Grocery Savings Strategies without Coupons

mocha | Jul 27, 2010 |

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Planning to shop for groceries can pay a six figure hourly income. Each shopping trip that is planned can pay off in savings of $60 and up per hour. You currently may be a consumer that snickers at clipping coupons, and wonder it is truly worth it. It is, but it is not the only way to save. Learning to spot local bargains is the first step in grocery savings. Here are some things to check before stepping foot into any type of store to purchase groceries.

Current Sales

Looking over the current sales first can help to identify where to shop. Being flexible with where shopping occurs can help save five to ten to fifty percent off the total weekly bill. Look online for local grocery stores and locate the local sales flyers. It may require shopping at more than one store to obtain the best sale prices.

Shopping List

Create a shopping list that is based on the sales flyer. Look inside the cabinets, deep freezer, and other food storage areas throughout the home to ensure that duplicate items are not purchased. The list should include the ingredients for actual meals. Purchasing chicken because it is on sale for $.59 a pound is great, however the family may tire of eating it baked each day. If this is what is in the budget for meat, having a planned menu with specific recipes will break up monotony. An example is chicken tortilla soup, fried chicken, and chicken salad, baked chicken, chicken tacos, grilled chicken sandwiches, and chicken pot pie. A proper list will include enough food to fill a menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and planned entertaining done at home.

Buy One Get One Free BOGO

Consider spending a specific amount each week on buy one get one free items. For example Publix may have a specific type of meat, fresh vegetable, and bottled juices on special. Many people avoid fresh produce because they feel it is too expensive. When you start looking for produce sales you will learn the sales pattern.

If the budget is extremely tight buy one item. The item will ring up half price. If there is room in the budget take advantage of the bogo sale. If the bogo item was a main dish, it will dramatically cut down the cost of eating a main dinner meal. Ten to twenty dollars spent each week on bogo items can help build up additional desirable items in the freezer or pantry.

Checking for a good local sale, creating a list, and taking advantage of buy one get one free deals is a great way to dramatically reduce a weekly grocery bill. Doing these three things will save you a considerable amount of money off the weekly grocery bill. Once you have mastered the skill of understandig the store sales, it is easy to save more money each week by combining store sales with manufacture coupons and store coupons for deeper discounts.