GROCERY SHOPPING HACKS! | TIPS TO SAVE HALF YOUR GROCERY BILL WITH FRUGAL FIT MOM

If you look at your grocery budget and feel like it's impossible to cut that bill here in 2022, this video is for you! You can cut your grocery bill in HALF with these practical, simple, and easy grocery shopping hacks. Learn how to save money on groceries with me, Frugal Fit Mom!

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00:00 We spend so much on food
1:12 Quit the drinks
2:32 Double and Freeze
3:20 On Wednesdays, we shop
4:35 Digital Savings
7:10 Keep it Simple
8:10 Meal Prep Breakfast
9:20 Use what you have
10:15 Choose Wisely
12:17 There's more

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[kathleenlacelle]

My favourite tip is to not "pop out" for a few things. If you are missing something last minute, make due with what you have. The "pop out" trips end up costing you so much because you invariably buy way more, and you tend to be hungry when you go which does not help lol. You have said this in many videos and I appreciate it.

[katiePBD]

My tip as a former grocery store employee for meat and produce: find out when the managers/team leaders shifts end! They usually mark down items that expire soon near the end of their shifts. At the store I worked at, you could get 20-70% off depending on the product!

[ginadowd]

Yes girl! SAME! Use what you have and rotate that stock! Love that free grocery money back! I remarried at 50 after 20 years as a single mom and my husband is AMAZED at how cooking from scratch & being organized saves us. Poor thing, he had first wife who bought everything pre-made or hit the drive thru. We love challenging ourselves to no spend periods on food. Two years ago, we found a fabulous deal on a convertible and used grocery saving to buy it. Now these two 50 something year olds are loving day trips and picnics in style with plenty of natural vitamin D!

[GlamourNNail]

I was so freaking proud of myself the other day. Between sales, digital coupons, clearance and Ibotta, I saved over 50% on my bill! Regular price it would have been over $160 (didn't know the regular price on a couple of items so I don't know the exact regular price) but I spent $79 and then got $8.75 back in Ibotta. I was so pumped! I managed to get some clearance yogurt for 9¢ each because they still ring up as the item and Ibotta still recognizes it.
I also just cashed in my Ibotta and Fetch for Amazon gift cards and got some birthday gift for my son. I'm on a roll lately.

[ShastaAdam]

Favorite grocery saving tip- we all know it but I'll say it again FOR MYSELF: do not go grocery shopping when you're hungry! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[cltinturkey]

Another great tip is to create your own price sheet. Select the top 30 items you buy routinely and make a chart of their "normal" prices at the stores you use. You can easily see when a sale is real or nix it if it's just marketing blather (smaller quantity for slightly smaller price). Update your price sheet every few months and you'll know where to go for the cheapest items your family really enjoys.

[WiseWomanLola]

It's essential for parents to teach their children how to cook basic foods, how to read recipes, and how to grocery shop. It's not enough that we do those things ourselves.

[sarak]

I'm amazed with how much people spend on groceries! We're a family of four and budget $400 a month, I cook from scratch, make coffee at home, and enjoy a beer on the weekends at home.

[Blue_Caribou]

Best tip I have for anyone living alone: Cook a *full family size meal*. Eat one portion for dinner and freeze five. Do that with a different meal once a week for a month and you have a full month's worth of frozen dinners ready and waiting, with in-built variety! Once you have the system going, you can eat a different single portion of home-cooked dinner quickly and easily every night, whilst only having to cook "properly" once a week. It's so much cheaper than trying to cook different meals in the same week (As always, the most expensive thing to eat is variety) and doesn't leave you bored. Just make sure to test a small test batch of any new recipe first - if you don't love it fresh, you won't like it frozen, and food goes to waste as you don't reach for it when hungry!

[IngridKjord]

Great advice! I just left the shocked stage of current store prices and am now entering the "okay... Let's make this work" stage. Loved the video, thanks.

[amandawilliams]

Yes to the breakfast prep! I make sausage egg and cheese bagels for my husband every week. 87 cents each. He has a bagel and a banana every morning and swears that it's better than anything he could get at any drive thru!

[PandaBear]

For years, well decades, people are so shocked at my way to shop. I see what I have, figure out what I want to make for the week, check the sales flyers, check my coupons, and write down my list in the order I shop through the store. I have a pen in my bag to cross things off when I get put it on my cart, check out, double check my receipt before leaving the store, and get any needed rainchecks. It just seems obvious to me, that's how my mom and grandmother shopped.

[crystalm]

I didn't get all the free offers this time, because well I just don't know people to refer. I did get the pizza offer and (on a delivery order) my walmart subbed me out for a different pizza and I still got credit. That is really awesome of them to do.

[anitas]

I always cook the full recipe for 6 or 8 even though it’s only my husband and I. Once for dinner, once for lunch in the next couple days, and one or 2 more meals in the freezer. I only cook about 3 times a week and we eat almost every meal at home this way. Toaster pancakes are great - I make the whole recipe, we eat a few, freeze the rest (separated by waxed paper) and pop them in the toaster. Made from scratch oatmeal, rice, potatoes, beans saves a fortune. Learning (from Christine!) to plan meals around freezer and pantry changes everything!

[maria_w]

My husband is in construction, so money gets tight in the winter. I stock up with sales in the summer and save my ibotta rewards for a Walmart gift card in the winter.

[jadwgfgaecacawef]

Great tips! My kiddos like the flavored instant oatmeal packs. I always add a few extra tablespoons of plain quick oats to each bowl before I zap it in the microwave. It helps cut back on the sweetness and helps the budget

[nephilimslayer]

My tip with supermarkets and food retailers is to shop around. My local butcher and greengrocer are consistently cheaper than the major chains, even ALDI. Know your prices and keep track of sales cycles.

[laylabadiha]

Food prices are so high in aus right now! It’s so hard to keep under budget especially with shortages

[SongbirdCollageArts]

Thanks, Christine. Your tips have helped me transition into being self-employed after a job loss last year. I never would have been able to do it without knowing how to make a dollar stretch--and groceries are one of the easiest ways to trim a budget. You rock!

[SarahAbplanalp]

My husband and I realized we've spent WAY too much on food last year, both in groceries and fast food 😬 we started mainly just going to Aldi and making way more homemade food and cutting out fast food and I think we're under half what we were spending before 😯 it's crazy