- Bring cash--Leave your checkbook, debit, and credit cards home, so you don't overspend. Bring $10 extra to stock up on extra-special deals.
- Shop quickly--Every minute over a half-hour spent in the store costs you 50 cents per minute.
- Investigate all food sources--Include grocery stores, warehouse clubs, salvage stores, food co-ops, farmer's markets, department stores, even your gas station. never assume one source has the lowest price on every item.
- Know where to look--Look high and low on the shelves for the best prices. check behind fronted shelf items for larger bonus sizes, and shop the perimeter of the store for basic, most-needed grocery items.
- And stock up--Buy pasta, canned foods and boxed goods on sale. They are items used regularly that have a long shelf life. Als0, look on the front and back covers of the sale fliers for sales that the store takes a loss on, literally and build your grocery list and menus around these items for the greatest savings potential.
What are some of your best grocery shopping, money saving tips?
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Hi there!
ReplyDeleteThe tip that helped us most has been to carry a hand basket instead of using a large cart- that way you don't feel so comfortable browsing if you have an awkward basket to hold!
And always have a list, obvious as it might seem.
We've spent a lot of time thinking about this :) trying to improve our lives. It seems to have worked.
My writing was initially focused on money and frugality but it seems to have evolved into Simple Living and being happy without spending/needing less material things. It's all connected, I think.
Here's mine:
ReplyDeleteAvoid the super stores. They make us buy things on impulse that we do not need. Go instead to a grocery-only establishment.