Warning: my neighbor's simple trick for saving on groceries changed my whole month

She showed me her notebook in the checkout line, where she tracks every price drop at our local Kroger and only buys things when they hit her set 'buy price', which cut her bill by almost $40 last week alone.

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4 Comments

the_sam2mo ago

My aunt does something similar with a spreadsheet for the drugstore chains. She swears by waiting for the right week to stock up on stuff like toothpaste and shampoo. It sounds like a lot of work up front, but she says you build the list over time and then just check it. The real trick is knowing your usual prices so you can spot a true deal. Makes you wonder how much extra we pay for the convenience of just grabbing stuff whenever we need it.

jadej502mo ago

Tracking prices like that takes real work, but it makes you question how much we just grab things without looking. Could you imagine doing that for every store you shop at? She probably knows the sale cycles better than the employees do. That forty dollars adds up fast over a year, enough to cover other bills. It turns shopping from a chore into a game you actually win.

sagecooper2mo ago

I mean, calling it a game you win feels like a stretch. It just sounds like turning shopping into a second job to me. Maybe it's just me, but that forty dollars a year wouldn't be worth the constant tracking.

gray87516d ago

And honestly once you get the rhythm down it really does feel like you're beating the system. I do the same thing at Aldi with their meat markdowns and it's saved me enough to pay my internet bill for a couple months.