How Do You Save Money Buying Groceries?
With gas and food prices going up, everyone is pinching pennies. Now is a great time to learn how to get the most out of your shopping trips to the grocery store. To save the most money and get the most out of your shopping experience, you need to make a list in a columned format of the items you buy frequently at the grocery store. Make sure that you leave room next to each item to write down prices. Visit three to four different grocery stores that carry the items you purchase most often (ie. bread, soda, milk, cereal, toilet paper, etc.). Find out what each store’ s policy is on taking coupons, doubling coupons, and using more than one (different) coupon at a time. Make a note of what you find out on your list. As you visit each store write down the prices of the items on your pre-made list. You are going to notice a pattern. One or maybe two grocery stores are going to be cheaper on most of the items you purchase. But you also have to factor in the coupons. So, if they have cheaper
