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January 7, 2020January 23, 2022

5 New Ways To Save Money On Groceries

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Is 2020 your year to discover new ways to save money on groceries? Has your grocery spending gotten you down? Learn 5 new ways to save money on groceries.

Discover New Ways To Save Money On Groceries?

Has your grocery spending gotten you down? Have you noticed an increase in your grocery costs? Are you looking for ways to tighten the budget but still eat healthy enjoyable foods?

Below you will find some amazing money saving tips to help you save money on groceries. 

How To Save Money On Groceries

Saving money on groceries is one of the easiest places to tighten your expenses.  And it’s so easy to do, you can start today!

Simple things like shopping store sales, skipping name brands and opting for generic goods can help you save money on groceries. 

How To Spend Less On Groceries

If you are looking to spend less money on groceries you need to set up a grocery budget and assess what you need. Meal planning and only buying what you need are great ways to save money on groceries.  

Opting for cheaper more frugal meal ideas, shopping generic and shopping discount retailer are great ways to spend less on groceries. 

Downloading the cash back money saving app Rakuten is a great way to spend less on food. 

Tips For Spending Less On Groceries

Some simple tips for spending less on groceries are never shopping when hungry, leave the family at home and always shop with a list and a budget. 

Below you will find some great modern 2020 ways to save money on groceries.  Investing in your local farmers, growing your own food and cooking vegetarian meals are great ways to spend less on groceries. 

Grocery Budget

Setting up a grocery budget is your best resource for saving money on food.  Setting a plan for the meals your are having this week and only buying the ingredients you need.

When you set your weekly or monthly budget take the amount you set aside for groceries and budget it for the weeks or days you need.  If you budget $800 or $500 for the month that is your food budget and that’s what you have to work with. 

How To Grocery Shop On A Budget

Once you have set your grocery budget you need to meal plan and shop accordingly. I find online shopping amazing for staying on budget because you can tally up your groceries as you shop. 

Whether you are running a tight budget or feeding a large family shopping generic, bulk and less meat, more produce will help you stay on budget.  Shop the store sales, use what you have in your pantry and opt for cheaper meal ideas like rice, pasta, soups and casseroles. 

Is 2020 your year to discover new ways to save money on groceries? Has your grocery spending gotten you down? Learn 5 new ways to save money on groceries.

5 Ways To Save Money On Groceries:

1. Order your groceries online

Take advantage of the services you have available to help you save money and time. Most grocery stores do online ordering, delivery and pick up.

The advantage to online ordering is you can track your budget and avoid the 5 grocery store money saving mistakes.

When you shop in store you don’t know the true value of the items in your cart unless you shop with a calculator. Online you can see your running total knowing when you’ve gone over budget or when to choose a cheaper option.

Shopping online also keeps you from adding tempting items into your cart. 

You can now order all your favorites: coffee, pasta, snacks and more on Amazon and have it delivered right to your door.  If you have an Amazon Prime Account (if not, get a free 30-Day trial right here), plus you can save even more money by using their Subscribe & Save Program. 

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2. start meal planning

Regular meal planning can save you money. I’ll admit I never used to meal plan.  I used to open the fridge or freezer when I got home from work a cook the easiest meal possible.  Or I would take the nearest take out exit on the drive home. Which cost us our budget!

Meal planning saves you both time and money. Plus when you know what you’re cooking you know what to buy at the grocery store.  This means you aren’t buying food you don’t need.  When you have a meal plan you can make every penny of your grocery budget count.

Meal planning can be as easy as writing down your favorite meals each day on your calendar or if you need inspiration you can use a meal planning service.  We use MyFreezeasy meal planning to stock our freezer full of yummy family friendly meals. 

In fact they can show you how to stock your freezer in under an hour with recipes, tips and grocery lists. Our family uses their gluten free, Keto and Paleo meal plans and they are amazing. 

3. Imperfect foods

Have you ever noticed when you go grocery shopping all your oranges are perfectly round and your carrots are all “normal”? But if you shopped your local farmers market your produce might have a slight imperfection. These slight imperfections are your secrets to savings. 

Most grocery stores are now carrying slightly imperfect produce due to high food costs and food waste issues. These slightly misshaped foods still taste the same (if not better) for a fraction of the cost. 

Another great way to save money on produce is to invest in your local CSA farmers market produce boxes.  You get farm fresh (sometimes imperfect) produce straight from the farm at frugal prices. 

4. Purchase meat on sale

Or make friends with your local butcher and buy meat by the portion.  Meat is often one of the most expensive items in your grocery cart so buying it when it goes on sale is a great savings plan.

Watch your meat sale cycle.  Most store flyers will have a sales cycle.  Meaning every so many weeks the same item will come on sale again, or around holiday time baking items and turkeys will go on sale.

 

Purchasing meat during weekly sales by volume and freezing it will help you save money. For example chicken breasts are on sale this week if you can stock up and freeze extra you are saving more money.

  

The same goes for purchasing meat by portion directly from the farm.  You are buying a large volume of meat with the intention of it feeding your family for a while and saving a huge amount of money.

We just did this with a half pig and our pound for pound price worked out to $2.20 per pound on everything hams, bacon, ribs, pork loin and more.  This is way cheaper than buying pork in the grocery store, but in order to get this price we needed to buy by volume and freeze the meat.  You can learn all the other things you can freeze to save money here. 

5. Shop around

There is no need to be loyal to one store or another.  Shop around to get the best deal.  Shop your local discount retailer.  Shop the local bakery or produce market.  Discover new and exciting meal ideas at your local ethnic market. Does your dollar store sell food? 

Throw store loyalty out the window and make saving money your new loyalty card.  Shop around, buy generic, bulk buy. Keep a pricing book and keep track of the regular prices and sale prices at your different retailers. Buy items on sale and in season to save more money. 

How To Reduce Your Grocery Bill

If you are looking for the road map to grocery store savings The Grocery Budget Makeover is what you need.  This take at your own speed course made a world of difference in our grocery spending.

I use to shop before dinner on the way home from work, disregarding sales and filled our cupboards with what we wanted. I never cooked with a meal plan and I can tell you it wrecked our budget and we wasted a lot of food. 

The Grocery Budget Makeover will change the way you shop for groceries. Learn fun money saving tips, recipes and more. Sign up for the free grocery savings workshop and start saving today. 

Updated October 24, 2021

5 New Ways To Save Money On Groceries In 2020

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Hello, my name is Cynthia. I am a wife and mother to two. A frugal mom blogger. A lover of all things frugal living & DIY. A strong coffee and dark chocolate lover. An out-of-the-box thinker. Welcome to Saving & Simplicity!

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