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Grocery Shopping Made Smart

The Maids • May 30, 2014

When it comes to food in the household, it can be a costly expense. A lot of the expense is derived from your shopping methods and preferences. Impulse buying is always a challenge too. It can be hard to resist a really good buy. But will you use that good deal? Maybe you will and maybe you won’t. By preparing your shopping list, you can get exactly what you need and if you save enough money, you can use it to hire a housekeeping service to get more free time or spend it on a family fun day. Either way, it pays off.

Planning Your Meals

The first and most important step to saving money on grocery shopping involves meal preparation. Make a list of meals and then break it down into what you would need to make them. Once you have the list, you can shop knowing exactly what you need to get and the savings will be enjoyable. Without making a list for scheduled meals, you would go shopping blindly and end up with a huge expense. In fact, you would end up having many food items that sit around and expire because you didn’t prepare for its use.

Coupon Shopping

Coupons can add up, just like the spending of money. However, instead of deductions from your bank account, it becomes deductions from the total expense. Coupons are widely available from sources like newspapers, Sunday papers, coupon books, coupon mailers, manufacturer websites, retailers, and much more. Some stores offer double coupon discounts up to a certain price.

Competitive Shopping

Comparing prices from one retailer to the next can save money. In doing this, you will find the best deals and know where to get them. Just be sure that the savings don’t end up going to gas or it will not be worth it.

Many retailers accept competitor prices or sales. This is an opportunity to get area-wide sales at one retailer. However, you need to bring the ads or competitor prices with you because many stores require it to give you the discounted price.

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