25 "Poor Man" Money Habits Italian Families Used That Save Seniors $500 a Month

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenFrugalAmerica?sub_confirmation=1 👉Start saving $5000 a year with my Ebook: https://forgottenfrugalamerica.netlify.app In 1932, on Federal Hill in Providence, a woman named Assunta Ferraro fed a family of seven on about $11 a week. Her husband's hours at the woolen mill had just been cut in half. And on the top shelf of her pantry sat a battered cigar box nobody in the family was ever allowed to touch. Families like hers didn't budget the way we say the word — they practiced a quiet arithmetic where every penny had a job before it was ever earned. We traded those habits for credit cards the moment we could. But Assunta's rules still work. Here are 25 of them. Sources: https://www.usda.gov/foodlossandwaste/consumers https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/thermostats https://www.consumerreports.org/money/store-private-label-brands/how-store-brand-groceries-can-help-you-save-a4379816935/