With the price of groceries going up, what are your thoughts on ways to save money on groceries?
In my opinion, most all of us could save a bundle by eating out less often. What do you think?
Here are a few hints…
1. Plan your menu around the sales items.
2. Use fresh fruits and vegetables in season.
3. Cut and use coupons, but be careful. Name brands can be more expensive than store brands even with a coupon. So buy the name brands on sale with a coupon.
4. Try to make more meals from scratch. For instance, it is more cost-effective to start with fresh potatoes than to buy frozen, processed potatoes. Bake brownies from a mix or scratch as opposed to buying them in the bakery section.
5. Avoid high price snack foods.
6. Usually larger packages are a better buy per ounce (pound), but be careful as that is not always true.
7. Shop at no-frills grocery warehouses.
8. Avoid eating out and when you do treat yourself, try to order from the specials.
9. Never go grocery shopping when you are hungry!!
10. Keep track of your spending habits for awhile and assess the changes you could make.
That's just a few of our "secrets"… We feed a family of four on around $350 per month and actually could probably do even better… Best wishes!
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Coupons , I cut a bunch of them ,also buying only what I need…
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Here are a few hints…
1. Plan your menu around the sales items.
2. Use fresh fruits and vegetables in season.
3. Cut and use coupons, but be careful. Name brands can be more expensive than store brands even with a coupon. So buy the name brands on sale with a coupon.
4. Try to make more meals from scratch. For instance, it is more cost-effective to start with fresh potatoes than to buy frozen, processed potatoes. Bake brownies from a mix or scratch as opposed to buying them in the bakery section.
5. Avoid high price snack foods.
6. Usually larger packages are a better buy per ounce (pound), but be careful as that is not always true.
7. Shop at no-frills grocery warehouses.
8. Avoid eating out and when you do treat yourself, try to order from the specials.
9. Never go grocery shopping when you are hungry!!
10. Keep track of your spending habits for awhile and assess the changes you could make.
That's just a few of our "secrets"… We feed a family of four on around $350 per month and actually could probably do even better… Best wishes!
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Personal experience.
The others have given good tips… only buy what you need, don't shop hungry, etc… and coupons!
There are lots of websites that you can print coupons for free, and then I also find it very worth it to buy coupons on ebay. For around $2 I can buy 10 or 20 of a specific coupon for something I use a lot of. For example, our family eats a LOT of frosted mini wheats. So I can buy 20 coupons for 70 cents off a box. Then when they're on sale, I stock up. A lot of stores double coupons under a dollar, so with each one I save $1.40. I fill my pantry with boxes that I got for only about a dollar each. The $2 I spent buying the coupons on ebay was worth it. But only buy coupons in bulk like that if you know you're going to use them by the expiration date. (Although a lot of stores also take expired coupons).
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Make a list and only buy what is on the list. Cutting out impulse buys will cut your bill in half.
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