GETTING THE SHOPPING DONE Okay, we went over how to prepare for the grocery store and how to be a smart consumer so now it’s time for my top tips for getting the grocery shopping done! (Monday will be my last installment-WHERE to put it all) When you purchase somethingRead More →
Okay, so I realize I may be weird because I LOVE looking through grocery ads (well, possibly it’s my love of food storage that makes me weird….anyway…again…that is for a different post). I know going through ads can be VERY confusing and hard to do. So, I made a quickRead More →
On with the grocery shopping tips! And it’s totally appropriate since I just went grocery shopping today and all of these I found, once again, TRUE today. In fact, these marketing tricks are so great that I can remember reading about them in my marketing textbooks at school….they are soRead More →
Unit Pricing The unit price is the price you pay per unit of food. Unit pricing makes it easy to compare prices (since some packages weigh different amounts-you can’t always just look at the total price). The unit price is the cost of each unit of measure. The unit ofRead More →
As you shop, be sure to compare prices of different brands. NAME BRANDS generally cost the most due to fancy packaging and advertisements-however, sometimes these can be HIGHER quality and taste BETTER than other brands as well. STORE BRANDS are sold by the supermarket chain (so you’ll see the storeRead More →
Become a PRO at grocery shopping! It’s mini-class time again! Did you know that one of the top 5 New Year’s Resolutions is to spend LESS money and stick to a budget? While I can’t help you with all aspects of your budget, I CAN help you with the foodRead More →