ADUKKY:
A lot of changes.

1. I added a small business to my 9 to 5 job.
2. I buy in bulk and ensure I go to the cheapest market around me, ile epo. No shopping on the street.
3. I also cook beans in bulk.
4. Pressure cooker for most food except spag. Saves gas, beans is cooked in less than 20 mins while rice is less than 10 mins
5. I make pap and nourish it with ginger and cinnamon. I don't sieve my pap so no room for wastage only that it cost me additional 100 naira when blending it. All grains and blending cost me 2,000 early August and I still have over 4 litrs left for September.
6. I plan changing my line to post paid. Hubby pays 5k for calls, data and sms and it lasts for a month while I spend over 10k on data and calls. My job and business requires that I am online always.
7. No eating out except on few occasions
8. Potatoes to the rescue anytime yam moves mad
9. No wasting of food no matter how small. I pack and freeze it for future need
10. I don comot hand for titus. I do mostly shawa(I know it has bones but once you airfry it, even the bone becomes chewable), gizzard (1 pack lasts 2 weeks) and chicken for sundays.
11. Switched to measured unbranded cereals like oats, milk, cocopops, cornflakes, fruit and fibre etc. That's my side hustle anyway. I was sceptical about the unbranded at first but as I do my investigation and got a good supplier, it has been a life saver. I eventually turned it to my side hustle and I supply mostly bank staff and office people.
12. Every month end, I carefully go through my kitchen to identify what is needed and what can still be managed and draw up a list. Na me and my list dey go market, anything not covered in that list doesn't follow me back home expect it is very important. No impulsive buying.

I do esusu too, compulsory saving so no room for laulau. It has helped me a lot. I pull the esusu out of my monthly income before spending a dime, whatever is left must be well managed.

HarlequinLekex:
See what APC GOVERNMENT caused nigerians

ahnie:
Adukky pls where are you based?
Concerning the cereal thingy

I would need lessons from you concerning the measures you stated.

Firstly first.... refrigerated foods is a No-No
2nd....I don't eat foods that exceed a day
3rdly...we practically eats outside daily,and trust me it's tears my finances.


I use to buy foodstuffs in bulks,but most get spoilt and rotten without me ever noticing it.
Culprits are raw eggs,yam tubers,cassava flakes and potatoes.


Mind giving tutorials on the way forward to manage in this hard biting economy.

ahnie:
Adukky pls where are you based?
Concerning the cereal thingy

I would need lessons from you concerning the measures you stated.

Firstly first.... refrigerated foods is a No-No
2nd....I don't eat foods that exceed a day
3rdly...we practically eats outside daily,and trust me it's tears my finances.


I use to buy foodstuffs in bulks,but most get spoilt and rotten without me ever noticing it.
Culprits are raw eggs,yam tubers,cassava flakes and potatoes.


Mind giving tutorials on the way forward to manage in this hard biting economy.

Mom007:
Ditto on going to the farthest market. Switched yellow garri for white. Bulk buying, no more juice for the kids snacks to school, just biscuits or flour snacks which I make myself if I have time. Buy the big premier bar soap. No more assorted beauty soap. No more buying crispy chicken and chicken strips at shop right, I make my own. No more ordering cake for anyone. I make my own. Etc.
This economy really happened to everyone...

LittleBigDick:
My tips for anyone struggling

Switch to charcoal or fire wood cooking instead of gas or hot plate if you're not paying for electricity


Buy in bulk from the village


Have a farm and rear poultry



No need paying for a much bigger house rent , move to an older building
The older the better
My mom lives in a house built before the civil war and is still living there ( the house is perfectly okay, even better than a new house )


Switch your kids from private to missionary schools


Stop subscribing to cable , watch plain tv ( just connect a signal antenna to your tv)


Buy milk and tea unbranded not branded ( those cocoa products)


Switch to honey and ditch sugar


Switch to a cheap network like glo or consider using your rich neighbor's wifi ( if you're a woman , you can get with this easily by asking for the WiFi password)


Park your car and start using public transport


Read books even your secondary school books can be useful to you


Eat more fruits( there are trees around in a low area looking for someone to pluck them)


Bill the men in your DM if you're a woman



Set traps for bush meat and your house for delicious rat meat

ahnie:
Mehn I have switched to firewoods.
No time to waste,I got lots of firewoods