Thursday, July 28, 2011

Saving Money on Groceries

You can save hundreds of dollars a year by shopping at grocery stores to lower prices. Higher-end grocery stores may have a better, brighter, wider trade area, but you're paying for it in the form of higher prices. Some supermarket chains offer a "preferred" customer card, presumably to give the best price for the "non-preferred cardholding no" to customers. It would probably be wise to go shopping in these stores, without this type of cards (although they may need when traveling, etc.) but would be more appropriate to look elsewhere. Sometimes that "preferred" customer price is higher than the normal price at the store down the street. Resist the temptation to buy at the convenience store on his way home to pay for that convenience in the form of a price often much higher.

Shopping with a list! This little planning can also save you hundreds of dollars a year. How many times have you gone to the store just for milk (you forgot to buy earlier this week when we were there) and come home with $ 30 or more the value of purchase? Grocery stores are deliberately designed to keep the store as long as possible, for example, on their way to the back of the store to buy milk (although this is on purpose), is passed through hundreds of products and displays colors, not to mention delicious tempting aromas in their direction. And oh, what luck! There is a display of cookies next to the milk. Even the music on the loudspeaker has been specifically chosen based on market analysis supports the age of store buyers at what time of day (and therefore what kind of music they like). Make a list and stick to it!

As with everything else, shop around. You can save hundreds of dollars a year by comparing prices per ounce or other unit prices on shelf labels. Stock up on products with low unit cost. Store brands are often as good or better than national brands, sometimes almost half the cost! Some tests will probably be pleasantly surprised.

Water

When eating out, do not buy a drink. Ask for water instead. You may not notice the difference (if the food is pretty good) and go to drink a healthy alternative to soda or alcohol.

Keep a bottle of water near you at all times. When you start to feel hungry or thirsty, drink some water instead of heading to the vending machine or stash of candy in his desk. Many times we feel hungry when we are thirsty place. Satisfy your thirst first! You will save money and improve your health.

If you prefer to drink bottled water, look to buy a water purifier or purification system. In the long run can be much cheaper than buying bottled water. Also, a good filtration system can improve your health, taking into account all the microbes and chemicals in the water from the tap!

Saving money on food and water does not require that you go on a starvation diet. It only takes a little initial planning. You know the saying: If you fail to plan, plan to fail. Make a habit of planning and saving to see the zipper up. 


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