Have you noticed that the biggest item of expenditure in the family budget, in addition to utilities, is food? We know 30 ways to start saving on groceries
1. To cut costs by 25% per month, you need to buy groceries according to the planned menu.
2. Before you go shopping, go through the cabinets and refrigerator. Usually with stocks of canned food, cereals and conservation, you can even overwinter.
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3. Go to the store alone, without children. This way you will save on the traditional purchase of sweets for your baby. For example, if you go with your child three times a week and buy him candy for 23 hryvnias, then you will spend, for a minute, 276 hryvnias per month.
4. Visit stores with a certain amount. Do not take
bank cards, so as not to be tempted to buy promotional goods. Under the guise of promotions, we often buy completely unnecessary products.5. Buy unwashed vegetables - they are cheaper and better stored.
6. Sliced sausage is more expensive than a stick, and ready-made salads are a luxury for the lazy.
7. Buy Ukrainian goods. They are cheaper because customs and shipping costs are excluded.
8. Start choosing a product from the lowest shelves. As a rule, the higher the shelf, the higher the price.
9. Buy seasonal vegetables and fruits. For example, watermelon is now relevant, pumpkin, apples, pears and grapes.
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10. If advertised, it means more expensive. Try not to chase brands. There are cheaper counterparts, and their quality can be even better.
11. Buy goods of your own import or store production. They are cheaper for the absence of an intermediary between the market and the manufacturer.
12. Find out when shopping is happy hour. For example, a sale of minced meat after 21.00, or an additional discount for a pensioner on Tuesdays.
13. Visit bazaars on weekdays, closer to closing. So it is more likely to buy a cheaper product.
14. Don't be fooled by the word "stock" or large packaging. Sometimes it is better to buy a product 15% more expensive, but there will be almost 30% more of it.
15. See what weight or volume of the product. Often the price seems tempting, but in fact it is not profitable, because the volume or weight is less.
16. Determine what you have the most popular, and buy in bulk - it’s cheaper. For example, flour is more profitable in large packages.
17. At the checkout area, as a rule, there is a lot of temptation - gum, sweets, coffee sticks, etc. Try to "skip" this zone.
18. Pay in cash, not by card. Virtual money is easier to spend.
19. Give preference to baking food. So it is more useful, and the oil consumption is several times less.
20. Avoid small local shops. As a rule, they have a higher margin than in large or wholesale markets.
21. If your family cannot live without bread, then it is more profitable to buy a bread maker. Many of them have a delayed mode. And, if, for example, you have a lower electricity tariff at night, then this is a real benefit.
22. Replace tea bags with loose tea - this is much more profitable.
24. After stewing the meat, add tomato or sour cream to the remaining juice - you get a sauce. Save money on shopping malls.
25. You can cook yoghurts, cottage cheese yourself, using a yogurt maker or in a regular saucepan. Sausages can also be made at home: it is cheaper, and you will know exactly what they are from.
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