One Simple Thing-Know Your Prices

Our grocery chain always has great

Buy One, Get One Free (BOGO) deals.

One practice that helps us use our food budget well

is scratch cooking.

It's all you'll find on this blog.

Another way we save at the grocery store

is to sometimes buy the store brand.

We've been pretty pleased with the quality

as compared to the brand name items.

As prices continue to rise,

we wanted to see if we could improve on our savings.

We decided to do a cost comparison.



A trip was made to our local big-box store

to make note of prices on items we purchase.

I wrote down every item that we use on a regular basis

including the size and price.

Then I made a list of the sequence of items

in the aisles at our grocery store.

The weekly shopping list is written this way

so that we get what we need and time is spent efficiently.

Our coupons are also organized in this manner

so that it's easy and quick to save even more!

The list was typed up in the same sequential order,

making sure to include the brand,

the size and price of each item.

I ended up with four sheets of products.

Now there are clear, concise reference pages

that can be scanned to find the best price.

When I posted about my cleaning routine,

it was mentioned that the weekly sales ad online

was scoured when making the grocery list on Fridays.

That way, I can see what is worth getting at the grocery store,

and what would be a better buy

for the once-a-month stock up.

Adding the price catalogue to the household notebook

will make it so much easier and quicker to

make my grocery list, not to mention

all the time and money saved.

Knowing your local prices really pays off.

One Simple Thing