Things You'll Need:
- Weekly sales flyers.
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Step 1
Begin by gathering the weekly flyers from your local grocery stores. You can find these in the newspaper or in the stores themselves.
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Step 2
Go through the flyers noting what is on sale. Take special note of meats and other things you can build meals around.
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Step 3
Also pay special attention to loss leaders. A loss leader is a "super sale" of sorts that a store uses to pull customers in. The store breaks even or even loses money on the sale in the expectation that they'll make it up on the other things you buy. If you notice a "super sale" you'll not only want to add it to your menu that week, but perhaps stock up for future weeks as well.
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Step 4
Begin to build a weekly menu plan based on the items that are on sale. You can plan for all three meals or just focus on dinners.
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Step 5
If you clip coupons, add these to the mix to make your purchases even more economic.











Comments
LilacGirl said
on 7/18/2008 Good advice for saving money.
MIghtyDreamer said
on 7/18/2008 This could be alot of extra work, but good tips for someone who wants to save money