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Stretching Your $ With Valuable Advice

Not surprisingly many are searching for new means on saving cash. And rightly so too given the current state of the economy. What people may not easy. You just have to know where to search and what to do to get the best out of your grocery dollar. There are a number of ways to save and the key one I recommend is by using coupons. I know a lot of people criticize the use of coupons as a waste of time due to the fiddly nature of cutting out coupons and even printing them off the Internet. I have even often heard critics say you can’t really save enough money to make up for the time finding the coupons. However, using coupons every time you shop for your family will save hundreds of dollars every month. It?s a guaranteed strategy.

Here are a few tips on how to save significant amounts of money on groceries:

Use the Internet often to find free coupons. Often times, coupons that come in newspapers and magazines are also available free online. Given the speed of printers, it only takes a few moments to print off coupons off the Internet.

There are also different types of coupons. Some will save you a % on the goods you purchase. These are known as rebate coupons. Other coupons are BOGO free otherwise known as ?Buy One Get One free? coupons. When you buy one item featured on these coupons, you will save the full price on the next item. This is quite common when dealing with caf? and restaurant coupons where you are able to quite regularly get free meals or half price meals.

There are also coupons that give away freebies. These are few and far between but when they are available you need to use them ASAP! These occur frequently for food free samples and beauty products where businesses try to attract to you use their products. These clearly are the best type of coupons as no money or purchase needs to change hands for you to get your hands on free stuff. When these coupons come about it is recommended that you print them off straight away as they often have short availability lifespans. You can find many great coupons at Coupons.com, FreeStuff4Free.com and CoolSavings.com. These 3 sites offer many brand and quality name coupons that you can use to help save you cash.

Do not go with name brands if you do not have to. This is often said but people get sucked in by marketing and nice looking packaging. Many of the groceries or foods that you buy in a tin, or the frozen foods isle are all made by the same parent company but have different looking labels. Look closely at the ingredients and not brand names. If you can get the same ingredients for less, buy the cheaper item.

If after following any of the above advice, you are not saving money, then you are doing something very very wrong! Using coupons is the freshest way to save you hard earned cash.

Tags: cheabies, coupons, free samples, Free Stuff, freebies
Posted in Budgeting · February 11th, 2010 · Comments (0)

Practical Tips To Help Save Money On Groceries

The worst thing about a recession is trying to readjust your life to live within your means. For so many, this becomes a strain and especially if it’s the first financial downturn they have experienced, they are often left worse for wear without a plan in place. I truly believe that some easy principles to live by will keep you in good stead, whether it be the good financial times or the tougher times. In fact I believe if EVERYBODY abided by these principles, then a lot of heartache that society as a whole has experienced could have been avoided. The way in which we are raised will determine our belief system and how we value money and save money. A youngster taught the value of money and investing will be much better off than the person who was raised with everything given to them without the underlying principles needed to live on their own.

I have some simple tips or principles or whatever you want to call it to help lead you to saving money in a tricky financial time.

Drink more water. Not only is this a much healthier option than 99% of the drinking products available, but purchasing pre-made drinks like soft drinks, juice, mochas, lattes can really cut into your grocery budget. Don’t be conned into the marketing that companies bring out. Carefully read the labels and you’ll realize the latest “nutritional” drink actually doesn’t contain much nutritional value at all! You must be disciplined otherwise you will spend way more than you ever intended to. I’ve been tempted and failed miserably at work where they have set up a vending machine with soft drinks at a value price point. A dollar a day becomes $365 a year. Slip up a few times and it will suddenly turn into $1000. Calculate that as a percentage of your annual income and you may be stunned at the results. It looks a lot worse if you drink alcohol regularly. So where possible stick to drinking water. It will save you a lot of money. What you do not have, you won’t miss. Guaranteed.

Use freebies where possible. Companies often give away samples of their goods to lure you to become a loyal user of their product. This can often save you heaps of money as you are able to trial something for the first time and make a well informed decision on whether the product works for you. Don’t go out purchasing the latest product you have seen advertised on TV or heard on the radio. Branded goods are often proven to be no better than savings or no name products. That’s why it’s vital for you to test and trial and products for yourself to determine what is suitable for you. Sites that specialize in free stuff like FreeStuff4Free.com have a wide range of free samples available across a large range of categories. So far in 2010, this site has saved readers over $600 in free samples alone! Obviously you need to be careful when applying for these freebies so as to not end up with unwanted spam mail or telemarketing contact. But this is definitely something worth looking into.

Just be engaging these 2 tips, you will save yourself in excess of $3000 a year. This cannot be scoffed at. If you are not engaging these 2 principles it’s high time you did and saved yourself some serious money.

Tags: cheabies, coupons, free samples, Free Stuff, freebies
Posted in Budgeting · February 6th, 2010 · Comments (0)