based on the system I used to cut my own grocery budget by 50% during my no-spend year.
You will work through the process step by step:
- Analyse your current grocery spending and set a realistic budget.
- Organise your fridge, freezer and cupboards.
- Take inventory of the food you already have.
- Identify food that needs using first.
- Make a practical meal plan for your household.
- Write and price your shopping list before leaving home.
- Shop within your budget and track what you spend.
- Put a simple, repeatable food-management system in place.
Your digital bundle includes:
- The 24-page Waste Less, Spend Less Ebook and Workbook
- Grocery Budget Worksheets
- Kitchen Inventory Sheets
- A Use This Food First List
- A Weekly Meal Planner
- Three Shopping List Worksheets
- A Grocery Receipt Tracker
- The Price My Shopping Spreadsheet, which calculates your expected shopping total and compares it with your budget
- A short video showing you how to use the spreadsheet
- The Bonus Use-It-Up ChatGPT Prompt, which helps turn the food you already have into practical family meals
How to use this product
- Print the ebook and workbook: Print the PDF and complete the worksheets by hand.
- Use it digitally: Import the PDF into Goodnotes or another PDF annotation app and write directly on the worksheets using compatible software and a suitable device.
- Use the spreadsheet across your devices: The Price My Shopping Spreadsheet is built in Google Sheets. You can use it on a computer, tablet or phone. To use it on your phone, download the Google Sheets app and sign in to your Google account.
- Use the ChatGPT prompt: Copy the prompt into ChatGPT, replace the bracketed sections with your own information and ask it to help you use the food you already have.
Work through the system at your own pace, then repeat the process before each main grocery shop.
Waste less. Spend less. Make the food and money you have work harder.
This is a digital product. No physical item will be posted.