Many of us are living a frugal life and find it difficult to control our grocery bills. Since grocery includes all the items of daily life that we can not live without therefore we can not skip these items. However there are some great ways that can help you to reduce your grocery bills. You would find this article very helpful as it has all the tips and important suggestions to make your grocery bill go down to 70%.
1. Collect and clip the coupons: couponing has become very popular way to reduce your grocery bill. Many people are good at couponing and this way they save a lot of money. This is the single best way to save at your grocery. Finding the coupons in Sunday newspapers and on the internet and then clipping them to save money on your groceries is very interesting, especially for someone who has a lot of time to do it at home. You have to look for the markets around your area that accept coupons. The policies for every store may different from one to another.
2. Take stock: Always avoid duplicate purchasing, do the inventory, start with the fridge items, then kitchen cabinets and pantry. At the end look for the items needed for bathroom and laundry. Categorize the items in different types, just like they do it at the stores. You should always have the store’s flyer handy when you write your grocery list. This will allow you to note the best deals of that week and jot down the size and price of the item to avoid picking up the incorrect variation.
3. Choose your favorite store: you should look for a store in your area that has a good coupon policy and double ups the coupons and also gives discounts. Also find out how much their loyalty card deducts. Once you find your favorite store, just keep visiting it every time you need to buy grocery.
TIPS TO SAVE MONEY AT GROCERY: Now that you have your coupons, loyalty card, grocery list with you must be very excited to do the shopping. It happens most of the time that you came to store to buy just a few items, but you bill adds up to $ 25. How does that happen? Well there are many techniques used by the vendors to make sure that the customer buys more than what he had come for. So there are quite high chances that you buy many unnecessary things just as you pass the most tempting items. So you have to stick to the parameter of the store and avoid the centre aisles. Train your eyes to look for the items with special offers. Look for the things like 25 percent more product for the same price, buy one get one free and a sample size attached to the regular size. If you do shopping this way you would defiantly save a lot of money on your grocery.
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Coupons are highly over-rated. My cheapest store for groceries doesn’t even accept coupons, but the overall savings are worth it. Store brands are generally less expensive and don’t normally offer coupons.
One of the best ways to save on groceries is focusing on substitutions where you can. For example buying window cleaner and paper towels can be expensive items. Instead a reusable cotton towel can be greener and cheaper. It can save you a dollar in paper towels each time a child spills their drink. Making your own window cleaning solution with a little ammonia and a touch of dish soap can save $100 a year, instead of buying the 2 dollar bottle of glass cleaner each week.
I’ve found if I buy cheap cereal, the kids won’t eat it, and mom dishes out more expensive breakfast options, like bagels. Buying the name brand cereal may be slightly more expensive, but it drops the overall grocery bill. There are a lot more meals in a box of cereal, than a bag of bagels. Other things like the no-name orange juice becomes an acquired taste after a few weeks. My children would sit and drink a ridiculous amount of whole milk, and switching to skim milk not only reduced the grocery bill, but improved their health. Now instead of grabbing a glass of milk in the summer they grab a glass of water.
Also depending on where you live, tap water is a free drink. Keep an old plastic milk container full of water in the fridge. Water tastes great when it’s cold, and keeps them away from the milk, juice, and soda (if you buy it)
I really appreciate your comment. However many people have saved tons of money by using coupons. The coupons are used for named brand products, therefore you can still get the good stuff (quality) for a lower price. However I must admit, couponing can be very time consuming.
Those of you that are living the frugal life, do you find that it is not worth the time investment for getting coupons.