Just thought I'd do a quick post about the SHARE program, since it is one of the main things that is helping us cut our grocery bills in half. When we pick up our food boxes once a month, we go ahead and order our food for the following month. One trip and we have enough meat for a month and enough produce for a couple of weeks. I spend around $50 on SHARE boxes and SHARE select items each month, plus about $300 a month at the grocery store.
Who can participate in SHARE? "Everyone and anyone is welcome to participate in SHARE. There are no income requirements, just a desire to make a positive difference in the world." (from the SHARE homepage)
Our March food box is chock full of good stuff. I'm so excited about planning meals and not having to grocery shop for them! Check out the menu:
March Basic Package $18.00
March Distribution Day is Saturday, 3/27/10
1 lb. Lightly Dusted Chicken Breast Strips
1 lb. Bone in Ham Steaks
10 oz. Deli Sliced Black Forest Ham
1 lb. Ground Beef 85/15
1.35 lbs. Split Chicken Breasts
Plus a Produce Pack!
1- 2.5 lb. Bag Potatoes
1 Head Romaine Lettuce
1 Bag Carrots
1 Stalk Celery
4 Sweet Potatoes
1 Bag Radishes
5 Oranges
4 Apples
We ordered 2 basic packages, which come with the produce packs, plus an additional produce pack. It's a LOT of food!
Here is a preview of April's menu, available now to order through our local SHARE host site. I'm especially excited about getting frozen blueberries for $1.70/lb from the Select menu in April. I see blueberry smoothies in our future menus!
When you go to sign up and put in your order, be sure to bring cash. It is the only accepted form of payment.
I would highly recommend you give the SHARE program a try if you're interested in cutting your grocery bill and willing to design your menus around the basic frozen meats and fresh produce in the box!
5 comments:
Donna, In the latest newsletter that you get with your SHARE box they said they were going to start online ordering and accepting all kinds of payment. They are also revamping the different packages...there will be one for families, one for seniors plus the usual basic! I'm pretty excited. We got the Easter ham and the seafood box plus a basic and got some really great stuff! I'm eating shrimp this week!!
That's awesome! I haven't looked through my newsletter yet, so that's good news to me!
I'm so glad you harassed me - I mean convinced me - to try SHARE! We love it!
I forgot to mention that you can do a search on their site to find a SHARE location near you. I know it's available in several states now. Check it out!
Thanks for all of the great information--it's so nice to be able to see the menu online. Looks like a great way to save money!
Okay, I checked out the search page and it looks like it only searches SHARE locations in Florida. But when I initially googled "SHARE" to find the Florida network, several other states came up. Each state network has slight differences, but promises to save you betweenn 40-50% on those grocery items included in the box!
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