Grocery shopping can be expensive as it is. Add in hungry kids, teenagers with hollow legs, and husbands with sticky fingers, you can pretty much kiss your budget goodbye…If you want to get out of this cycle, and start really saving money on your groceries and get things that are healthy (not just cookies and chips and salsa) lol.
5 Simple Ways to Spend Less at the Grocery Store (without coupons):
- Plan a time when you can go alone or with your spouse
- Make a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly Menu planner
- Make a shopping list (MUST HAVE)
- Eat before you go shopping
- Take cash
What tips do you have for spending less at the grocery store without using coupons and sales?
Other great Extreme Couponing Tips:
- When enough is enough
- Am I cheap? or am I frugal?
- Extreme Couponing Tip: Use a slow cooker to cut down on cooking and shopping time
- Extreme Couponing Tip: What to buy at a Drugstore
- What days do the stores sales run in Utah?
- Extreme Couponing Tip: Why you should sign up for store Weekly Ad emails
- Using Self Checkout when using coupons
- How to start couponing – Gathering and Organizing Coupons (Week 1)
- Figuring out how many coupons you need and the three types of shoppers (Week 2)
- Figuring out how much you need to stockpile & why (Week 3)
- Cashier Profiling
- Multiple Transactions
- How to save money on groceries when the sales aren’t good
- Shopping the Sales
- How to change the zip code on coupons.com
- How to Save money on ink when you print coupons
- How to Double Coupons at Stores
- Using a Price Point List to compare prices
- Do you “shop” or do you “buy” when Grocery Shopping?
- How many coupon inserts do you need?
- How much do you need to stockpile?
- How to get coupons on your mobile phone
- 10 Grocery Items you should NEVER pay full price for
- 7 important things to know about reading coupons
- What to do when your rewards (catalinas) don’t print
- Easy ways to cut your monthly out of pocket costs on bills and groceries
- How to save money when hosting a party, potluck, or barbeque
- Buying Multiple Newspapers
- Shopping at one store or multiple stores
- Calculating the best price to get the best deal
- 5 Simple Ways to Save Money on Clothes
- Keeping Track of your Printable Coupons
- Stacking Coupons
Not taking my husband is my best way to save money. When he comes it seems donuts and “snacks” miraculously jump into the cart. 🙂
I really want to learn how to coupon. Do conduct any classes?