Its end of the month and your home is running out of stock from groceries. Consequently, you move out to get some daily needs from nearby departmental store. However, when moving towards the payment counter after purchasing groceries, you find the invoice to be quite higher than you expected. Later you analyzed that this time you took some more groceries than you needed.
This is one of the real world scenario which happens to customers while purchasing the groceries. One of the reasons behind this cause is the trap of the products which are designed so attractive that you find it hard to resist spending on them. This results in over buying of the commodities, sometimes even those which you do not use frequently. Hence at the end you leave the store paying more than you actually pay every time.
The basic step in this regards is to prepare list of groceries that you actually need. Doing so would help you to take the most preferred items for your home. Further, after purchasing the items of your list, you could look out for other miscellaneous products from the store. Also check out some quick tips to avoid over expenses at the time of buying groceries.
2. Fruits and VegetablesFruits and Vegetables
Always insist on buying whole fruits and
vegetables in large quantities as you save a lot
on them rather than opting for the pre-cut
ones. You could prepare various dishes from
them as per the requirement and can put the
rest to freeze.
3. EndcapsEndcaps
While shopping in the departmental store, you
come across various big jars and bars placed at
the end of the shelves which are generally
attractively designed. Always remember that
this is the technique used by manufacturers for
their products to be noticed by the customers.
Hence always stick to your list as those
products force you to buy them.
4. What You See Isn’t What YouWhat You See Isn’t What You
GetGet
There are times when you find a captivating
product and after purchasing when you open, it
comes out to be different than what exactly
you saw in the store! Thus, implement a habit
to look the grocery up and down while
selecting.
5. Round Up PricingRound Up Pricing
Ohh! That product is available for $7.99 in
place of $8! Let’s take it. You too might have
come across such an eager feeling while
purchasing groceries isn’t it? But just hold on! If
you round $7.99 then it equals $8 rather than
to be $7 which means that there is no price
difference. So you could avoid being a part of
such marketing tricks.
6. SaucesSauces
These are among some of the most preferred
items in your list to compliment with your
food. So, instead of purchasing ready made
sauces you could cut costs by using tomatoes,
veggies and herbs to prepare your own sauce.
7. Small Pieces ofSmall Pieces of MeatMeat andand
CheeseCheese
The best step to spend on these products is
when they are available for sale, else you could
avoid purchasing them. Other than that, you
could opt for bigger pieces which are frequently
available on sale and ask the butchers to cut
them for free.
8. BonelessBoneless MeatMeat and Poultryand Poultry
You spend more money upon boneless chicken
rather than chicken with bones and skins.
Though the latter versions may take more time
to prepare, but at the same time they save you
a lot of money too.
9. PackagedPackaged MeatMeat and Cheeseand Cheese
Its better to buy fresh meat instead of
opting for the packaged ones as you
surprisingly save about 50% of your
money. Moreover, the prices of many
ready made food items such as
sandwiches are now bit costly than
earlier. Hence, you could look where you
are spending.
10. For More money savingFor More money saving
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