{"id":4608,"date":"2007-12-04T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.k2concepts.com\/~nutritio\/wordpress\/?p=93"},"modified":"2013-08-25T21:34:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:34:35","slug":"grocery-store-money-saving-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/grocery-store-money-saving-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Store Money Saving Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December always sneaks up on me and my banking account.\u00a0 I always try to save extra money for buying gifts but I often forget about all the extra food costs that I accrue during this month.\u00a0 Baking and holiday parties take a toll on our monthly food budget.\u00a0 This year I am ready.\u00a0\u00a0 I have adjusted my monthly food budget and have brushed up on my grocery shopping money saving skills.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important steps in saving money at the grocery store is pre-planning.\u00a0 Before you even drive off to the grocery store make a weekly\/monthly menu plan, take inventory of what you have in your pantry, and make a shopping list.\u00a0 Also, shop when you are not hungry and when you do not have to take children with you, if possible.\u00a0 If your children do go along, involve them in shopping.\u00a0 Have them help pick out fresh produce or find a specific product that is on your shopping list.<\/p>\n<p>Grocery stores are in the business to make money.\u00a0 Grocery store layouts are designed to maximize their profits.\u00a0 They set up fancy displays at the end of the isles that scream &#8220;buy me,&#8221; but buyers beware:\u00a0 These items are typically higher in price.\u00a0 Also, items located on island displays and on the middle of the shelf are typically more expensive products.\u00a0 Becoming aware of these grocery stores marketing tactics will result in you walking out of the store with more money.<\/p>\n<p>Here is additional money saving tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compare products carefully.\u00a0 Brand name foods are usually not the best buy.\u00a0 Store brands and value brands are often less expensive and taste just as good.<\/li>\n<li>Large packages are usually less expensive than smaller packages.\u00a0 Use unit pricing to help you decide which is better.\u00a0 Remember that a large package is not a better buy if you will not use it all before it goes bad.<\/li>\n<li>Buy fruits and vegetables in season for best quality and lowest prices.\u00a0 Frozen, canned and dried fruits and vegetables are also good choices.<\/li>\n<li>Stock-up on sale items only if they are foods you regularly use and if you have room to store them.<\/li>\n<li>Compare convenience foods to foods you can fix yourself.\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 Refrigerated or canned juices are generally more expensive than frozen juice concentrates.<\/li>\n<li>Watch the scanner.\u00a0 Often the checkout scanner is wrong, the checker will be more than willing to input the appropriate price if you catch a mistake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have additional grocery shopping money-saving tips please share it with the rest of our readers by posting a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Try this tasty, inexpensive and quick recipe.\u00a0 It is one of my family&#8217;s favorite meals and is sure to become one of your family&#8217;s favorites too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Easy on the Pocket Chicken &amp; Biscuits<br \/>\n4 servings<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">1 (7.5 oz.) tube refrigerator biscuits<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">1 (10 \u00be oz.) can cream of chicken or cream of celery soup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">1 (10 oz.) package frozen peas, green beans or mixed vegetables<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">1 cup cooked chicken, diced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">1\/3 cup low-fat milk<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Bake the biscuits as directed on the package. Split biscuits in half.<\/li>\n<li>In a pan, combine the vegetables, soup, cooked chicken, and milk.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon chicken mixture over split biscuits.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Nutrition Information per Serving: 380 Calories, 11 g Total Fat (17% DV), 4 g Saturated Fat (20% DV),\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45 mg Cholesterol (16% DV), 1200 mg Sodium (50% DV), 45 g Total Carbohydrate (15% DV), 3 g Dietary Fiber (13% DV), 5 g Sugars, 23 g Protein, 40% Vitamin A, 25% Vitamin C, 15% Calcium, 20% Iron.<\/p>\n<p>Source of Recipe: The Cook&#8217;s Helper, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December always sneaks up on me and my banking account.\u00a0 I always try to save extra money for buying gifts but I often forget about all the extra food costs that I accrue during this month.\u00a0 Baking and holiday parties take a toll on our monthly food budget.\u00a0 This year I am ready.\u00a0\u00a0 I have adjusted my monthly food budget&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/grocery-store-money-saving-tips\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[790,780,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i","category-nutrition-2","category-c","cat-790-id","cat-780-id","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/grocery1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8922,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions\/8922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}