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Rising food prices in Canada mean finding low-cost foods with and without a grocery plan. All these years, I’ve told the readers of Canadian Budget Binder to shop with a meal plan. It feels weird to say this, but we need to be armed and on the hunt with rising food prices. What I mean is yes, we will have a weekly meal plan; however, we’re likely to find other deals in-store. To be honest not much has changed about finding grocery savings. When food prices increase, but our income stays the same, that means we need to buckle down....

Toronto mom Blake Eligh was determined to teach her kids key financial lessons before they had to go out into the world on their own. She did this, in part, by giving her two daughters decision-making power over their own money from a young age. She and her husband set the girls up with both an allowance and a savings plan when they were eight and 11 years old. Now her kids are 12 and 15 and Eligh only wishes she’d started earlier. “Giving them a chance to learn about spending money at this point allows them to make financial...

We've spent so much time in our homes over the last few years that we've gotten a pretty solid idea of what we like and what we want to change, so consider giving your space a refresh as we go into 2022. While redecorating can feel overwhelming, you don't have to do it alone! We're teaming up with Apt2B to offer a $2,500 gift card (plus a 30-minute video consultation with B+C founder Brit Morin for interior design advice) so you can give your home a floor-to-ceiling makeover. Keep reading for a peek at some of the home furnishings you...

How to Organize Coupons Now that you know where to find Canadian coupons, you’re going to have to figure out some sort of organizing system so they don’t end up expiring before you use them. There are many different ways to organize coupons, but you may have to try out a couple of systems before you find one that works best for you. In this post, I’ll be listing several different ways on how to organize coupons. You’re sure to find a system that will work for you! Coupon Organizing Method #1 – The Wallet Size Expanding Folder This was...

Have you had a Magic Bar cookie—a combination of chocolate chips and coconut, bound with sweetened condensed milk on a graham cracker base? If you love it as much as most people, you’ll want to check out Baskin-Robbins’ flavor of the month: Magic Layer Bar: swirls of coconut and graham cracker crumbles in a French custard flavored ice cream with a smooth ganache swirl. Introduced today at Baskin-Robbins stores nationwide, each ingredient in a scoop of Magic Layer Bar represents an ingredient you’d taste biting into a Seven Layer Magic Bar, says Baskin-Robbins. “The graham cracker crumbles mimic the bottom...