How to Save Money in Grocery Shopping

After having Christmas and New Year last year, I guess everyone is hoping to save money, especially those who have spent lots of money into their groceries for the feasts itself. Speaking of groceries shopping, most of the people particularly the parents or adults do want to save money in these activity and most of them are having a hard time to do budgeting specially when they already have children, because of the needs and wants. Because of the prices hike of the grocery items in the market such as milk, coffee, meats, snacks, and other things we need to buy, the tendency is that we over spend money, so below are some of the tips on how to save money when doing grocery shopping.

1. Identify Needs vs. Wants

This is the first thing to do for everyone who wants to save money in grocery. We should all identify our needs then after than our wants. To give you an idea, needs are those we cannot live without such as food, shelter and more. After identifying the needs, then we can now proceed with the wants, these are the things that we can live without. An example of this in the groceries is the junk food.

2. Have a Check List of Things to Buy

Yes! Preparing a list of things to buy in the grocery is the best thing to do before going shopping. After identifying your needs vs. wants, then the next thing to do is to list them in a small paper. This is important especially to those who are forgetful about the things to buy. Having a list of all the things will not only help the buyer remember the things to purchase from the grocery, but also to check if the things in the list are all valid.

3. Compare Prices

Since there are different brands appearing in the market for the consumer products that we need to buy, it is best that we check their prices before rushing to the cashier to pay. There are items that are costly because of their brands and maybe because of the content itself. If you are an economist buyer, then you can plan to buy the lower cost product, because this will help you save more. Of course you also want to buy quality product and so you should weigh the cost versus the quality of the product itself.

4. Buy in Bulk

Some people believe that buying in bulk can help save them money. Actually products are cheaper when you buy them in bulk, so in short you can save more versus buying in pieces. If you are planning to buy in bulk , do also consider your consumption. Of course when your consumption is bigger, then buying in bulk is fine, but if your consumption is smaller, then the tendency is that you will just stock it in your home for a very long time.

5. Know what is on Sale

I guess everyone loves sale items and this is one of the things consumers are waiting for especially when they need to buy an expensive product. To save money, one should check the items that are on sale before buying, because slashed price in the item is also a big help in our daily budget.

6. Take Advantage of Coupons

Coupons are given to consumers to promote their products, so consumers who have these coupons should take advantage of this as it is also like a discount where in you can pay the items for less during your shopping in the grocery.

7. Buy Generic Products

Well, there are many products in the market, but generic ones are usually cheaper compare to branded one.

8. Check Price at the Cashier

Finally when you already have the grocery items at your shopping cart and have decided that you will buy all of that, you may proceed to the cashier to pay for the items you have chosen. Just don’t forget to also check the prices at cashier, because wrong amount of items may have been inputted in the system or the cashier may double process the single item you have and in the end, you will pay double for only one item. It is best to check also the receipt before leaving the cashier, so you may have the right to question them right at the moment when you have one.  Lastly, count your change before leaving the counter as some cashier may have mistakenly gave the wrong amount of change.