10 Ways to Save at the Supermarket (Women's Health.com)

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10 Ways to Save at the Supermarket (Women's Health.com)

Submitted by: anonymous 06/01/2009 9:37 AM

Carolyn Kylstra outlines her 10 Ways to Save at the Supermarket:

* 1. Splurge on nutrition
* 2. Eat before you shop
* 3. Check yourself out
* 4. Learn the lingo
* 5. Fewer ingredients means healthier food
* 6. Work the edges
* 7. Brew your own coffee
* 8. Avoid quickies
* 9. Bulk up
* 10. Stop the retail therapy

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Number #2 - Eat before you shop is especially relevant. There is a reason that grocery stores pipe in fresh bakery smells or have in store cafe's. They want to sell you more.

The more hungry you are the more vulnerable you are to the store's edible temptations.

The problem is that many people stop by a grocery store and don't realize that they're hungry until they are about to enter the store.

Keep small snacks in your glove compartment. Gum, candy bars, chips, or energy bars can be picked up at the local dollar store.

With something to eat in your glove compartment you'll never enter a grocery store hungry again.

Posted by Charlie-paylessforfood.com on June 01, 2009 5:15 PM

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I have to disagree on #9. If you use coupons, then using a coupon on a smaller size usually makes the unit price lower than buying a larger size. I usually get the smallest size deoderants (not sample size) for free after coupons. The larger size would still cost a dollar or more after coupon. It's cheaper to get three small ones for free rather than a bigger size for a buck. This concept is true for many items.

Posted by anonymous on June 18, 2009 12:00 PM

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#2 and #8 cut my grocery spending in half. In addition to just making a grocery list, I try to first come up with a menu for the next two weeks and then make the grocery list based on the ingredients I will need. Also, use the store flyer and pair the coupons with the items on sale. Lastly, set a grocery shopping schedule--mine is every two weeks. If I forgot to put on the list/buy an ingredient for one of the meals, I will either have to substitute or find another recipe for which I already have the ingredients in my fridge/pantry. The coupons and shopping every other week saves us close to 80% on our grocery bill.

Posted by anonymous on June 18, 2009 9:45 PM

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One great way to save on groceries is by cutting down on waste. When fruit or veggies are not as fresh as they could be don't throw them out. Use the internet to find a new recipe using that item as an ingredient. In your favorite search engine just type in the item, for example zucchini and whatever else you have available. You'll find hundreds of new recipes.

Posted by anonymous on June 25, 2009 1:42 PM

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#6 is problematic also. The outer edges have fresh produce, meats, and dairy products, but the inner aisles have all the other things you need to cook from scratch--dry beans, rice, pasta, flour, sugar, salt, spices, and so forth. In some stores the freezer section (where you get your frozen veggies and juice concentrate) is also on an inner aisle. And in some cases you will pay less when you buy an equivalent product from the inner section rather than the fresh version from the outer edge (e.g., powdered milk or canned peaches).

Posted by haverwench on June 25, 2009 11:31 PM

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