Save Hundreds On Grocery Shopping With One Simple Tip
One of the largest monthly expenses for any family is the money that they spend for food at the grocery store. Purchasing food for a family of four can easily equal more than $100 per week and is often dependent upon the prices of staples and deals offered by the store. But there is one simple way for a shopper to reduce the money that is spent each month at the grocery store and that is by reducing the number of trips that you make to the store.
Why Is This Beneficial?
Reducing the number of trips that are made to the grocery store each month is not a way that many people think of when they think of methods of saving money, but it is one of the most effective ways to keep more of your money in your pocket. This is because many grocery stores are masters of impulse purchase manipulation and organize their stores in such a way that it entices most shoppers to place items that they did not intend to buy into their cart. While this is a good way for the grocery store to boost their profits and move their merchandise, it negatively affects consumers that end up spending much more money at the grocery store than they intend.
Experts estimate that individuals that make a “quick trip” to the grocery store to pick up a few items at a time will often purchase around 54% more than they intended during the trip while individuals that plan out their shopping trip before hand, plan to purchase two weeks worth of food, and make a shopping list of their purchases tend to stick closely to the amount that they intended to spend. For example, a person who intends to purchase $200 worth of food in a two week period would spend $308 with the impulse purchases made in quick trips for a few items at a time compared with around $220 spent when the items are all purchased in a single trip using a shopping list. That is an estimated savings of $88 in food purchases every two weeks or nearly $2300 over the course of a year.
Additional Tips
An important part of saving money during your trip to the grocery store is making a list of the items that you intend to purchase at the store and sticking to this list while you are shopping. Some people who follow this rule choose to make a menu of the meals that they intend to prepare over the next two weeks to ensure that they will not have to return to the store to pick up additional ingredients needed to make a meal. By following this simple tip, it is very easy to save a great deal of money on your grocery store purchases over the course of a year.
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