How to Save Money Grocery Shopping

One of the simplest and biggest savers I have found to be - switch which grocery store chain you go to!! It took me nearly a year to convince my husband that if we switched to Market Basket from Shaws or Hannafords - we could save a bundle! (Yes - he does the grocery shopping because he does it better than me.) Finally, after many financial changes this past 6 months - he figured "what the heck - I'l l try Market Basket and see how it goes." Well - when he came home with the receipt and saved approximately $40 (if we had gone to Shaws instead) he was convinced. I find that we save an average of $30 to $40 per week which comes out to approximately $90 to $120 a month!! Just think what you could do with that extra money!! A few other tips are:

• buy store brand items
• clip coupons (I tend to only clip coupons on items I buy frequently - diapers, wipes, formula, detergent, etc. as it can take some time)
• buy in bulk when on sale

Hopefully these tips will help some of you save some money - it sure helped me!!