Below are some great tips to help you save money when it's time to do your grocery shopping!
Keep a Price Log:
Monitor the costs of
groceries you buy regularly by jotting them down in a notebook. You
can see how often things go on sale and plan accordingly.
Time Things Right:
Most grocery stores sales
cycles being on Wednesday. Avoid the first 2 days of the month, some
stores raise their prices on those days. Consider shopping after 4pm
when you might be able to nab half priced goods Know the best time of
the year to buy things that can be frozen or stored in your pantry.
Turkey prices are slashed after holidays, while cereal manufacturers
often offer deals during back to school.
Rely on a Few Good Apps:
Want coupons for items you
buy regularly? Use Grocery IQ to find them and load them onto your
savings card. Use Grocery Pal to determine weather the store you've
input has the best deals and it lets you know which stores do! Tap on
Berrycart which is a rebate platform dedicated to organic, gluten
free and non-GMO items for more than 100,000 stores!
Know where to Shop for
What:
Supermarkets don't always
have the best deals. Milk is a loss leader at drugstores, so it can
be 20 percent cheaper there than at the grocery store. Similarly you
can find lower prices on fish and meat at warehouse clubs and canned
goods and boxed goods at big box stores. Shop for your cleaning
products and paper goods at dollar stores.
Take Full Advantage of
Your Loyalty Card:
Each time you sign up for
a new card visit the store's website to find out what other benefits
are available. Be sure to fill out the form requesting your snail
mail address, email address or both so you'll be sent coupons.
Hit the Stores Alone:
Sometimes taking your kids
or your husband raises your grocery bill because they are picking out
items that wasn't on your list, so go alone!
Befriend the Butcher:
Ask him which days he
puts out the quick sale items, snap them up and freeze them for
later. When the cheaper roasts go on sale have him grind one into
hamburger meat and you could save up to $2.50 a pound.
Beware the Deli Counter:
You often can do better
shopping elsewhere in the grocery store for deli items. For instance
American cheese might cost up to 30% more at the deli counter than in
the dairy case.
Consider Frozen over
Fresh:
The nutritional value is
similar and when fresh fruits and veggies are out of season, frozen
produce is better for both flavor and price!
Don't Let One Good Deal
Drive You:
Just because one item is
on sale, don't base a whole meal around that item unless you are
watching prices of the other items. You can buy the one item that is
on sale and hold onto it for the next week when something could be on
sale to go with last weeks item!
Thanks All You!
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