What are the best ways to cut the grocery bill?

Question

Please share your secrets of keeping your grocery bill as low as possible. Please also tell how many people you are feeding as this affects grocery shopping habits.

Answer 1

Stick to the outer isles. This is where all the raw food is that is better for you and your family. Stay away from over processed food. Buy in bulk whenever possible. The trip to Costco might cost a lot right now but divide that over a few months and you would have saved a bundle. Only buy perishables that you and your family will eat. This will cut down on wasted food. Create a menu and stick to it. This will help you see exactly what your family is eating and how often.  

Answer 2

go on a diet, chop less for food, etc.

Answer 3

I clip a lot of coupons...but only use them when the item is on sale or priced lower than the generic store brand. Also, buying family packs of meats and dividing them at home to freeze is a big savings, also our market offers buy one-get one free deals almost each week, I stock up.

Answer 4

i use alot of coupons and store savings cards and my grocery bills is for a family of 5 and it costs 460 a month.

Answer 5

i would say the #1 best way to save money is not shop for top brand names allot of times you are just paying for the advertising and packaging of product .

it is a well known fact in the food industry (restaurants and distributors)

that well known top brand companies also make the no-frill products .

because when a big company is done making a certain quota on their own product that the fill the slack in time by making no frill brands . not all of them but allot of them do it . you need to test some of the no frill products and see if they meet your standards

good luck and for your information the price will stay the same on food products at least for 1 more year till the prices start to decrease .this is the word in our industry

so for now good luck

good savings

and still good cooking  

Answer 6

Buy whatever is one sale, regardless of brand, buy supermarket house brands whenever possible, don't buy premade, processed foods (like frozen pizza, TV dinners, etc.).

Answer 7

use lots of coupons in your local supermarket handouts as well as coupon websites,....resist buying brand name products. for example: Instead of buying tostitos chips, by the supermarket brand. this will save you lots of money.

Answer 8

Plan your weekly menus - i feed myself, husband (who works shifts so isn't always around for evening meals) three kids and a dog.

I work full time so don't care for spending hours in the kitchen at the end of the day, but it's much more economical to cook from scratch rather than buying pre-prepared foods and shop for value versions of foods you eat regularly.  If you're buying ingredients for something you can afford to buy cheaper versions eg of pasta, rice, cheese etc and spend a little more on meat, fish (where quality matters).  If you regularly buy brand-name products give the store-brand ones a try, they're usually 60% of the price and just as good.

Cook as though you're feeding a couple of extra people, then you can freeze the extra portions for days you don't feel like cooking, or take them to work the following day.

Fill your spice rack with loads of dried herbs - they can make boring meals much more interesting.

Answer 9

i have a list of every single meal i make and then pick 14 meals and buy all the ingredients for those meals only this way you only buy what you know your going to use, also buy store brands.