Do you feel like food prices just keep going higher and higher? If so, you are not alone. Feeding a family can be expensive but there are ways to make sure we are still eating well and yet keeping that cash in our wallets. Here is my list of 35 ways to save money when food shopping.
1. Track monthly expenses
2. Cook at home
3. Cook from scratch
4. Grow what you use
5. Grow what is most expensive
6. Discount grocery stores!
7. Buy in bulk
8. Preserve the bulk purchases or garden abundance by freezing or canning
9. Make ahead and freeze (or can) meals
10. Buy food first then meal plan around what you found
11. Reduce food waste
12. Eat what you crave before you go grocery shopping
13. Avoid impulse buys
14. Find Sale or clearance items
15. Stock up!
16. Compare unit prices
17. Buy foods in their raw form
18. avoid processed foods
19. Do the work of washing/ cutting yourself
20. Be careful with coupons (avoid things you wouldn’t normally buy)
21. Coupon stacking!
22. Swap name brands with store brands
23. Watch the register
24. Fish
25. Hunt
26. Forage
27. Be selective with organics, if need be
28. Price Match
29. Find alternatives to expensive items that are cheaper
30. Pack a lunch
31. Bring drinks from home
32. Apps.
33. Rebates
34. Rewards
35. Cash back (walmart)
I do not: Stick to a list, Buy poor quality food or budget too harshly for weekly spending.
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My husband I retired I use coupons senior discounts dollar tree my go to store and is and grocery discount store Pennsylvania takes hour get to so worth it because they meats snacks food produce and lots other stuff and I a m thirty year yards ale person don't buy junk as ND thrift store I only shop any store clearance with coupon I get expensive clothes Koehler Jr penny old Navy even jewelry cost hundred seventy-five Koehler it was half off use coupons paid forty two dollars I stretch my dollars like bubble gum and so much more
Sometimes i do what i call "cheater" cooking. If im short on time i will get something thats prepackaged but i add fresh veggies to it , sauces, and spices. Makes it healthier and tastier.
thanks alot you guys this is always a great way to get ideas for living cheaper and other things!
What do I do to save money on groceries? Although this not my main reason, I am a vegan. Please also give serious consideration to becoming a vegetarian or even vegan. Better for your health, wallet, morals and the environment. You seem to have an open mind and are good at informing yourself and making good decisions so I think once you read up on factory farming, veganism/vegetarianism, environmental impact of meat/dairy industry, etc. you'll arrive at the right decision. I am enjoying watching your videos. Thanks for sharing your life and wisdom. π
$1000 a month +plus eating out 4 days a week? Really?
Everyone else makes a menu before they shop, When it's better to Make it after. Your right the way you do it.
you have sme great ideas. I would add these: stop eating meat, dairy, eggs, fish, nuts. center your diet around rice, beans, potatoes. learn how to grow sprouts and microgreens. never drink anything except water.
Great tips! I just made some bread for tomorrows breakfast
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/CostofFoodMay2015.pdfΒ I looked up a national average on this site and ask people to do their own research. The Ideas on saving money in this video are great. The AMOUNT spent on food monthly varies for each family.
You are a lady after my own heart. I am 77 and know we have saved enough on Groceries to pay for our home by the time we were retiring. I'm still growing garden and think l have followed all 35 of your saving ideas and have done so for over 50 years .
. In my case most of them are rules. Β Being forever creative and saving money Β is fun!. Hope you have as much fun as l do.
Thanks so much for your helpful tips and videos! Also, I love the sunflower in your profile pic….I have two huge containers on either side of my front steps with those exact ones growing in them. :))
I love your sincerity….thanks for sharing with us….God Bless!
Sound advice :-)… Something on a health point that's been working for us, was to triple the size of our fruit bowl… We've set the goal of having it empty before each weekly shop.. now we are "forced" to eat more fruit, and consequently less of everything else π … Yet another great clip!.. Thanks… Chris
My two cents worth. When I make spaghetti without meat, I have found that big chunks of mushrooms and or eggplant are a good substitute. Thanks FGG, good advice as per usual.
Where did you get your information that the average household of 4 spends $250 per week on food? To save money my husband and I live on a hobby farm and grow much of our own food, have steers for beef, sometimes a couple of pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, a goat pet for tons of laughs, 2 dairy cows that are tame and 2 we need to train to tolerate the surge milker, 2 cows that are on drying out vacation, 2 baby Jersey cows to raise as milker and a steer named Max with a cleft palate we keep as a pet too. I want to train him to pull logs and allow the husband to ride him just in case the husband gets hurt doing chores. We heat with wood, use the light bulbs that last year's and I cook, sew, etc etc. I'm disabled and stay mostly in bed but it's possible to cook when you use the crock pot and bake your dinners instead of frying them. I've recently had to hire a housekeeper for 6 hours a month because I'm so poorly but we still manage to save money. Tfs
do you have any sisters . you are the good woman behind every successful man
I dehydrate leftover fruits & veggies for future use, make stock from onion skins & veggie peelings, any leftover meat is added to crockpot with dehydrated veggies & rice for my Rottweilers.
Make all cleaners from vinegar & citrus peels…even go so far as make apple cider vinegar from peels & cores….I'm single mum to 3 youth/university students who can eat!!
Just found your channel looking for how to make pickles, you do a great job! Looking forward to more of your video's and ideas.