What’s your best tip on keeping you food shop cost down ?
Best money saving tip for your groceries
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Buy things on special.
I live across the road from woolworths and coles, I go to shops at 8:30 and stake out the markdowns, gets exercise as well. I also stand by the chickens and wait till they are half price. I’ll stand there with no shame for 15 mins till they budge.
Also buy deodorants, shampoos etc when half price enuf to last a year.
And in general only half price shit gets bought.
Every fortnight my wife buys a woolies e gift card and gets 5 percent off.
Hopefully she uses the Woolies app, which is great as you can tap it in the email to automatically add it to your woolies wallet.
Same. I don't have any 'favourite' brands or items that I must buy even if it's not on special.
I'll buy what ever is on special and I'm teaching my kids that too. Sometimes they'll ask for a specific item which isn't on special and I'll say no. Cos I know it will be half price or their abouts the week after. So now they ask for things where they see the yellow tag :`D
I feel like after a few more days of replies, we need to harvest this information and put it in the wiki
Dan Murphys will always price beat any competitor mostly automatically.
I know It does when I use their loyalty card.So I shop there using my 5% off woolies wish gift cards.
Also, Big W will price match, so find the cheapest product elsewhere then buy it at BIG W with 5% off.
Really handy coming up to Christmas.I have a Woolworths credit card that once a month gives me 10% off my first shop for the weekend.
If there is something on sale on the week I don't have a discount, and it is out of stock, then I get the raincheck which I use when I have 10% off.Buy things on sale. 1/2 price catalogue sales are worth waiting for, I bulk buy some items that last me for a few weeks.
Buy seasonal vegetables. Whatever is in surplus (and "imperfect" ones if you can). Invent recipes. Cook them.
Don't buy processed foods. Ever. The exception is things like oil, spices, condiments or sauces. Keep a good supply of them, so you can be creative.
That's what we do, and we rarely spend more than $30 for groceries in a week. Plus, our meals change year-round, depending on what is in surplus. If there's a glut of imperfect yellow squash for $1/kg one week at Harris Farm, you bet that's what we'll be eating. Then another week, it may be cabbage time. Variety!
Yours is the best reply in the thread. My grocery bill is similarly tiny but I eat a lot more meat. Markdowns of 50–90 % off or chicken drumsticks at $3/kg.
Don't buy processed foods. Ever.
Indeed! If a food wasn't raised, milked, laid or grown, don't buy it!
It's a shame that the average Australian has no clue about nutrition. Most are sugar addicts without realising it.
Didn't you read my comment above about the same thing?
Yes, but yours didn't have the 2nd paragraph nor the elaboration of the 3rd.
Would you like one of my precious 38 daily up votes anyway?
@Scrooge McDuck: All good.
Your point about the average Joe having no clue about nutrition bears out in the votes. :)
PS: 2nd para is useful elaboration but is tautology when talking about seasonal produce.
I do the opposite of some people who've posted so far. I kind of walk the aisles a little bit to see what things are on sale. I know the 50% sales are good, but sometimes the reduced to clear sales are great. I work in an outer suburban area and I've found that fancy items often even up in this category. In terms of the regular sale items, I know the types of things I want and I have a relatively good idea of how often they go on sale, so I stock up accordingly. I try to never buy toiletries, cat food, tinned foods or many other long-lasting items full price.
I prefer colesworths over Aldi for most things - mostly because I think I get better things for a lower price. I do prefer Aldi for dairy though.
We also have a Cheaper By Miles kind of near my house, which is like a Not Quite Right type shop. I go about once a month and I love it.
I agree with people who say to eat vegetables in season - good for the environment, too.
Don't shop on an empty stomach… also make a shopping list and go to whichever one has the cheaper product.
With 90% of my groceries, I'm not too picky with what brand I get.
For example milo, well no other brand is even similar… But something like premade frozen meals, toilet paper, shampoo/conditioner, sandwhich meat, washing detergent, potato chips, lollies etc….I will just go get whatever represents best value, that week with sales running.
I figure if I get everything for half price, I can have twice as much 'stuff'
Buy stuff on special bulk up on it ie toilet paper, toothpaste, olive oil ….
Every Week i buy 500g of Mince ($3-$7, dependeing on day), 500g of Pasta (always $2), a Jar of Pasta Sauce ($2 give or take), packet of Cheese and a 500gb packet of Frozen veggeis, cook it all up and it makes 6 meals, so i have Food to take to work, if i ate less, it could easlly do 12
I am super guilty of this.
Don't buy too much of what you need.
I always have wasted expired left overs I feel bad for it.
Sometimes it helps because it means less shops but the wastage breaks my heart.
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