The Manila Times

7 ways to save on grocery money

- JESI BONDOC

GROCERY the essential items that eat a huge chunk of a family’s monthly household budget. We all need to shop for food and there’s no way we can avoid, this but there are ways where we can avoid over- spending whenever we walk down those grocery store aisles.

Check these seven simple ways to save money on groceries:

1. Prepare a grocery list.

This is one of the simplest ways to avoid getting overboard with your grocery budget — make a list! It doesn’t matter how great your memory is, chances are you’ll forget something that you need to buy or worse grab something from the aisle that you don’t need if you go without a list.

2. Scan the shelves before buying.

Look up and down, and ignore eye-level items. Why? Because grocery shops are smart, they place pricier items right at your eye level and you end up chore for you but actually it could be fun. Try to be creative in preparing your meal plan for the week. Create meal plans around the available ingredient­s you have on hand, and you might be surprised on the number of meals you can prepare out of them and not to mention the few pesos you

today’s world where food scarcity is still one of the major problems, it’s heartbreak­ing to see rotten vegetables inside the fridge caused by buying too

in avoiding food and money wastage.

5. Do not buy pre-cut veggies and fruits.

Two things; they have been you might end up buying something that you won’t be able to consume after all.

7. Stick with cash payment.

Paying in cash will help you stick within your budget and your list. Try it! It’s

your wallet compared to your credit card. Your brain will let you feel a little bit of more pain when spending cash vs your shiny plastic.

Bottom line

People are creatures of habit. Whether we accept it or not, we like routines and like any other routines, grocery shopping is one those activities that we are so used in doing without giving too much thought. Meanwhile, changing a few shopping habits will not make us ultra rich, but it can

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