Comparing Products for Frugal Grocery Shopping

Video Transcript

"My name is Leslie Moselle, and I'm from Tampa Florida, and on behalf of Expert Village, this is how to shop for groceries on a budget. Comparing products, comparing products is a great thing to do when you're at the grocery store. Before actually purchasing the product, you want to compare the different products that they have to offer. This is something you're going to do before you actually purchase the item, but I'm going to show you this just for the purpose of the demonstration. As you can see here, these are the same brand. Lipton, Lipton makes iced tea in the can here, that you can actually, it's a premix that you can just add water and you can make a quart, a gallon, as much tea as you want. You think okay, this is a good buy, this makes twenty-eight quarts. Or, this here, a hundred tea bags, what is the best buy. It really is a matter of what you prefer, but although the prices might be a little bit different, the numbers are a little bit different. You really just have to see what is best for you. That could be a little confusing. A better description here is with this oatmeal. Although this Great Value is cheaper than the Quaker brand, Quaker actually offers more packages of oatmeal in the box. You get twelve packets, versus ten packets. So maybe you're saving thirty cents, fifty cents, who knows. But you get distracted by that great sale price when actually Quaker offers more packets of oatmeal. So these are the things that you just want to pay close attention to when you're at the grocery store, to not get distracted by generic items, or not get distracted by actual number of packets of either granola bars, or different items that you want to purchase. Just keep a close eye of what you're purchasing. Don't grab the first thing off the shelf. Just be smart when you're shopping on a budget. "