Grandma's 1970s Grocery Shopping Hacks that will Save You Money in 2024

Grandma's 50 Old Fashioned Frugal Living Tips to Try Today (that will save you thousands 💰)

[karenz]

Sometimes I find shopping in the International aisles for certain products is cheaper then in the regular aisle.

[reneenewfrock]

My grandma raised her own, gardened her own, made her own from scratch or bartered with neighbor farmers. No additives, preservatives, MRNA, vaccines, nanoparticles, plastics, pesticides or precarious unknowns in her food EVER. She also knew whose hands have touched her food.

[buckeyedav]

1970's we didn't have bottled water, I remember when they first started selling it late 80's I thought it was crazy that anyone would pay money for water in a bottle and yet here we are today I bought in to it for years till I bought a Brita water pitcher. Anna In Ohio

[ithacacomments]

My mother had a very tight budget shopping to feed seven in the 1970s. She would spend so much time finding low cost items in the store.
I am so blessed to be able to purchase organic foods!

[BekahP.]

Lowest prices usually on the lowest shelves

[Agapy]

I make a 5 egg omelet and stir fry one lb of chopped meat.
Eat that before I go shopping. Never get hungry until 6 hrs later. No cravings ever.

[EvelynSaungikar]

Frozen veg and fruit is cheaper than raw, and less waste.

[syhzmun]

Milk can be frozen too. I used to do it when I lived in Ontario. You could buy milk in plastic pouches...

[barbsygirl]

I still shop like this and taught my daughter the same. It helps.

[Kilala]

When milk is on sale, and you have freezer room buy more. Use the frozen milk in 4 to 6 weeks. Also I mix whole milk with powdered milk to stretch the budget. When made you will have 2% milk and 1 gallon turns into 2. If time is not on your side, keep a half gallon of water in the frig. I do this when I need to make quicklet. I just bought milk yesterday for 3.69 a gallon, by mixing whole with powered the cost is 1.88 a gallon.

[TheCynedd]

My grandmother never went shopping for vegetables, she had a garden. If my grandmother wanted eggs she sent me to the chicken coop. If we were going to have chicken she sent me to the chicken yard to pick out the one I wanted (but then I had to chop its head off, bleed it, pluck it, dip it, shave off the pin-feathers and let it rest so she could cut it up). As for fresh dairy, well, you milked the house cow every morning and afternoon. At grandmother's house you saved three days worth of separated cream (from the fresh milk) and used a "daisy churn" to make butter. For a seven-year-old city kid in 1965 that was considered fun!

[altyrrell]

Also check the unit price, displayed in either yellow or orange, on the shelf price tag. This helps me figure out which item is cheapest when most items are very similar.

[scottdunn]

Ask the cashier for some extra S&H Green Stamps 🤭

[altyrrell]

The woman at 4:38 bruising her greens.😂

[buckeyedav]

No Rainchecks in our stores anymore. Anna In Ohio

[reginabeasley]

I also save money by shopping the aisles example if I need eggs I go to the aisle they are located in and Advils going down unnecessary aisles

[terryhenderson]

Check for (even ask) when discount products are put out in each department. Often this is some time in the morning after department heads have gone through thier cases or shelves. Often markdowns are done primarily on specific days of the week and time of the day.

[GrannyLinn]

I never wore an apron to shop. I wore jeans and tee shirts. And makeup! Sheesh! The tips are pretty good, though.

[annettethomas]

I do coupon and be doing coupons for about 20 years I stock on house hold thin be things getting harder and harder to live these day and older people we don’t get no kind of food stamps or government assistance so we older people have to stock up on thing I save on a lot of of things I help my sons and some friends out to with deals

[Kim-ehov]

When milk is on sale I buy it up and can it all