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Beware of the Grocery Store Sales Aisle

grocery shelf Most grocery stores these days feature a sales aisle where you can conveniently shop all of the sales at once. While this seems like it could be so convenient, you just run in and pick up the sales and then go before you are tempted to buy anything else, it can actually sabotage your grocery budget and make you spend more. Her are my reasons to avoid the sales aisle at all costs.

Oh the Temptation

Hey did you notice that crackers were on sale? You just can’t pass that one up, even though crackers weren’t on your list. The sales aisle can pose as a huge temptation to purchase more than you want or need. There is a reason that this aisle is usually placed in the front of the store. With an empty cart, you are more likely to grab some items to fill that cart up.

There Is No Comparison

The sales aisle has some great bargains, right? Look, there is a jar of pasta sauce for only $1.09! Whoo hoo. But wait. You didn’t realize that another brand of pasta sauce normally sells for only 99 cents, and the store brand sells for 89 cents. Having all of the sale items in one row prevents you from comparing the different brands.

One Size Fits All

While that grocery store sales aisle may be filled to the maximum, you still don’t get to see all of the sales that might be available, especially on store brands or on different sizes of the product. So while the sales aisle may be featuring the two pound jar or mayo, all sizes of that mayo may be on sale, meaning that you can happily purchase the one pound jar and avoid the waste while still getting the sale.

What are your favorite grocery savings tips?

Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, creating a home in the Home Blog, caring for little ones in the Baby Blog and now relationships in the Marriage Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here or subscribe to the blog using the subscription box on the right.

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About Mary Ann Romans

Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, online content manager, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania in the middle of the woods but close enough to Target and Home Depot. The author of many magazine, newspaper and online articles, Mary Ann enjoys writing about almost any subject. "Writing gives me the opportunity to both learn interesting information, and to interact with wonderful people." Mary Ann has written more than 5,000 blogs for Families.com since she started back in December 2006. Contact her at maromans AT verizon.net or visit her personal blog http://homeinawoods.wordpress.com