Most times, food takes the chunk part of our income which makes it impossible to save. This is why financial experts advise that each person should work with a budget and the budget should include food also. However, if you have a problem following through on your food budget, you can do the following:

1. Track what you spend on food per month. Do you know how much you spend on food? You should. Try and calculate how much you spend on food daily, weekly and monthly. This will guide you in making your budget and also help you in following through on your budget.

2. Make a monthly food budget, but plan your food chart per week. A weekly plan will make it easier to follow through on your food budget.

3. Spend on your major food news and limit spending on junks. Apart from the fact that junks are unhealthy meals, they also take a lot of money from us. Living on junks is unhealthy for your finances. Stock up on food instead and follow through on your budget for food.

4. Limit the number of times you eat out. When you cook your meals, you save some money and you end up not spending more than your food budget.

5. Learn to love your leftovers. don’t throw away food even when you are satisfied, learn to combine your leftovers into the meal of the next day. You can preserve them in the proper way and also learn recipes online on how to turn your leftovers into proper meals.

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