Grocery Shopping Tips

I can't claim to be an expert on how to save money while grocery shopping but I thought I would pass along an observation or two of some things to consider when you are filling up your grocery cart.

First of all you might want to consider store brand items such as ketchup, salsa, and steak sauce over the more famous advertised brands as they are lower in price but are often processed at the same site as the more expensive national brands. Also generic towels and toilet paper usually provide the same utility as the advertised national brands at a lower cost.

Another thing I consider when shopping for meat products are the "manager's price reduction" stickers on items such as steak,pork, or chicken. For example the store coupon may say $2.00 off or $3.00 off the price of the meat product. Of course you should inspect the item visually to make sure it looks fine but depending on how many people you have to feed with the meat item the less the meat item weighs as long as the amount meets your needs; the greater the per pound discount you will receive from a fixed amount store coupon so the lower your per pound cost for this item.

Of course you should be on the alert for in store sale items and also clip coupons from the newspaper or print them from web sites on the Internet to reduce your grocery bills.