Store Coupons And More: Easy Ideas To Cut Grocery Costs

If you are like a lot of people the last few years

, your savings account has been getting smaller by the week. Maybe it's gone. If so, it's time to start to improve your buying habits. You've probably been diligent at picking out that favorite gas station where you can save a few cents a gallon. But really how much is this keeping in your wallet or pocketbook at the end of the day? Every fill up maybe saves you a buck? If you focused that effort on something as simple as your monthly grocery purchase, you could save a hundred times that amount. Each month.

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

1. Begin at the easiest, most reliable source - the Sunday newspaper. The pile of "Free Standing Inserts" as they are called can easily be clipped and saved in just a few minutes. One or two coupons saves you more than you do by penny shopping at gas stations. Another thing to keep an eye out for is the local store coupons that allow you to double the savings of a manufacturers coupon. Save yourself $10-$20 here with just 5 to 10 minutes of work every week.

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. If you have the yard for it, plant your own vegetables. If you've got the sprinklers set to go off automatically anyway, maybe there's a patch of yard you can set aside to use that water to grow your own food. Those vine-ripened tomatoes you want are right there for you without having to pay extra at the store.

It doesn't take more than a few hours of diligence to find some quality savings on that monthly grocery bill of yours. Consider that with just a couple hours of work you could save $50, $75 or $100 a month. Many people aren't earning that kind of hourly rate at their day job. Invest a little focused time cutting costs on the grocery bill and you'll be happy with the results.

by: Harper G. Samuels

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