Savings At The Grocery Store. It Can Be Done.

Well I'm a poor college student with a mini fridge. So I have to stick to soups and noodles..rice..I shop for me and my fiance and I try to keep it under 50.00 for a months worth of food. Basically, because I have some meals on my card for the cafeteria..and while the food is gross and fattening the school made me get one (all freshmans need one) for 1500 dollars! I can't waste all that money. I need to save more money though so I'm going to try to stretch it to 30.00 a month. A 1.00 a day for food.

I'll leave all the groceries shopping to my wife. She exactly knows where to get cheap grocery shopping and she also can remember the price and compare it to others. She saves a lot for me, we don't always buy the famous branded item and instead we stick to generic brand and that's already more than good enough. We saved hundreds every month as a result. Both of us were impressed.

I am with you. I love to save money at the grocery store. We are always cutting out coupons and using them. YOu would be surprised how much money that saves you. The grocery store we shop at has card you use to save money on their products. We also buy non-name brand items. That does save a lot of money. We also buy in bulk and that saves some money too.

I use alot of coupons. There is a websight that I use to know. It would tell you where things was on sell where you could use the coupons that come out of the Sunday paper. If anyone knows what I am talking about, I would love to know where it is. I hate I cant remember.

I always get coupons and like you I look for the cheaper product but in a way the same thing it pays to now days I went to kroger spent $45.00 and got 8 bags of grocerys and went to save-a-lot and spent $20.00 and had 3 bags of grocerys it all depends on where you shop at.

many of us found shopping list is of no use. i can hardly keep myself from buying things out of the shopping list. so what i normally do is whenever i go ut shopping, i don't use the shopping basket or trolley. i only buy whatever things i can hold with my two hands. i made a mental shopping list (only the most important things to buy) before i go out. that saves a lot!

We've been trying to keep our bill under $120 for the month. We don't eat very much meat, and except for milk and veggies, everything in our grocery store goes on sale eventually.

here in Holland we hardly have coupons! but when we have, i use them! in the grocerystore the wellknown brands are always in sight, the nonbrands always below, so you have to watch down to find the cheap prizes! and sometimes they offer big packages for "lower"prizes but if you do a count for one piece, the smaller package is cheaper! and ofcourse always make a list with the things you need, and don't buy more!

that is true, i make sure i stand there and watch when the ring my stuff up, and then i double check the recipt too. i am a coupon junkie. i love coupons and i only buy what is on sale. i am shopping for a house of six, so i spend about 300-400 per month on shopping, ouch that is alot

Ho Terilee. I am like you on a very limited budget, and when I grocery shop, I buy mostly from the out side walls. in other words fresh stuff I cook from scratch where possible, but there are instances where it is far more practical to buy mixes like you did with the cake mix, I do not use white flour and baking powder enough to keep in my cupboard, I patronize the bulk department a lot. I buy soup base and make my own soup. Like yesterday I mad 100 won ton and froze them now any time I am in the mood for soup I just grab 6 and use beef or chicken soup base and sesame oil and I have the best won ton soup. I also make my own chili from scratch, I have a slow cooker and I just fill it with ground beef, dried beans tomatoes and spices let cook 12-18 hours and have a great supper, as well as a bag or 2 for the freezer. Right now my freezer is half full of stuff I have prepared in bulk and the half is bulk meat and bread , all nicely portioned, So I have real good meals(too good) all the time .It can be done you just have to be willing to work at it, and buy, bulk, make things from scratch. Oh yes the chili I was talking about, I do not just eat it as chili, I have chili salads, burritos, etc.

We usually spend round about $60 a week dor the two of us and three kids. I've found that store brand names taste exactly the same as the big brand names and they cost half the price. We do keep an eye on the register too, because the store we shop at has a nasty habit of not making sure the prices are correctly labeled, and so our Bill has been bigger than we expected before now.

To me I save money by getting things on sale. Or I use a saving card. And I get the one with the most product and the cheapest. I also use coupons. Congratulation terilee79720 for reaching your goal.

Well, i'm kinda fussy about some foods but usually i go to the butcher for our meats coz they're always fresher & cheaper than the supermarket. I have a tendancy to buy a lot of instant noodles, my partner likes them for work & i like them for lunch too! I buy my breads from the bakery coz they're usually around $1 cheaper per loaf & i know they're fresh made daily coz i used to work there :) My pet food i make myself - i get cheap veggies & cheap pasta for them & get meat scraps from the butcher - i cook it all & it can be frozen - it's much cheaper than buying dry food & tins all the time! As for my daughter - she eats mostly what we do - which is a huge relief!

What my family does is plan menu's for the week and then buy groceries based on what we need instead of going to the store with no idea in mind and then buying whatever we want off the shelves. We also tend to use items in season, as we all know that'll cut costs a bit. I'm from the Philippines and imported goods cost quite a bit more, so we try to purchase local goods instead.