Weight Watchers Coupons: 25% off | Medifast Coupons
Printable Grocery Coupons
Coupons | Product Reviews | Contests | Articles | Forums | Search | Subscribe
Family Fun | Parenting Tips | Romance | Health & Fitness | Organic Living | Weight Loss | WAHMs
Welcome Momscapers!
Today's Best Coupons:
Office Depot
Coupons: $30 off $150
Target.com
Coupons:
Free shipping on
select items
shoes.com
Coupons:
Up to 50% off
More Coupons >
Online Coupons
Today's
Favorite Coupons
All Online
Coupons by Store
All Online Coupons by
Category
Printable
Grocery Coupons
Freebies and Free Gifts with
Purchase Offers
Product Reviews
Momscape's
Favorite Things (Blog)
Top-Rated
Mom Product Reviews
About Momscape
Home Page
Subscribe
Site Map
Links
Link to Us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
About us
Contact Us
Disclosure
Momscape receives revenue when you purchase through the link on many of our site
pages, including product reviews, recommendations and coupon codes. Making your
purchases through this site is a great way to support Momscape (and often saves
you money, too.)
For more information, see our Terms of
Service.
Saving Money on Groceries: Nine ways to keep more money in your pocket.
There are two ways to save money on your groceries: buy less or pay
less.
"Buying less" always sounds like you have to diminish your lifestyle.
And "spending less" sounds like you have to go into the supermarket with
a bag full of coupons.
True, these are ways to cut down on your grocery shopping bills - but,
with a little thought, you can reduce your spending in other ways, too.
Reuse. You may be able to buy less because you are using less or reusing
the same things more than once - such as plastic bags and containers.
You can also buy less by making things last longer. Dilute fruit juice,
for example. This will help you save money and calories.
Another way to buy less and save on your grocery shopping is to buy
smart and think about all the things that you might be wasting because
they’ve gone bad or expired before they get used. This often happens
with items such as large yogurt containers and some fruits and
vegetables.
Ditch disposables. Also think about all the disposable items you might
be buying that could be replaced by a permanent item... permanent coffee
filters, plastic food containers instead of disposable bags, razors for
shaving, even water filters.
Be careful with your coupons. The same thing goes for coupons. Sure,
coupons are a great way to save money on groceries but if you’re buying
things you normally wouldn’t buy ( or you're buying twice as much to get
the special sale price), you may actually end up spending more.
Sometimes the coupon offers are higher-priced items than the store
brands.
By the same token, be careful of store brand or value products that are
cheaper imitations of the real thing. Buying lower quality can be a
money saver if you choose wisely, but if you end up using twice as much
and the product lasts half as long, you might as well enjoy the real
thing.
The Internet makes it easy to find and print just the coupons you want
for the items you would be buying anyway. Momscape and Coupons.com, for
example, have teamed up on this
printable
grocery coupons website - which allows you to print only the coupons
you need, free. Just click the box next to the offer you want, and when
you're all finished, the coupons you selected go right to your printer.
Shop the clearance section. The most common way to pay less for items is
to buy the items on sale, to buy less expensive brands, or to buy
products in bulk. Often items that are reduced for clearance are
perfectly suitable to consume...it's just that the store has to sell
them quickly - or face throwing them out.
Try to avoid impulsive buying. Many people buy impulsively because the
products are there on the shelf in front of them. Don't go to the
grocery store hungry - or without a list.
You can also shop around different stores to find the bargains and you
might be surprised by how much you can save.
Purchase non-food items elsewhere.
You may find that non-food items, such as
vitamins, paper products,
beauty and
personal care items may be less expensive at your local discount
store. If you love particular products, price them online. For example,
I can't imagine a day without my
Biolage Conditioning Balm or my
philosophy face wash - both of which I purchase online (with a
coupon code, of course.) This limits the impulse buying that
automatically occurs when I take my kids into Wal-Mart, too.
Be wary of supermarket tricks. These are things like raising the price
of a popular brand for about two weeks then ‘price cutting’ to just
below the original price to make it look like it’s on special offer.
Supermarkets can raise and lower their prices to match the supplier’s
situation. So if a product supplier is struggling to supply apples one
week, then the price will go up, and when the apples start flooding back
in again, a special offer price will appear.
But don’t make the common mistakes that many people make. When
supermarkets put things on special offer, such as ‘buy one and get one
free’ people think this is a great deal. It often is, but this may make
you simply consume more so you really won’t be saving much at all.
The best ‘two for the price of one’ offers are on things that you can
only consume at a certain rate like bathroom and cleaning products, such
as toothpaste and soap powder.
Try
Amazon Grocery
You can now get your non-perishables online through amazon. Choose from
more than 14,000 products, including cookies and candy, coffee and tea,
natural & organic, baby care, household, pet supplies, etc. All items
are eligible for free Super Saver Shipping and Amazon Prime. You can get
some great deals - and delivered right to your door, just like other
amazon purchases. Check out
Amazon.com Coupon codes here, too, to see if you can save even more.
Think of Bargain Shopping as a game
It's kind of fun to see how much money you can save - and how much you
can really limit your spending, without allowing it to dampen your
lifestyle. Now let's see how many dollars you can save today!
Subscribe via email
Subscribe to our blog
Follow us on Twitter
Find us on Facebook
Search for Coupons by Store:
NEW! Comparison Shopping Engine
Search for the best prices on your favorite products.
Bookmark and share Momscape with your friends:
Follow Susie's Coupons on Twitter
Get up-to-the-minute updates on new coupons with our coupon tweets: http://twitter.com/susiescoupons http://twitter.com/jewelrycoupons http://twitter.com/travelcoupons
http://twitter.com/officecoupons
Coupons for Momscape Readers:
Offers valid for a limited time.
Free Printable Grocery Coupons
Weight Watchers Coupon: 25% off
Office Depot Coupons: $30 off $150
More Top Coupons:
Subscribe to Momscape >
or
Get Our Daily Coupon Updates by Email