This month as I was reading my All You magazine, I saw this challenge:

This challenge above is what is behind the All You Grocery Challenge.

I read along and realized, this challenge is totally doable! I know many of you spend that much or way less each week (but better, right :). Personally, we spend less than $100 per week for our family of 5. With the challenge, we would be alotted $125 per week on groceries. Since 50% of the contest is staying within the spending guidelines, we would be half way to goal! I know you would be too!!!

The entry guidelines are really simple to follow too. I would venture to say that the majority of you are already following most of these! Here are a few guidelines for the All You Grocery Challenge:

Challenge Dates

The Grocery Challenge starts on July 13 and ends on August 17. You must sign up by July 12 to be an active participant.

Challenge Details

You are challenged to spend no more than $25 per family member per week on groceries. Household supplies and toiletries do not count toward each weeks total.

Any/All groceries purchased during the contest count toward your weekly total. However, you can grow your own food, barter with neighbors or friends and use stockpiled items to create your meals. Creativity and ingenuity count!

If you decide to skip a meal and visit a restaurant or purchase take-out, the amount spent must count towards your grocery total for the week.

Tracking Spending

Be sure to save all of your receipts. If you are a finalist, you will be required to submit them to All You. To help you track your spending, All You has created a Spending Log. You can utilize this spending log to make sure you’re on/under budget (and it’s similar to my grocery savings chart).

Sharing

Best of all, post your strategies and tell All You readers your money-saving tips on the Grocery Challenge blog. Your tips may help someone find a new way to save too!

You can see all of the *official* rules at the All You site!

And, those prizes I mentioned….they are AWESOME!!! All You will select 10 finalists, which will be narrowed down to ONE lucky winner. The winner will receive a $1,000 Grocery Card and a Year’s Supply of Knorr Side Dishes. And, heard of CBS??? Well, the winner will appear on the CBS Early Show in December too!!

So, do you think you’re up for it? You can dooooo eeeeeet!!! This will be a great way for you to show off your mad shopping skillz! And, even better way to share your knowledge with others. You could possibly win the challenge for doing something you already do every week!!!

You can sign up here to be a participant in the the All You Grocery Challenge! ^[1] I’m not entering the challenge, but I would SO LOVE for one of my readers to win this! If you do enter, please let me know! I want to follow your tips on the Grocery Challenge blog!

Good Luck :)