What are you and your family doing to avoid the extremely high food and gas prices these days?

Question

What are you and your family doing to avoid the extremely high food and gas prices these days?

Answer 1

Driving less often, taking public transportation or combining errands when we do drive.

Eating at home more often

Using coupons, store club cards and shopping for staples at discount stores.

Answer 2

we are doing the grocery game -

www.thegrocerygame.com

I have been doing it for 6 weeks now and have saved 50% on all my groceries!

No, I'm not advertising for this site, I am doing this for real!!

Answer 3

We are not taking a vacation away this summer... we bought a used boat and plan to "float" a lot at a local lake- we put in a bigger garden this year compared to years past- buying very little pre-packaged foods- lots of fruit/veggies, rice, beans etc.

Husband is using motorcycle instead of car to go to work... wish we could walk but we are 3 miles out of town- no bike trails and/or sidewalks ):

Answer 4

The only thing we can do - a whole lot of nothing.

Answer 5

Cooking.