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...really possible to cut your grocery bills in half? Easily. My mantra is that strategic shopping isn't changing the way you eat; it's just changing the way you buy the food that you like. In the book, I use the example of pork chops costing $5 a pound. But if you ask the butcher to cut up the pork loin, it's $2 a pound, and for the same amount of money spent, you have more than twice as much food. I tried to bring out what I think are some pretty frugal practices that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coupon Mom: How to Cut Grocery Bills in Half | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

What if I'm very busy, and don't have enough time for this? I think people have to be convinced of the value. If they end up saving $50 at the grocery store, they end up feeling like it's a good use of their time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coupon Mom: How to Cut Grocery Bills in Half | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

What part does list-making play into this? Critical. Probably it's as important to make a list as it is to use coupons. I'm amazed at how many people don't use shopping lists at all, or if they do, they're inadequate. These are the same people who said they don't have time to use coupons, and I say, the amount of time you're going to save by making a good list will more than make up for the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coupon Mom: How to Cut Grocery Bills in Half | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...court line, 47 rows up, looking at the basketball game going back and forth doesn't provide a lot of value," Bratches says. For basketball games, you'll want to see a 3-D camera behind the basket: Duck, here comes Kobe flying at me. ESPN even plans to use different announcers for the 3-D broadcasts, so that they can emphasize the unique angles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sports Fans Watch Games on ESPN in 3-D? | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...that rare bright spot on the employment front, we can thank the Constitution, which mandates that the government count its residents every 10 years. The Census Bureau isn't allowed to use statistical estimates in its gauge of the population, so if a household doesn't return the 10-question form that's due to arrive in the mail in March, an enumerator will show up in May, June or July to try to get the information in person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Job Stimulus: Census Bureau to Hire 1.2 Million | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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