Reader Tips

I just read a news story where the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay has switched the default font of their whole email system from Arial to Century Gothic. The director of computing, Diane Blohowiak says that this simple change will reduce the amount of ink used by 30 percent just because of the way the font is designed.

With ink jet cartridge ink costing almost $10,000 per gallon the savings could really add up.

So change your font and you could save too!

Here's what the news article said:

The use of this form is described in more detail in our new book, Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America's Cheapest Family.

We used this form when we were first learning our prices. It's a great tool to track prices between stores and price increases over time. Use one page for each item you want to track. You can fill in prices from the grocery ads or as you walk the aisles of the store. When you see a low price you'll know it's time to stock up and save!

We left out some key information in a previous tip about using expired coupons on military bases. The six-month extension of expired coupons applies only on overseas military bases. But your expired coupons can still help by either mailing them to someone stationed overseas - via an APO address - using US domestic postage or by calling your local military base family service department and asking if they have a coupon exchange program in place.

Here are a few other ways to save at the Grocery Store:

I have discovered sending E cards through email.

We are in the process of moving from Massachusetts to Rhode Island — why — because Massachusetts housing prices were too expensive.