Is the Convenience Really Worth It?

Trent, writing for The Simple Dollar, calculated the price premiums of pre-cut produce at the grocery store compared to buying whole items and cutting them yourself. The conclusion? Unless you earn over $50 per hour, it probably is not worth the extra cost.

Read the full article here.

Bargain Shopping

A good way to make your money stretch farther is to buy things at significant discounts. Spending less money on something that you were already planning to buy is always a great option. However, some people fall into the trap of buying things they did not plan on buying simply because they were a great deal. When you do this, you are not really saving money.
A great site that lists many short lasting deals is SlickDeals.net. Members are constantly uploading new deals that they have located online and posted them for the rest of us. If you keep your eyes open you can get some great discounts on things you already were shopping for, but make sure to keep that impulse buying in check.

www.slickdeals.net

More Cheap Eats

Although getting good prices on groceries is always rewarding, it doesn't beat getting fresh produce from your own garden. Whether you have a large garden in your yard for growing, or grow plants in pots by the window, anyone can garden. Fresh veggies from your own garden also contain no synthetic fertilizers or pesticide residues, unless of course, you added them yourself.

A quick guide to maximize your garden harvest can be found here.

Cheap Grocery Shopping

Kathy Spencer, a wife and mother of four, tells how she feeds her family for under $100 per month.

Read articles about it here, here, and here.

Loss Leaders

One of the best deals you can find from any store is their loss leader items. These are the items that they generally advertise below cost in order to get customers like you through their doors. The hope is that you will then buy other items, offsetting their losses and increasing the stores’ overall sales dollars.

You can use this to your advantage by buying only the loss leader items. These are usually marked as “limit x per customer” so they are easy to spot. If you need the item(s) on sale you’re in luck. If you really don’t need those items, you’re not really saving yourself any money by buying them, even if they are below cost.