Food, in case you haven't heard, isn't getting any cheaper. Thanks a lot, world economy. In times like these, you need to tighten your belt, save your pennies, count your nickels, cancel the cable, be frugal, pay cash, hold a yard sale, put your credit card in the freezer (literally, they say to do this), turn your underwear inside out and wear it again (kidding), and, yes, eat cheap. But at least as far as that last one goes, this doesn’t mean you have to resort to a Greek-government-style austerity plan. Or start stealing your co-worker’s lunch from the office refrigerator. Or subsist exclusively on a diet of five-for-a-dollar Chinese dumplings and 99-cent pizza slices (that was last year's strategy).
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