Effective Money Saving Methods On Grocery For Indians

We all need food and useful items for daily livelihood, and for that we need to shop our groceries regularly. The grocery expenditure is the one in which we can make some money out of it avoiding unnecessary purchasing.

But the supermarkets are using numerous smart marketing techniques, hence the modern supermarkets has been reinvented to shaping themselves so precisely that the customers are getting tempted to buy and spend more. But customers need to be aware of these modern marketing tricks and techniques to withstand the temptation to avoid spending too much money.

Here are few tips and tricks for customers and consumers to avoid unnecessary bills in grocery stores.

1. Go for Shopping on Non-Peak Days

Get a track of your grocery store and know which days of the month are busiest for shopping. As on busiest days, the prices tend to be average to high, as the stores don’t have to work too hard to bring in the shoppers. If weekends are the days in which your store remains busy for shopping, then go on the starting days of week, as you will get better deals and pricings. However, this may vary from area to area hence take some time to track the non peak days.

2. Have an eye over Expiry dates

For bakery products or dairy products or meats, don’t pick those items from the front of the shelf or top items. The shopkeepers usually push the soonest to expire to the front of the shelf and stock the fresh stuff at the back. It helps them to sell the items before it expires. Pick the items those have the longest expiry dates so that you will have more time to consume it.

3. Stock up some deals

It’s better and safe to buy staples like shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste in bulk, as this will cut back on your future grocery bills.

4. Keep your fridge, pantry and cupboards well organized

Try to avoid your items and staples to be jumbled together. If your items will be disorganized, there are most chances to miss any item or several items that you already have in your stock and you don’t even need to buy them.

5. Try to bend your neck to the bottom shelf

Remember, the goal of every grocery store is to make maximum profit. In most grocery stores, all the shelves are designed to make it easy for us to choose the items that have the highest profit margin. So, look for the better deals on the lower shelf. Also watch for some small shelves that have the lower priced items. Store keepers know it that your attention easily gets caught by larger displays.

6. Go for less shopping trips

Better go for big expenditure for monthly shopping trips that will help you keep target on your monthly consumption. Choose hand basket instead of grocery cart for quick trips, sp that there will be no room for non essentials.

7. Keep you hunger beast calm

Before going for shopping, have some snacks or some toast or chocolate so that you can keep control on your tongue temptations which makes you spend more money on your cravings.

8. Go alone for shopping

If you think your kids hanging on to you begging for their cravings while shopping or your spouse is not that good and smart shopper then better go alone, leave them at home while you go for shopping.

9. Grow your own veggies and herbs

Gardens are mostly common arena most of us have got. I am not talking about big large garden, you can go for small too, but try to grow your own veggies, and herbs which will help you to reduce unnecessary grocery bills.

10. Shop at various stores

Don’t just get stuck on to one store, compare the prices and deals of various stores and go for shopping where you find your staples and groceries at most reasonable cost. If you find specific items on two to three shops you could too go for that, as it’s really worth it.