How to Save Money on Groceries

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Ah, the dreaded weekly grocery shopping trip. Some people love it (like myself, don't judge me, okay!) and then the majority hate it. Spending money on something you are just going to eat, is nowhere near as fun as spending money on clothes or computer games, but if we want to survive, it's just part of the deal.

I'm lucky I still live at home, so I'm not bombarded with bills, bills, bills. However my role is to purchase the weekly groceries. I take this job very seriously. I want to feed my family the yummiest food I can find. Like anything over the past few years, groceries have sky rocketed in price. To buy cheese, you need to work a second job and don't get me started on bread or toilet paper. They are just the essentials too!

After a few months of spending nearly half my wage on food, I decided something had to change. At this point I was only going to Woolworths, which is a great supermarket, but if things aren't on sale or don't have a reduced sticker, they can be rather expensive.

I started to pay attention to the weekly brochures that I received in the mail, comparing prices for Coles , Woolworths , IGA and Aldi . I than made a decision based on the specials that interested me the most and which two supermarkets I would go to. Already I was noticing a positive difference with how much I was spending.

This gave me the extra push to find other ways to save money. I brought a lot of per-prepared meals before, like frozen dinners or lasagnas. I thought heck, I watch MasterChef, I'm sure I can start cooking up some tasty dinners using recipes, rather than relying on the microwave so heavily. I didn't even need to dish (dish, because food. My pathetic puns always have to come out in every article) out on cook books, I just googled "healthy" or "cheap" recipes and printed them out and created my own cook book.

Again, I started saving money. How fun is this? As I found myself going to Aldi more and more, I soon begun to realise this place was a groceries-hunters dream! If you don't live near Aldi, then I suggest you sell your house and move near one. You can save so much money on essential items and more. Sure, they don't sell everything a normal supermarket does, but you can buy most of what you need and then duck into Woolies or Coles (whichever one has the best sales) and do the rest.

Also another key is when something is on sale for a really great price, stock up. Always remember to check the used by date though, you don't want 10 boxes of chocolate that all expire in 2 days time. It does sound exciting, but trust me, that is too much chocolate for anybody – besides for this guy.



Lastly, never go shopping hungry. I know you have most likely heard this saying before, but it holds so much truth. The amount of times I have done this and walked away with a whole chicken, 12 bread rolls and a cold drink from the fridge (which is so much more expensive than the ones on the shelf) is crazy.

I hope in some way this has helped you, especially with Christmas coming on. Happy shopping ya'll!

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