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These are some tips to help you lower your shopping bills:

Cook most of your meals

You always drive past that Mcdonald’s, KFC, Pizza joint or that fancy restaurant in your neighbourhood or office and each time, your taste buds are savouring for a bite. Also, each time you walk in to buy some.

On average, it is three to five times more expensive to eat out than to cook your meals at home. An average family that eats out 4 times a week can spend roughly 300 -550 dollars each week on restaurant food alone. These little expenses add up a lot and can take a chunk of your monthly income!

Cooking your meals is one of the best ways to save on your food budget. You can always cook more than you need and then freeze the leftovers to save you time. You can take the leftovers to work for lunch the next day and eat the extras some other time. Having a habit to avoid buying lunch at work can save you up to 1800 dollars in a year. Try to remember how much money you saved during the pandemic by avoiding buying lunch.

Similarly, cooking your meals is healthier than buying food. Typically, the groceries you purchase for cooking will be healthier than the ones the restaurant gets to cook for their customers. Restaurants usually buy in bulk and lower quality to keep their prices low.

Try ordering a meal service if cooking is not your thing or if you are busy. You can order what you need for a week or two weeks depending on your family size. This is still much cheaper than eating out in restaurants every day even though you do not save as much with this option compared to cooking your meals.

Occasionally, take yourself and your family to a restaurant for a treat and during vacation but do not make eating out a regular habit. Remember, cooking your meals can save time, your wallet and your health.

Reduce your food waste

Have you ever checked your refrigerator or pantry only to find some food, groceries, milk, and cheese that you forgot and there are now expired or bad?

An average family can lose up to 2000 dollars on food waste each year.

I know buying bulk can help to save money and lower groceries cost but if on the other end, you do not have a plan to manage the excess food you have, you will end up with lots of food waste which typically, increases your groceries bill.

Who likes throwing dollar bills in the trash? Of course, no one. However, that is what you are doing when you throw those vegetables, fruits, milk, and cheese in the garbage bag. You have no control over inflation, but you do have control over the amount of food that wastes in your home. This repeated cycle of food waste is taking your food budget some steps back. If you buy it – then use it!

Additionally, you are not helping the environment with your food waste because your garbage bin tends to get full quicker.

One way to reduce food waste is to regularly raid your pantry and your refrigerator/freezer (maybe bi-weekly). I know you are busy balancing work, school, social life and family but doing this check regularly will help you know what groceries you have left and what is expiring soon. You can plan your meals around what you find in your pantry, refrigerator/freezer so they do not end up as waste. This will also help you know what you need when next you go shopping for groceries.

Buy store brands

You love buying brand names while shopping because of the name of the package and the reputation that comes with the brand name. Do you know that simply switching from brand names to store brands can lower your shopping bills by up to 45 percent? This applies to drugs, paper towels, milk, bread, cereal, pasta, diapers, pet food, frozen foods and a host of others. Store brands are usually referred to as generic products or generic brands.

Store brands are equally as good as brand names because they are also produced under very high standards. You will not sacrifice quality or taste when using store brands if you are willing to try them. A family of five can save up to 2500 dollars per year in shopping by switching to store brands and that is some huge savings.

Next time, you go to the supermarket, give store brands and if you are still having second thoughts, you can compare the ingredients list between store brands and brand name products.

Of course, most stores give you a 30-days money-back guarantee if you do not like a product, but you will not need to return with store brands. So, what do you have to lose if you try them out?

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