Healthy Students on a Budget: Grocery Shopping Tips

Okay, I hate to say this but this will be my last post. I first want to thank everyone for supporting us throughout this. Also want to thank you for accepting our harassments and spam.

On a lighter note, my last post is going to be on grocery shopping. Throughout our posts we have told you tips for when you grocery shop. This will be more to sum it all up. I got these tips from previous blogs Healthy Students on a Budget: Student Cooking on a Budget, all of our shopping cart blogs, and Kurtis' Healthy Students on a Budget: Saving Money in College. I also got some tips from Canadian Living.

The tips from Canadian Living are:

Buy in Bulk. This is a great tip. If you can buy a lot of stuff from Costco you save a lot of money. You can easily split things like chicken and freeze it for future meals. It is also cheaper to purchase spices and baking items from the Bulk Barn.

Support the Little Guy. What does this mean? Stay away from large chains, if you are in a smaller store you will be tempted to purchase less.

Don't Throw Out Those Pesky Flyers. Use your flyers to plan out where you are going to shop and find the best deals.

Make your own Tomato Sauce from Scratch. Buying it in the bottle is expensive, save money and make your own. You can make big portions and freeze it. Hey look, frozen chicken and sauce, you have chicken parm!

Have a Plan. I think in my posts I have said this about 20 times. HAVE A PLAN! Make sure you know what you want and you only go for that. Organize it to the store you shop in the most. Soooo did I mention have a plan?

Stick to the Edges of the Grocery Store. I think this has been mentioned too. Shop the edges and you get what you need, usually healthier and you skip the bulk.

Some other tips:

Shop with a friend. The talking will distract you from picking up stuff you don't need.

Go for small trips. If you go in knowing you only need bread and milk you usually only come out with bread and milk. Walking around for a lot of items gives the potential to pick up extra.

Purchase store brand. If you avoid brand names and buy the store brand, say No Frills "No Name" you will save money.

I hope these tips help and I hope you enjoyed our blog. This all ends at midnight so please spread the word! Also, please "like" our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter @BudgetSnacks!

Again, thank you for all your support!

--Robyn