Even if your lifestyle hasn't changed much with the economic downturn, you may find yourself looking for bargains more often than before and even resorting to cutting coupons in order to save money. Many people are finding ways to cut their grocery bills. A few ways to save money without changing your eating patterns too much are mentioned below.Shopping at warehouse stores often gives you lower prices by buying in quantity. Those items you buy often or need in large quantities will cost less per serving this way. But, do your price comparisons ahead of time since you may not save money on everything.
- Costco
- Sam's Club
Shopping at retailers for food has become more common practice as these retailers have added food to their assortment and even supply their store brands at a lower cost than many brand name food products. Since you are often shopping there for other things, it is easy to pick up milk, yogurt, bread, cereal along with your diapers, shower gel, greeting cards etc.
- Target (my favorite)
- Walmart
Shopping at drug stores for food items sometimes works. Oftentimes, drug stores have certain products on sale to draw in customers, such as milk or ice-cream or even canned goods and tea. I don't necessarily recommend going there to satisfy most of your grocery needs, but you can save money on items you buy at the supermarket if you are there anyway.
- Rite Aid
- Walgreens
- Longs
- CVS
Shopping at the farmer's market is a great way to save money, eat green and often organic and save the environment by supporting local growers vs. transporting fruits and veggies across country. There are many farmer's markets in the area. To find the one closest to you, click here and enter your city or zip code.
Shopping with online coupons is all the rage these days. There are several sites that allow you to download coupons and print them out based on the products you frequently buy. Some provide you with the specials in the supermarkets that you frequent as well. This way, the coupons and specials "come to you" vs. having to sort through the Sunday paper and "go to them". Some sites to check out:
- http://www.mygrocerydeals.com/
- www.onlinecoupons.com/
- www.anycoupons.com/Food_&_Grocery.html
- www.couponsurfer.com/
- http://www.coupons.smartsource.com/
- http://www.couponcorner.net/
-http://www.couponmom.com/
1 comment:
I went back to using coupons all the time since the economy has gone bad. I check ads and then match sales with the coupons. One of my favorite blogs or websites are the ones that do the matching for me! Saving money is part of my life now.
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