Grocery Saving Tips

I know these days everyone is looking for money saving tips or ideas. So I thought I would share a few Grocery saving tips that anyone could use when they go shopping.

1. Use coupons. Even if it's a 50 cent coupon, your saving 50 cents. Any amount can help.

2. Pick items on the top or bottom shelf. Bigger sizes of items, which tend to offer a lower price per unit, are usually placed on the highest and lowest shelves at the grocery store. Smaller sizes, with a higher price per unit, are often given prime placement at eye level.

3. Buy store brands instead. Store brands are usually close to the market leader in quality yet less costly. In fact, the same manufacturer that makes the branded product often manufactures the house brand.

4. Avoid buying prepared and packaged goods. You’ll pay a premium for convenience. Consumer Reports once found that two pounds of carrots cost $1.29, compared with $7.16 for the same amount of precut sticks.

5. Become a club member. These free programs entitle cardholders to members-only savings on selected products, a benefit that could shave about 18 percent off your total grocery bill. The catch: The stores keep tabs on what customers are buying to study different segments of the shopping population.

6. Join a warehouse club. Bulk retailers such as BJ’s Wholesale Club and Costco can be 20 to 50 percent cheaper than regular grocery stores when it comes to products like condiments, coffee, bottled water, and canned beans and vegetables. (The supermarket has better deals on items like produce, chips, and cookies.) Visit the websites of clubs like BJ’s (bjs.com; $45 annual fee), Costco (costco.com; $50), and Sam’s Club (samsclub.com; $40) to determine which has the best location and product mix for you, then join online.

There you have it, 6 great money saving ideas at the grocery store. You can't tell me you'll save from at least one of these ideas. I know at our home we've saved with coupons, and shopping at Sam's Club for specific items.
If you have any tips of your own feel free to leave them in the comment area. We could always use more tips. :)

While I have you here I thought I would share a few photos.