How to use Buy one Get One Free Deals

Planning your grocery list, may have you very aware of the rising food costs. Shopping the way you have in the past is an easy way to easily go over budget. Buy one get one free, almost seems too good to be true.

The costs on certain prepackaged food items and fresh produce has fluctuating prices depending on where you reside. The cost of basic staples such as milk, rice, and eggs can be a reasonable price one week, and the next slightly higher.

Embracing store sales, is a great way to plan your menus. Here are some tips to help you use buy one get one free deals to your advantage.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

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   Develop a price book or the items that you buy on a constant basis. You can look over your previous receipts to get an accurate count of how much the items are that you do buy. Be sure to list the name of the item, brand, size, and the name of the store the product was purchased. This list could be short, try to at least have your main expenses covered. The type of meat or fish your family enjoys, dairy, prepackaged items, drinks, and produce.

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   Sale

   See if you are actually saving money with the buy one get one free deal. If your favorite brand of chicken is normally $ 4 a pound, and a two pound bag of chicken is on sale for $ 7.99, then the buy one get one free deal would be a savings. You could get 4 pounds for $ 7.99 instead of $ 16.

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   Many grocery stores allow you to only purchase one buy one get one free item. That means that each item would ring up half price. This is a good strategy when your grocery budget is low.

4. If you have your full grocery budget to work with, see what items are most expensive in the buy one get one free deal. Compare the cost with your price list. If the item is a savings, go out and purchase and take advantage of the buy one get one free deal.

5. Before going shopping check your coupon stash from the local Sunday paper for additional savings.

6. Visit your favorite grocery store online to see what buy one get one free deals they have for the week.

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   Income

   If you have surplus money in your budget, pick a few buy one get one free deals each week. Use these sales to build your storage pantry, or add a few extra meals to your freezer.

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9. Use these buy one get one free deals to always have food on hand. A small amount of $ 10 to $ 20 could quickly help you build a full pantry and freezer. Look out for deals on pizza, vegetables, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, basically any item that stores well. Use these foods to prevent ordering take out or eating out. In the event you have an unexpected expense you could delay purchasing groceries if you have been adding a few extra items each week to your stash. This money could also come from money you saved, by using coupons.

Tips & Warnings

• Always make sure to watch the register totals to make sure you were charged correctly.
• Remind yourself at least once a week, to check local buy one get one free deals.

Resources

• Publix

[anniewrites]

on 2/17/2009 Wonderful money saving ideas.

[healthymomof5]

on 2/4/2009 Awesome tips!5*