{"id":4887,"date":"2012-10-15T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:58:45","slug":"welfare-food-challenge-26-a-week-for-1-in-the-grocery-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalskyweb.co\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/2012\/10\/15\/welfare-food-challenge-26-a-week-for-1-in-the-grocery-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Welfare Food Challenge- $26 A Week for 1 In The Grocery Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are following Canadian Budget Binder on Facebook <\/a>you may have read that I have joined the Welfare Food Challenge\u00a0out of British Columbia beginning Oct 15-22, 2012. Although I live in the Greater Toronto Area my mate Steve Zussino at Grocery Alerts\u00a0\u00a0who is also taking part in the challenge knew I ran the Grocery Game Challenge <\/a>and encouraged me to join.<\/p>\n

In Ontario there are 2 programs<\/a> Ontario Works which is temporary assistance to those in need and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for those with disabilities. Together these programs alone help over 850,000 Ontarian’s each year.<\/p>\n

What is the Welfare Food Challenge?<\/strong> This challenge was put in place to show the government in BC that of the $610 they give monthly to a welfare recipient $26 a week <\/a>for food is not sufficient considering this does not include other necessities such as a hair cut or clothes.<\/p>\n

Although Mrs.CBB and I have only $190 a month in our grocery budget outside of this challenge that leaves us $47.50 per week for us to shop for 2. The difference with this challenge is you are starting from scratch meaning you have zero items on your pantry list<\/a> and you can’t use charitable donations or food from the garden.<\/p>\n

Mrs. CBB and I sat down last night to put together a grocery list of food items that I knew I wanted to include in my weekly menu plan. Perhaps I was being optimistic that I could get all the items but in the back of my mind I thought there is no way there would be enough money in the $26 budget. Knowing your prices are key to saving money in your grocery budget <\/a>along with meal planning, price matching, flyers specials and using coupons.<\/p>\n

Mrs.CBB is not taking part but wanted to help with the meal plans. We will be using some coupons when we shop as coupons are generally available to the public in a good proportion of the country. You can find Canadian Coupons <\/a>from many sources in Canada no matter who you are and how much money you earn. We also will take part in price matching so we don’t have to drive all over town as the majority of people on welfare may take other forms of transport including the bus, walk or ride a bike.<\/p>\n

Below is our Potential Grocery Shopping list<\/strong> – We will do the grocery shop on Monday Oct 14,2012 and post the shop Oct 15,2012 in The Grocery Game Challenge. You will see how much we spent and where and what meals I will end up making. I will also take photos of my meals and do a follow-up later in the week with my overall feelings about this challenge.<\/p>\n

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