Cheap Grocery

Are you looking for new groceries stores in your area?

Knowing
many different stores is a great way to start saving money – you’ll
find that by covering a number of stores, you can ensure that you’re
getting the best savings.

- Subscribe to their emails

Many stores send out great coupons through emails.

Being on their subscriber list will ensure that when a big deal happens, you’re first in line to save money with it.

I’ve had many occasions where I get coupons for 1/2 off the costs of meat and other easily frozen perishibles.

I
also have multiple email accounts on the internet so that I can sign up
multiple times – this way, when a really great deal drops, I can ensure
that I have different coupons (some groceries stores will put a unique
bar code on your coupon to make sure you don’t print it off 20 times!)

- Read all the flyers

Flyers are now regularly displayed on store web sites, and you can flip through these to see where the biggest savings are.

Reading these will also give you a sense of where you can potentially save the most money.

- Subscribe to many different newspapers

National, State, and City papers often all have different coupons, and are great to subscribe to.

Any smaller local publications like free weekly newspapers will normally have a delivery service as well.

You’ll see some great coupons here that will let you save even more at your local groceries stores!

Ever wonder how that one person always gets away with a full cart of groceries for under $50?

The secret is proper use of coupons.

Do you clip coupons?

If not, after reading these you’ll see why you should!

And if you do, leverage these ideas to save even more!

- Call about expired coupons

Expired coupons? Is it possible?

Yes it is!

There are many areas where stores will accept coupons that are expired – even 6 months after their expiration date!

When looking for cheap grocery, keep in mind that the store has one objective – to get the items on its shelves out the door as fast as possible!

They
don’t care if they lose money on a specific item – because chances are
you’ll be buying other items that they will make money on!

Even if they lose money on a few carts of groceries, the ones they do make money on will compensate.

Often, stores will overbuy a certain item after coupons are out on it – and they are left with too much stock.

Call before trying this at your local store, however, and remember that they are doing you a favor.

- Look for stores that double coupons

Some stores offer the benefit of double coupons – meaning more savings for you!

Sometimes this is not advertised – you have to look for it to find it – like the expired coupons, call ahead.

- Trade them!

Ever run into the situation where there’s one or two coupons for the food you want and 50 for the food you don’t?

Ever think that maybe you should go out to buy and extra paper or take the flier off someone else’s door?

Here’s another idea – trade your coupons for other cheap grocery coupons!

Keep all the ones you get, and offer them for trade, either through a group or on a site like craigslist or kijiji.

Trading
coupons will mean that when there’s a big sale on, you can help other
people double up on their savings – while you double up on yours!

Talk to your local library to see if they’ll sponsor a meeting every few weeks, and you can start a local cheap grocery club.

If
trying to do this over the internet, keep in mind that you should avoid
inviting people you don’t know into your home – it’s better to send
them by mail.

While with mail you will likely run into some
characters who don’t return coupons, the ones that do can become long
term coupon trading partners!

Looking to find the best cheap grocery?

Here are some great ways to shave 10% of your next bill!

- Bring a calculator!

As consumers, we’ve been trained that bigger is better – but it isn’t always that way!

Lately there’s been a trend to make economy sizes of items actually cost more per unit than smaller sizes!

Bringing a calculator will let you to quickly calculate the price per
volume or weight – this will give you an idea of what really is the
best deal!

- Fill up your tank before you fill up your cart

Shopping on an empty stomach is probably the best way to spend more than you have to.

Food companies spend millions of dollars to design their packaging so
that it appeals to consumers like you and I. When you’re hungry, the
effect of this marketing is even more powerful – whether you admit it
or not, you are drawn into this packaging even more.

Eat before you go, and you’ll be more inclined to stick to your list

- Look ONLY at two flyer pages

Flyers have some great deals advertised, however not all items in flyers are great cheap grocery deals!

The front and back covers, as well as the first and last pages, are the
best deals in flyers. Sometimes a special insert will also be good.

Pay attention to only these items – the rest of the flyer is mostly overpriced items posing as deals.

The perception for most consumers is that if a flyer has an amazing
deal on the front, and it is thick, then the whole thing must be full
of good deals.

Too often, this is not so.

Focus on the real deals for short term buying, and comparative shopping for long term purchases

- Go big or go home

Stores with large amounts of square footage are the best deals – go to
these and you’ll be more likely to find across the board savings.

Keep in mind that your time is also important – you can’t always be rushing out to a megastore for a quart of milk.

If you focus on making the right planned, long term purchases, then you can’t go wrong.

Often it helps to buy multiples of items – for example, have an extra
bottle of laundry detergent ready, so that when you’re done one you
aren’t in a rush to get out to the store. You can then replenish your
backup.

This will help you use the megastores more often, and over time ensure you have more cheap grocery deals!.