How to Save money when Grocery Shopping.

Here is a tried and true way to save money when you are grocery shopping.

1) Make a menu and a grocery list when you are relatively hungry.  (It's easier to think of good things to cook when you are hungry.)

2) Do a lot of work, errands, etc all day Saturday.

3) Have a very filling and nutritious meal.

4) Go to the grocery store as close to their closing time as you can get away with. (If it's a 24 hour store just go around 7 or 8 pm)

5) Take at least one child to ride in the grocery cart.  (If you have two little ones take both of them.)

I guarantee that you will be so tired and so not hungry and so crazy from supervising the kids and trying to keep them from falling out of the cart or grabbing things off the shelf that you will just grab what is on your list and get out of there. You will not stop to browse the sale items. You will not grab things because you are hungry and hopefully you know how to say "No" to all the things the kids are wanting you to get. Hence your grocery bill will be lower.

(Oh yea, and if you like to spend the time looking for and clipping coupons you could try using those too.)