812-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 16, 1993 Kl Save On Your Food Bills When was the last time you kept track of how much your fam ily spends for food? If yours is a typical American family, you may be shocked at the amount you spend on food and beverages. According to the U.S. Depart ment-of Labor, of every $lOO Americans spend, $17.70 goes for food and beverages. Food is the number three expenditure, topped only by housing ($41.35) and transportation ($17.80). Food may be one place where you can make substantial savings in your expen ditures. About 40 percent of the money spent on food in this country is spent on eating away from home. Fast-food establishments serve four out of every 10 meals eaten in restaurants. If you lit this category, you may want to consider some alternatives ATTENTION: FARMERS PROFIT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE □ patronage dividends □ agricultural program payments □ refunds and reimbursements □ income from cooperatives □ conservation expenses □ drought damage □flood losses Confused about how to handle these areas of taxabfe income and deductions on your income tax return? Call or stop by to discuss your ques tions with one of H&R Block’s tax preparers. Tax Relief from America's Tax Team 102 Church St. Ephrata 733-8657 Open 9-9 P.M. Weekdays 9-5 Saturday By Doris Thomas Lancaster Extension Home Economist to your current habits. The results may improve your health as well as your food budget. Think about your family’s eat ing-out habits. How often do you eat in restaurants? The more you do, the more your food budget and diet will be affected. Where do you cat out? If you often choose fast-food restaurants, you may want to look for other places that can give you belter nutrition at a lower cost. Supermarkets now offer carry out meals from their salad bars or delicatessens. Select plain sand wiches or soups and vegetables or fruit salads; skip the fries and rich desserts. Convenience stores may have fresh prepared food to take home at prices less than those of your favorite fast-food establishment. If you cat at traditional res taurants, you will pay more for the H&R BLOCK 109 E. Main St. New Holland 354-7355 Open 9-8 P.M. Weekdays 9-5 Saturdays foods; you will pay for the service as well. Instead of ordering a full meal, you might order appetizers. A cup of soup, a side salad or veg etables and dip may be a better choice. Because beverages and desserts add a lot to the cost, you can save those extras for home. One last question to ask your self is how much you eat when you go out. The all-you-can-eat deal may leave you miserably full. Usually, it is not the cheapest op tion, either. Look at other choices on the menu. You can take control of both your wallet and your diet when you eat out. Although eating out is popular, more than half of the food dollar goes for at-home meals and snacks. If you want to see how your food money is spent, save your grocery receipts for several months. Then, figure the amount you spent on meats, convenience foods such as bakery cakes and frozen dinners, extra snacks such as pop and chips, toiletries and household items. Categorizing your purchases can help you see your high-cost items. Cutting back on those items can reduce your grocery bill. Some other suggestions to help you keep your food expenditures in line include: Use less meat by serving occa sional meadess meals, trying new casseroles or serving meat with rice or pasta, Try new ways of preparing the ,tore thing. We fellows make , . g doing this kind of work, and ** y / got children to feed and hills. *'s*'*■*■■' ' •?' s our side of it, but you’ve got such * Ags too. A Ibt of people tell us that Ais Scabbling saves a whole lot more, than it costs. So go ahead and do it. It’ll put shoes on everybody’s feet. Be looking to hear prom you folks right soon. The Scabbier Man lowest-priced meats. Buy meat on sale and freeze it for future use. Buy generic and store-brand products. Manage your time so that you can make more meals from scratch without using costly con venience products. The time these products save you may not be worth their high prices. Get out of the pop-and-chip snack routine by offering your family pudding, popcorn, crackers and peanut butter, fresh fruit in season or a homemade milkshake. Make a stop at the discount store for toiletries, soaps, light bulbs, cleaning supplies, and other Mrs. Annie Hoff, chairperson of the Southern States Westminster Coop, Inc. Farm Home Advisory Committee, Judges the Christmas Safety Poster Contest. 4-H Poster Contest For the holiday season, the Southern States Westminster Coop., Inc. Farm Home Advisory Committee held a Christmas Safe ty Poster Contest. The winners all 4-H’ers, are Josh Kibler, Westminster; John 23E i are flipping and falling, it ain’t my fault because I have a lied a Scabbier that will fix that concrete so your cows won’t ig all the time. mice all around this section try, and I have a fellow just do your job mighty fast. in’t all, our prices are right , and if you’re a tightwad i do the job yourself if you’ve ) square feet. It can save you a money. m my nickel at 800-692-0123. ty the phone, tome real live take your number, and I’ll ick to you real toon , Usually awake in this outfit, so you ny time day or night. But, the Lord, and don’t call on 800-692-0123 personal and household goods. Shop alone. Avoid taking someone who tempts you into buying all those extras. It is amaz ing what hungry, nagging young sters can do to your grocery bill. Make a shopping list, take it with you to the supermarket and STICK TO IT. The notion that there is nothing you can do about rising food costs just is not true. Although you cannot control pro duction costs or the supermarket’s prices, you can control your food buying and eating habits. It is pos sible to save money and still enjoy die food you like whether eating at home or in a restaurant. Chemeski, Uniontown; Brandi Daigle, Taneytown; Amy Ridin ger, Taneytown; and Jason Riding gcr, Taneytown. The door prize drawings were poinsettias, won by Louise Frock, Westminster and Mary Bruff,' Westminster. *v |U\ - Jf£ I I'M"'!, ■r W /// llt I ” *♦ m m * S* m* k>*
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