Edit your shopping cart
Somewhere there must be a written rule that states once you put something in your shopping cart you can’t remove it. I have to admit it, I’m guilty of acting like anything I throw into my cart is super glued there until I get to the checkout aisle.
Studies indicate that nearly 40% to 50% of our grocery purchase are impulse buys, – items we had never even intended on buying once we entered the store. One way to cut impulse purchases is by getting in the habit of reviewing your shopping cart before checking out.
Find a quiet corner in the grocery store and calmly examine what you placed in your cart. Do you really need that box of cookies or that extra bag of chips? Can you buy that aspirin cheaper at the drug store?
Shop just once a week
This is perhaps one of the most effective ways to reduce your grocery bill. Again it deals with those impulse purchases that comprise 40% to 50% of all our purchases. The fewer times you visit the grocery store, the fewer impulse purchases you’ll make.
Remember, the key to once-a-week shopping is to make a comprehensive grocery list so you only have to visit the store once. You can also extend the time between grocery visits by using up everything in your kitchen, including the leftovers.
Keep a snack in your glove compartment
Anyone will tell you never go grocery shopping hungry. With the delicious smells and attractive packaging of thousands of tempting items in any typical grocery store, you’re bound to make impulse purchases.
One trick to make sure you never shop hungry is to store a snack in your glove compartment. Chips, energy bars, or gum all work well. I get my glove compartment snacks on the cheap from the dollar store.
Use meat as an accent
Its amazing that as Americans we have the unique culinary habit of making meat the unrivaled focus of our meals. We take pride in eating extra large Angus burgers or 12 inch rib-eye steaks. Yet our expanding waistlines and high rates of coronary heart disease are testaments to our love for meat.
Consider for a second that Mediterranean, Italian, Greek, and Middle Eastern cuisines all use meat as an accent to help enhance other grain and plant-based components of the meal.
By following their lead and using meat to add flavor and texture to a meal, instead of making meat the whole meal itself, we can save money and guarantee better health.
If you don’t know where to start, take a look at a Mediterranean or a Middle Eastern cookbook. They are chocked full of recipes that require less meat.
Try a “meatless monday”
Simply chose one day of the week to cook without any meat. A growing movement called Meatless Mondays is geared toward educating people on the high financial and environmental costs of consuming large amounts of meat.
A survey performed at the website Meatless Mondays found that families save $80-$100 a month just by skipping meat on Mondays. That’s cash in your pocket.
BMWK, how do you save money at the grocery store? Please share with us additional tips on saving at the super market? Do you use coupons?
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