How to find Grocery Savings after using Grocery Coupons

Staying within your food budget, may be very important in your budget. Lowering the cost of food may be one of your top priorities. You may already coupon and watch for store sales. If these actions are not lowering your budget, choose to find a way. Thinking of different ways to save, should cross your mind before you go shopping.

You may be looking for new ways to slash your grocery bill. Here are some tips to help you find deeper discounts at the grocery store after using grocery coupons.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. 
   Vegetables

   Change the types of foods that you purchase. Use your coupons to save on prepackaged items, or any consumable item that is truly on sale. Watch your email in box and physical mail box for any coupons off the total of your grocery order. For example, if you are on Publix grocery store's mailing list they send out $ 5 coupon off $ 30 or more.

2. Decide to try something different. Look for a discount scratch and dent grocery store. The complete selection usually changes every week. You may have to drive a bit, if there is one in your area. Use this location to stock up on items that are truly a savings over your local grocer.

3. 
   Mixed Cooked Greens

   Learn how to cook with vegetables. Prepare dishes that do not include meat as the main course.

4. 
   Home Cooked Meal

   Take more time out of your day, to prepare food. A prepared meal with some thought put into it, is better than a fast food meal, or overpriced local diner. Waking up fifteen minutes earlier can be time spent to prepare your evening meal, lunches, and a home made breakfast.

5. 
   Blender

   Use all of the kitchen gadgets that you own. Perhaps you have a rice cooker, use it. Let over rice can be made into rice cakes and stir fried rice with left over meats and vegetables. Dig deep into your cupboards. Perhaps you have a crock pot, juicer, bread machine, food processor, blender, smoothie maker, or deep fryer.

6. 
   Recipe Ingredients

   Search regularly online for recipes. Use the recipe books you already own. Before throwing out any fashion or women's magazines, cut out any recipe that catches your eye.

7. 
   Soup

   Embrace Soup. Soup is filling, cheap, and flavorful. Visit your local farmers markets and road side stands. Any day you feel up to cooking, make a batch of soup and freeze it. If you find a fantastic deal on raw fruits and raw vegetables chop them, and freeze for later use.

8. Eat salads often. Every three days chop vegetables for your salads. Keep these chopped pieces in sealed containers. This will allow you to be able to quickly put together a salad to eat at home, or take with you for lunch or as a snack.

9. Experiment with easy to grow herbs and quick growing vegetables. Successfully growing a few food items, may give you the confidence to start a small garden.

Tips & Warnings

• Everything is negotiable. Always ask for a better price on extremely ripe fruits and vegetables in the grocery store. Many times the produce manager will reduce the price for you. These items can usually be consumed immediately or frozen.
• Farmers markets and road side stands, will be happy to see someone with cash in hand. Many times you can get a great deal, simply because they do not want to return with all of their produce.

Resources

• Shop Smart, Save More: Learn The Grocery Game and Save Hundreds of Dollars a Month
• Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom

[changeling]

on 3/1/2009 Excellent article and you are so right going meatless once or twice a week or month even can save lots of money. Good stuff!

[LEJockimo]

on 2/24/2009 My family has been eating SO well this year since I'm cooking everything from scratch - but you're right - I really do save money. Great tips 5*