Sentences with phrase «money spent went»

As little as 2.2 % of money spent went on fruit, and only 5.4 % on vegetables.

«Oh, I have to work,» I excused myself, which was true, but I also thought Mexico hardly needed one more group of rich North Americans performing bad mime on their street corners, and the money spent going would be better spent in the hands of on - the - ground community development.

According to the poll, # 802 of the money spent goes on technology, with 1 in 3 children needing it for their homework on a daily basis.

Not exact matches

When you think about it, It makes sense that when money is tight, people stay in and make their own fun rather than going out and spending money.»

Says Durex: «When money is tight, people stay in and make their own fun rather than going out and spending money.»

When you have a company credit card, not only do you feel more loyal to that store and inclined to go back, but you're encouraged to spend more money to get more rewards.

You don't need to go out and spend marketing and sales money — all you need to do is have a better understanding of who your customers are and what their needs are.

Analyze your spending over the last month to see where your money is going and where you might be able to cut back to add more to your savings.

First, go through all the major discretionary items on which you spend money and order them in terms of expense and importance.

It's liable to look like a jumbled mess that screams, «Go away and don't spend any money here!»

Entrepreneurs «sometimes slap money up against the wall thinking that just by spending money, it is going to create a profitable situation and that is the furthest from the truth.

If you spend a lot of money on equipment, you may find yourself without enough working capital to keep your business going in its first months.

«If companies aren't going to spend, the government could do more for economic growth [by] spending that money on infrastructure.»

They can hold you accountable for spending and help you better plan where your money goes.

Since governments are going to have to spend significant amounts of money if the plant closes, why not simply pay to keep the plant open instead?

Wallets are one of the weirdest things to spend money on (I'm going to spend money on a money holder?

«And as long as that happens, your insurance company is not going to pay your bill if you take a drug and the pharmaceuticals are not going to develop the drugs because if nobody is going to pay for their use, why spend the money on that?»

It just goes to show you don't have to spend so much money sometimes — just the cheapest item will do.»

«You're going to spend a lot of money on your suit, a lot of money on your car or your house, and then at the same time you're going to be cheap on your hair?»

In his paper «Mega-Events: The effect of the world's biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies,» he writes: «A local resident who goes to an All - Star Game when it is in town is spending money at the game that likely would have been spent locally elsewhere in the absence of the game.

«It's a special thing, so if you're going to spend some money, we're going to give you something you'll never forget.»

Sure, have a blast — just watch where your money goes, track it, spend deliberately, and always try to get the best deal possible.

I'm taking a risk that someone is going to spend some money on a race - ready horse,» explains Wagner, who also co-founded the investment education website investopedia.com and sold it to Forbes Media in 2007.

If doing a project is going to stretch me too thin to take care of other obligations, then I'm either going to spend money paying someone else to take something off my plate, or I'm going to short - change someone in my business or personal life.

Flush with cash withdrawn from the equity in their homes and other borrowed money, Canadian consumers have gone on a spending spree with gains spread across a wide variety of retail sectors, including vehicles, building materials, home furnishings, clothing and food.

I felt strongly that we needed to go national and we needed to spend the money and make the investment.

«Facebook is going to spend money, and they're going to spend money upfront, and that's good.

If you have no idea how much of your money is going towards subscriptions, coffee or Amazon, it may be time to find out, especially since you could be spending twice as much as you think you are online.

«Longer term, it'd be hard to argue that Europe's just going to sink into the ocean and not spend any money on technology,» says Gorber.

If you have your budget planned out to the dollar, you will be able to keep track of where your money is going and avoid unnecessary spending.

The investment amount of $ 2.5 million in this example should be based on what the plan shows as necessary to get the business going — money that will be well spent on the business.

It seems like Google made some decisions about priorities and some decisions about how it was going to spend money.

But as the saying goes, you have to spend money to make money, and given that the market is forever demanding increased speeds, by being first Rogers has wisely invested in the future.

Most of the money spent in its first year went directly to political ads or grants to other groups.

In any case, it's going to do something with all its money, though it may not spend every dime.

«So I think we should perhaps spend all the money [which is] going to Mars to learn about Earth.

Many small - businesses have indicated that they are going to spend more in 2014, from putting more money into online advertising to increasing product offerings, hiring additional employees or hitting the road to meet with clients and potential customers face to face.

«We don't spend money on marketing,» says Penot, again the contrarian to mainstream fragrance companies, where the bulk of the budget goes toward splashy campaigns.

They spent too much money before checking with the target audience, which made it necessary to spend precious time going back and redoing aspects of the company's website and software to make them more customer - centric.

You're not going to spend money with someone you don't trust or who is harming you.

«Even though you're not exactly a tourist, you'll probably still spend more money on, say, going out to eat, than you would back home,» for instance.

«People should decide «are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?»

Many small - business owners have indicated they are going to be spending more money this year than last.

It goes something like this: Sure, you might spend money you don't quite have, and have to work your ass off, but in return, the industry — the market — will soon be pursuing you.

«We are going to spend more money in this area,» Claus Hjort Frederiksen told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in Copenhagen, though he declined to disclose a figure.

I don't think that it's money well spent for the taxpayer, and I think our loan programs work well without subsidy, and frankly, I don't think it's going to make dent in things.»

As the saying goes, you have to spend money to make money.

If you're going to spend money on getting potential customers to your site, you'd better figure out how to both keep them there and entice them to engage — note that there are varying levels of engagement, from joining your email list to a full blown transaction.

Spend your energy (and time and money) identifying the root of the problem, and creating a definitive solution, rather than going for reactionary quick fixes that provide only superficial and temporary solutions.

In the process of buying a mattress, you'll likely be pitched all kinds of different accessories to get, and if you don't go in with a clear idea of what you want, it's easy to fall victim to those pitches and spend way more money than you thought you would.