How I save £30 a week on food shopping!
Food is so expensive, if we did not eat we would be rich!!! I decided on order to increase the amount of available money to pay off my mortgage I should cut down on my grocery shopping bill. Easier said than done you may think, but I realised as I live alone I was having alot of waste and throwing so much food out. Throwing food out costs you money for NOTHING. So in order to stop this I needed a plan and quick before more money was wasted.
First I decided that I would do my shopping three times weekly, as once a week meant things were going out of date and ending up in the bin. I find by shopping a week ahead by the time the end of the week came the food you were left with did not appeal and so yet again was dumped, what a waste!
Secondly I now make lists of everything I need. If I buy a small bag of potatoes I make them do me three nights in a row so that I can eat them before they go bad. I also buy a lot of frozen produce as you can eat how much you want and keep the rest for another time.
Initially when I started doing my own shopping I was treating myself way too much and impulse buying, so now I only take a limited amount of cash to the supermarket with me so this does not happen. I also limit my time shopping, before I would have walked around for ages lifting this and that and popping it in my shopping trolley.
Cheaper brands are not necessarily any less tasty than big name brands. By switching brands I saved at least £5 a week. This applies to all foods and toiletries especially which are so expensive.
By following these steps I have managed to save on average £30 a week!! This is an extra £30 to put towards my mortgage!! Every little counts!
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