How do you save money on groceries and eat well in today's economy?!
can anyone give me some budgeting tips for grocery shopping!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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The biggie at our house is that I cook far more from scratch and use less convenience foods!. I also minimize how much junk food makes it into the house!.
The cost of a good meal shrinks way, way down if you take the time to make most of it from raw ingredients which are in season and/or inexpensive where you live!.
Sure, I still use many prepared foods, but I pick and choose which ones are worth the bother and which are not!. Homemade cookies, for instance, cost about a third of what store-bought run you, and taste way better, too!. Same with ice cream, even if you buy a bag of ice!. Shredding your own cabbage for cole slaw, or tearing up lettuces for salad, only takes a couple of minutes, and costs half what the bagged stuff costs!. Soup so meaty it's a meal is amazingly cheap!.
If you have storage space, buying foods and paper goods you know you'll use in bulk quantity is smart!. Me, I plan to use toilet paper, Kleenex, and paper towels and napkins for many years to come!
Coupons still make great sense, especially if your store doubles or triples some of them!. I have a fat handful of envelopes into which I sort coupons by their products' rows in the grocery store!. I probably save $500 - $700 a year using them, especially health and beauty ones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The cost of a good meal shrinks way, way down if you take the time to make most of it from raw ingredients which are in season and/or inexpensive where you live!.
Sure, I still use many prepared foods, but I pick and choose which ones are worth the bother and which are not!. Homemade cookies, for instance, cost about a third of what store-bought run you, and taste way better, too!. Same with ice cream, even if you buy a bag of ice!. Shredding your own cabbage for cole slaw, or tearing up lettuces for salad, only takes a couple of minutes, and costs half what the bagged stuff costs!. Soup so meaty it's a meal is amazingly cheap!.
If you have storage space, buying foods and paper goods you know you'll use in bulk quantity is smart!. Me, I plan to use toilet paper, Kleenex, and paper towels and napkins for many years to come!
Coupons still make great sense, especially if your store doubles or triples some of them!. I have a fat handful of envelopes into which I sort coupons by their products' rows in the grocery store!. I probably save $500 - $700 a year using them, especially health and beauty ones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Buy sale items
Use coupons
Make your own sauces, cakes and cookies!.
If you can afford it, buy catering sizes for non-perishables
Double cooking quantities and freeze half for another meal!.
Forget takeaways!.
Sprint past the snacks aisle!.
"Friend-shop", you do your friends shopping and your friend does yours!. (those extras will not find their way into your basket, and you stick to the list)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Use coupons
Make your own sauces, cakes and cookies!.
If you can afford it, buy catering sizes for non-perishables
Double cooking quantities and freeze half for another meal!.
Forget takeaways!.
Sprint past the snacks aisle!.
"Friend-shop", you do your friends shopping and your friend does yours!. (those extras will not find their way into your basket, and you stick to the list)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
its hard i was wondering this also!.I would buy from the local farm stands!.Most cooks always reccomend this anyways!!
ive also decided we throw out too many things so today i went and stocked on canned goods on sale!.veggies,tuna,soups,tomatoes!.(we live in hurricane area suppose to have these things sticked anyway)
not purchasing so many things when i run out for one thing!.
i tend to grab other things also!.
My hubbys asst just goes daily and get what they need for that day!
but i hate running in there everyday!.I plan like weeks worth of meals at time and have stuff on hand so i dont have to run out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
ive also decided we throw out too many things so today i went and stocked on canned goods on sale!.veggies,tuna,soups,tomatoes!.(we live in hurricane area suppose to have these things sticked anyway)
not purchasing so many things when i run out for one thing!.
i tend to grab other things also!.
My hubbys asst just goes daily and get what they need for that day!
but i hate running in there everyday!.I plan like weeks worth of meals at time and have stuff on hand so i dont have to run out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I go through the Sunday ads in the paper and the coupons!. I look for the stores that have double coupons and try to limit my shopping to those places!.also many places will honor other stores ads so try to keep those with you when you shop!.,Www@FoodAQ@Com
also LOAD UP WHEN THEY RUN A GOOD SALE --IN FACT IF YOU CAN GET FAR ENOUGH AHEAD ONLY BUY WHAT IS ON SALE AND LIVE OUT OF YOUR PANTRY AND FREEZER ON THE OTHER ITEMS !.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I print lots of coupons online!. also, I buy some of my groceries at a local gas station!. Here are some sites for printable coupons:
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i just buy everything all once and pay 300 dollars for groceries!. i can with out food for a week for me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
check out this site!.!. it is a little over board but has some great tipsWww@FoodAQ@Com