Save Time & Money When Buying Groceries

From www.blueberry.org.

I need to save time and money when grocery shopping, but not at the expense of quality. Grocery shopping is not one of my favorite things to do. So the way I keep it interesting is by going to a variety of stores. It makes it more fun for me to shake things up. Plus I get to comparison shop for prices and value.

And don’t mention using coupons — it’s just not for me! It’s way, too, time consuming and nerve wrecking, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t have the time or patience to sit clipping, categorizing and sorting everything out, once you get in the store. Although, I will clip a few out here and there on a really good deal for something I normally use.

Now, I definitely will write a grocery list on most occasions — it helps jog the memory and does tend to keep me from straying off to pick up those other items, I don’t necessarily need.

But I’m always looking to improve upon my approach and keep it fresh. I need to sit down and come up with a better plan to improve my whole grocery shopping routine, so that I get more “bang for my buck”, so to speak. There are a number of food sites out there — lot of good and useful ideas on these sites:

A Little Planning

www.supermarketsavvy.com
www.foodsubs.com
www.caloriecontrol.org
www.thenewhomemaker.com
cutting-grocery-costs-without-clipping-coupons

Healthy Choices

www.almondsarein.com
www.artichokes.org
www.blueberry.org/recipes
www.avocado.org
www.avocadocentral.com

Local & Organic Markets & Growers

www.sustainabletable.org/blog
www.localharvest.org/organic-farms
www.organicgrowersschool.org

Fish/Poultry/Meat

www.themeatrix.com
www.thegreenguide.com
www.wildsalmon.org