Frugal Shopping: Saving Money at the Grocery Store

Frugal shopping doesn’t mean neglecting your favorite items, it just means approaching your shopping list and your trip to the grocery store from a frugal perspective. You can still eat all the same foods and drink the same drinks that you love, but if you do it from a frugal and simple mindset, you’ll find yourself saving money at the grocery store.

1. Plan ahead to save money at the grocery store.

Frugal living doesn’t mean sacrificing things you love, it just means giving up a little time to plan and focus on saving money. Planning ahead is the number one trick to frugal, simple living. How many times have you found yourself rushing off to the grocery store with no idea of what you’re going to buy or how much you’re going to spend? If you’re like most people, this is the norm. Instead of heading off to the grocery store because your family needs a loaf of bread or an ingredient for dinner, frugal shopping helps you save money by asking you to plan well in advance and make saving money a focus of that planning.

2. Build a family-wide grocery budget, getting the whole family involved.

Frugal shopping is easier if you get every member of your family in on the action. If you make saving money a goal for your entire family, you may be surprised how much help your kids provide. Kids love an adventure, so make frugal shopping fun. Tell your kids you need help cutting their grocery expenses in half, and get older members of your family involved, too. If you turn frugal shopping into a task for the whole family, you’ll find your family grows closer together and your grocery trips become more frugal. Part of frugal shopping is being honest about your grocery budget with your whole family and making them understand that saving money is something we can all do, no matter how young.

3. Use freely available soft drink coupons to save big money on your family’s beverages.

Add up how much money you spend on soft drinks and you’ll probably be surprised. Soft drinks are expensive. Thankfully, soft drink manufacturers are big on coupons, ranging from printable online coupons for the soft drinks you love to manufacturer’s coupons printed directly on the packaging of specific brands of soft drinks. If you plan ahead and print out or cut out soft drink coupons, you can shave big dollars off your weekly or monthly grocery budget and still enjoy the soft drinks your family loves.