How to save Money on Groceries

April 2nd, 2007 • Filed Under

Groceries can be a very big monthly expense especially if you have a large family. Here are a few tips in order to save money on groceries.

? Use Coupons ? There are a couple ways where you cab get coupons to get discounts on groceries. The first place is the newspaper. The Sunday newspaper is generally the best and the coupons in the Sunday paper can save you money. Look through the various coupons that are offered in the paper and cut out any of the coupons that you think you may use. Go through the paper a couple times to make sure you do not miss any coupons that will give you a good deal. You can then compare prices with the coupons that you have clipped. You can also look for stores that will double or triple your coupons as you can save even that mush more money. It is also a good idea to get a coupon organizer and take it with you so when you stop by the store you have the coupons with you. Another place to look for grocery coupons is online. Simply look for them through a search engine as many stores and manufactures will have coupons that you can download and print out. They also have coupon dispensers at grocery stores, which are generally on the shelves at the store. If you use a product often you can e-mail or snail mail your compliments and especially your complaints as you may be rewarded by them sending you many coupons for their products. Companies want to keep your business and will go out of their way to do so generally by sending you coupons.

? Coupon Groups ? Another way to save money at the grocery store is to join a coupon group. With the Internet there are groups of people that are looking to save money and they have started forums online full of people that are looking to share the coupons they have. You can fill an envelope full of coupons you have not used and send them to a person who is looking for those coupons. Also you can send an envelope to a name on a list and then when they receive it they will take the coupons they want and add some and then send it off to the next name on the list for them to take and add coupons. This is a good way to find coupons for things you want and help others do the same.

? Shop at Night ? There are many grocery stores that will discount groceries at the end of the day. It is required that stores sell a product by the “sell by” date that is on the product. At the end of the day a lot of grocery stores will discount such products that will pass the sell by date the next day. Some of these products are meats, diary products, baked goods, and fish. Many times if meat is on the last day of the sell by date you may get a drastic discount of the original price. Baked goods are usually half off at the end of the day and dairy products are also often discounted by half on the last day of the sell by date. Just because it has a sell by date does not mean the food goes bad on that day but you still have a few days before the food goes bad.

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