A List of Places to Buy Groceries

Your regular chain supermarket may not be the best place to buy your groceries. Often, there are other stores that will yield better quality for a lower price overall or on particular items. Being able to shop around can be a good thing, and you might want to shop for your groceries at more than one store. Visiting different stores and noting the selection and the prices can help you develop a plan for your grocery shopping. Then you know that you’ll always get the best prices on your groceries, even if you don’t happen to have coupons. There are … Continue reading →

Stretch It Out for Grocery Savings

You can stretch your grocery bill when you stretch your food. I do it all of the time, and it helps me keep our grocery bill less than $100 a week for a family of five. Now that is great grocery savings. So many meal items can be stretched without compromising health or flavor. For example, I frequently stretch out ground meat with bread crumbs, oatmeal, TVP or even wheat germ (if I get it on sale). Meat is expensive, so it is one good area to stretch. This works for pretty much anything that uses ground beef, hamburger, chicken, … Continue reading →

Does Shopping the Perimeter Save Money at the Grocery Store?

Perimeter shopping is a great way to save on your groceries. In fact, at least two thirds of your purchases should be made there. Why? Because perimeter shopping usually means healthy food at great prices. When you enter the grocery store, how do you shop? Do you follow your lists, zig zagging through the aisles? Do you start at one end and go back and forth through each aisle? The next time you shop for groceries, start at one end and go all around the perimeter, that is all around the outside of the store, close to the outer walls. … Continue reading →

Track Your Grocery Spending

Do you know how much your are spending on groceries each week or each month? Spend some time tracking exactly what you spend on food for your family. You may be surprised by the amount. I’m a big advocate for having a budget that includes, of course, a set amount spent on groceries. Even if you haven’t made the step to establish a whole household budget, you can still benefit greatly from tracking your spending in certain areas. Tracking grocery spending is a good place to start, since for most of us, it is one of the larger household expenses. … Continue reading →

You Got a Food Deal Where? Unexpected Places to Save Money on Groceries

I’m a pretty boring person when it comes to grocery shopping these days. I usually only shop at one grocery store per week, although it isn’t always the same one. Some weeks I don’t go to the grocery store at all, choosing instead to stock up on grocery deals in unusual places. Knowing where to go to get certain items can help you decrease your food budget. Check out the following unexpected places to save money on groceries. Dollar Stores If you haven’t been to a dollar store lately, you may be in for a surprise. Many dollar stores now … Continue reading →

Keeping the Grocery Bill Low

How do you keep your grocery bill down to the same amount that it was two years ago despite the fact that food has gone up? It isn’t easy, but I am determined. Since our income hasn’t gone up, neither can our spending. We’ve already cut corners in other areas, such as with entertainment and activities. Now it is time to wrestle that grocery bill back down to the ground. Keeping Track I’m now back to keeping a running total of our grocery expenses week to week. Having this running total gives us a number to challenge. Can we spend … Continue reading →

Grocery Stock Up Sales

Need to replenish your stockpile? Now is the time. Many stores are offering grocery stock up sales and promotions on pantry foods. Grab your grocery store flyers, make your list and get shopping. Step 1: Clean Out Your Pantry Before you head out to one of the many grocery stock up sales out there, first take the time to see what you already have. You can discard anything that is expired or hasn’t been used in a year. Donate anything that is still good and toss the rest. I like to take everything out and dust the shelves, too, but … Continue reading →

Buying Reduced Produce to Save Money

The next time you go grocery shopping, check out the reduced priced produce at your local store. It will be worth the hunt when you bring home the savings. With food prices growing higher each week, it is important to know what you can do to provide food for your family without going broke. Reduce priced produce isn’t always available, but when it is, you can really save some money. Deals on fruit or vegetables that are less than perfect can cut your grocery bill on these items by half or more. For example, bruised organic apples might sell for … Continue reading →

When Buying Generic Doesn’t Pay

Are there times when it doesn’t pay to buy generic products? Of course there are. Use this handy guide to help you make the best savings decisions about when to buy generic groceries and when to stick with the name brands. When you can combine deals If you can combine two or more deals, you are usually better off buying name brand products. Use a manufacturer’s coupons plus a store coupon, or combine a manufacture’s coupon with a sale. You can also use a coupon, store coupon or manufacturer’s coupon with clearance items. Often when you combine two or three … Continue reading →

Where to Get Free Product Coupons

Getting free coupons or coupons for free items can really reduce your grocery bill. People who practice extreme couponing know where to get and how to use these coupons that get them free groceries. A free item coupon is one that you can redeem at the grocery store for the full cost of the purchase. There are many different ways to get free item coupons. Just make sure that you get them in legitimate ways. There are many counterfeit coupons out there. Sunday Coupon Inserts You can sometimes find free product coupons in the Sunday inserts. They don’t come around … Continue reading →