Thought for the day

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who as the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. [Theodore Roosevelt]

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Cutting Grocery Costs

Most of those who know me know I like food and I like to eat well.  That being said, I like to save money whenever I can.  Here are some things I have learned over time.

  1. Buy store brands especially the newer "Up market" brands like Kroger's Private Selection.  These are high quality products that are reasonably priced.
  2. Be aware of the package sizing. For example, most of the "half gallon" containers of juices in the dairy case are no longer 64 ounces but are 59 ounces or less.  The store brands are likely to be the full 64 ounces.
  3. Use the merchants frequent shopper programs as they often will mail you targeted coupons and make discounted items in the store only available to those who have the card.  
  4. If you are using coupons from the store, you can also use a manufacturer coupon along with it.  I have gotten items at 75% or greater off the marked price.
  5. Go to the store website and download coupons.  Kroger will also load coupon discounts to your frequent shopper card.
  6. Google "grocery coupons" and check out some of the links there.
  7. Go to the manufacturer websites and download coupons.
  8. Buy long lasting staples when they are on sale, read the grocery ads.
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