- Buy in bulk (as long as you will finish it before it goes bad),
- Buy generic or store brand of products (10 – 30% savings)
- Use the sales flyers to plan your shopping trip,
- Stick to a budget,
- Prepare your meals instead of buying ready made packaged / frozen meals.. You end up reducing the cost of your meals by 30 % or more.
- Use coupons if your have them. They add up to a sizable savings over time.
- Keep in mind that most groceries stores have sales on regular items like meat and fish on a 2 – 5 week cycle. This means that as long as your have a deep freezer, you can buy enough on sale to last you for at least 3 weeks, and then buy again when the next sales cycle comes up. This way, you always end up paying less than regular price (savings of 20% to 50%)
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Every item has a price listed under it on the shelf – if you look at the small print under the bolded price, you will see the ‘unit price’ – this price will allow you to compare brands and sizes, as they are all priced against the same measurement ( for example, per 100ml) The cheapest unit price, the cheapest product!
Right on-this helped me sort thgins right out.
I have to state amazing just what a motivating article. This really is great. Keep doing what you are doing!!
Thanks.. Positive comments like yours validate the joy of keeping this blog growing.
I wish you all the best in your financial journey.
Emo
Thank you. Greatly appreciated.
Emo
A minute saved is a minute earned, and this saved hours!
Hey Emo…great blog buddy. On groceries we have
Found significant discounts by buying all our meat from a local meat market, and all produce from a local vegetable/fruit stand
Thanks for the tip Nikki. I should try that too.
Emo
Back in school, I’m doing so much lerannig.
Thanks for writing such an easy-to-udnerstand article on this topic.
Great ideas. Also see if you can shop at a grocery store that has coupons to get a percentage of your next gas purchase. With the price of gas every cent counts!