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How to be a Savvy Shopper and SAVE . How do you plan your shopping trip? Plan your meals around the weekly circulars Shop for loss leaders Don’t be a one-stop shopper. Shop with a list Control impulsive spending Ditch the shopping cart Never shop hungry.
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How do you plan your shopping trip? • Plan your meals around the weekly circulars • Shop for loss leaders • Don’t be a one-stop shopper.
Shop with a list • Control impulsive spending • Ditch the shopping cart • Never shop hungry
Don’t be a brand-name snob • Look for gems in unexpected places • Compare the unit price of an item • Invest in a membership wholesale club • Sign up for rewards cards
Shop for marked down meat • Buy whole-cuts of meat and save • Spend less on lunch meat • Substitute lentils or beans for meat at least one meal a week and save
Lifestyle habits - needs versus wants • Find the money leaks • Understand where you can cut back
Begin to stockpile-buying items at their lowest price point • Clip and organize coupons • Coupon overage
Coupons are a form of currency • 88 % of all manufacture coupons come from the Sunday newspaper • Other sources for coupons- Printable online coupons, magazines, “Blinkies,” “Peelies,” store websites, and manufacture websites
Coupon stacking—know the rules • Maximize the value of coupons • Double coupons • Just because you have a coupon—doesn’t mean you have to use it
Share the wealth—offer unused coupons to friends and family • Expired coupons can be offered to military families. Visit www.ocpnet.org or www.CouponstoTroops.com
Coupon etiquette • Match the specified product to the coupon • Buy the quantity of the product specified on the coupon • Be organized, have coupons cut and clipped to the grocery list • Confirm that the coupons have not expired