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Originally Posted by Blondie93
I buy as many groceries as possible at Target instead of the grocery store. In my area the cereal can be as much as $2 cheaper at Target, and milk is almost $1 cheaper. Everything else is approx .25-.50 cheaper, which adds up really fast for a family of four.
When I was first dating my now husband he was buying EVERYTHING at the grocery store- shampoo, paper towels, cleaning products, trash bags, etc. I broke him of that soooo fast. Needless to say, if any of you bachelor-types out there are buying anything at the grocery store that they also sell at Target (or Wal-Mart, or K-mart, or your discount store of choice) then you are crazy!!! You would be shocked to see how much you save.
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I wish the Target here would sell those kinds of items cheaper!! They are the most expensive, then wal-mart, then kroger. But having said that, it also depends on the item--Wal-Mart sells dog food, women's products, paper products, and toiletries cheaper than Kroger almost always. The Krogers here are currently on this massive kick to compete head to head with walmart and have built Kroger Marketplaces aka Super Krogers all over the place. Plus Kroger will double coupons that are 50 cents or less and walmart does not double coupons (but they do take coupons).
So having said that I do the following to cut costs:
Coupons, coupons, coupons!! Whether they come in the mail, email, discount cards (as long as they are free) or the sunday paper (the only paper we get) I am a believer in coupons. When I shop at Kroger, I often can get savings on the kroger plus card and a coupon on the same item which saves even more.
For the most part we have gone to Kroger & Walmart branded items instead of name brand things like Campbell's, Kraft, etc.
This is a drastic measure for some, but in an effort to both save money and be healthier we no longer buy soft drinks at my house. We drink water (we have a water filter on our kitchen tap and the fridge dispenser so we dont buy bottled), milk, coffee, and kroger or walmart brand sugar free kool-aid, with an occasional buying of orange or cranapple juice.
Instead or ordering pizza or going out to eat once a week, we have cut back and do that once a month. Between pizza orderings we make our own pizzas or buy frozen.
I have cut back on my Sephora, Ulta, & The Body Shop bills (sadly) and have gone to cheaper brands available at walmart, kroger, and drugstores: Olay, Herbal Essences, RoC, Neutrogena, St. Ives, Queen Helene, etc. I didnt realize how expensive my cleanser was until I started cutting back--former cleanser was $32, my new cleanser is $7. I will never give up my Bare Minerals however
We also are growing whatever produce we can on our own which cuts costs from buying fresh produce, canned & frozen veggies & fruit, jams, & jellies, herbs, and sunflower seeds. We do canning, freezing, and make our own jams and jellies.
I try to fill up my car at the cheapest places possible which here is usually Kroger with the kroger plus card. In the past two months I've earned two free fill ups!
We are renovating the entire interior of my home and are doing all the work ourselves instead of paying someone to do it. It is slower going, but we have saved so much money by doing it ourselves.
We try our best to pay credit cards off at the end of every month and not carry a balance as well as trying to pay cash when we can instead of charging everything to the credit cards.
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