Quick Grocery Tips To Get More At The Store

With the economy still struggling and your savings account getting slimmer by the week

, it's time to examine your alternatives to cutting costs. Look around you. You've been annoyed by the price of gas for years. You'll drive around to save a few cents a gallon. After filling up your car, you saved what? A dollar by driving a couple blocks to the station where it's a few pennies less? If you put a little of that determination into your grocery bill, you could save hundred times that a month.

Let's examine some of the simple ways to cut the costs of your monthly grocery bill.

1. The most obvious place to start is with the Sunday newspaper. While it's not the Holy Grail of grocery coupons, just whipping out the scissors and cutting out a few of those coupons will easily save you more than a few pennies a gallon you get at the gas station. Look for store coupons that you can combine with the manufacturer's coupons to double your savings. Just 5-10 minutes here could save you $10-$20 dollars.

2. Next, search the internet for deals. If there is a grocery product you want to buy but don't have a coupon for, hop on to a search engine and search for it. Often, manufacturers will have printable coupons available. Better yet, if you don't care about a specific brand, search the generic product name. You may find competing companies getting aggressive with a promotion.

3. There are also other sources of stacks of printable grocery store coupons than the newspaper. Again get on the search engines and look for "printable grocery coupons" or some similar search. After a brief search, you should be able to find a few free sources where you can print coupons in bulk. Once more, just a few minutes of time and effort here can net out another $10 or $20 in grocery savings.

4. Plan your meals and stick to it. This may be a little more time consuming and not a lot of fun when you see that impulse buy at the grocery store that makes your mouth water. When you start buying those extra items, that's when your budget takes a hit. Those large warehouse stores like Costco or Sam's Club can save you money when buying in higher quantities, but they can also kill your budget when you grab 5 or 6 more things you weren't planning to buy.

5. Take advantage of your back or side yards if you have them and plant your own vegetables. Maybe you even have an automatic sprinkler system that makes caring for a garden even simpler. After a few weeks, you can have your own fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes without paying through the roof.

With just a little planning and a little extra time, you can cut costs off your grocery bill. Maybe it adds up to an hour or two total for the month, but the savings can be worth $50-$100. Are you getting paid that much an hour at your day job? Take the time, and you will be happy you did.

by: Harper G. Samuels

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