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How do you managed budget and food?

• joshstrange 6y ago
  Not who you are replying to but I recently (2.5 months ago) started using YNAB again and have fallen in love with it. The last time I tried it was when it was desktop software but their newer web-based version with transaction import/sync is a game changer for me. As for food I can't really help there. I ended up writing my own app to manage/track expiration dates for what I have but that's barely the tip of the ice-burg. I hope to integrate with my recipe app (Paprika) to work on meal-planning and picking recipes I like while trying to use up the stuff that will go bad first.
  • abnercoimbre 6y ago
    Used YNAB a lot to develop discipline, then switched to Lunch Money [0]. It's being worked on by a solopreneur; she's awesome. The app is, I think, a natural evolution for the YNABer who got the discipline and now doesn't need to track every single dollar all the time. [0] https://lunchmoney.app https://lunchmoney.app
    • jnfr 6y ago
      Thank you for the shoutout, and that's wonderful to hear! :D
• kryogen1c 6y ago
  this is a very un-HN answer, and i wish i had something sexier for you, but: Excel. we look at statements from our various accounts, enter into a data tab, then group expenses into categories: house (elec, water, cable, etc), food, vehicles (gas, tolls, oil, loan, etc) fun (spotify, netflix, etc). as the saying goes, you cant manage what you dont measure.
• jasonv 6y ago
  Mint from Intuit. The free level works quite well for me.