Here are few simple tips that you can start right away:

1. Wash your clothes in cold water. You really don’t need warm or hot water for your clothes. Besides, shirts and under wears last longer if you don’t use hot water to wash them.
2. Turn off the lights whenever you go to bed, go to work, step out, or simply leave the room. You would think it saves very little. But if you have a 4-bedroom house, trust me, it adds up.
3. Change all the bulbs in the house into energy savings bulbs. You don’t have to change all of them today since it also adds up the costs. But only buy the energy efficient ones when you shop for light bulbs and switch over gradually.
4. Turn off the computers, TVs, and monitors.
5. Set your refrigerator temperature to medium or high temperature. You don’t really need to be that cold in the freezer.
6. Line try your clothes in sunny hot summer days.

If you think this will only save a little, surprisingly studies show that by making little changes, you can cut your bill by at least 25%. So if you’re paying $100/month now, expect to pay $75. That’s nice if you do that every month.

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“The limit is $100. Ooh, I need that yogurt! Okay, it’s just $0.99 cents above the limit. So the limit is now $100.99”.

It is a downward spiral that will eventually lead to your bank accounts doom. One should always know the times when your self control is at its weakest.

Set the limit and actually decide to adhere to a maximum of 75% of that limit. Yes, that’s right, set a secondary limit which is lower than the original limit.

In the end only you can decide on how to save money on groceries. The best thing to do is to prepare your mind before you even enter the door.

When we’re hungry and tired, our bodies and minds are at their weakest. We are more prone to temptation specially because an urgent need must be met – namely to satisfy our cravings.

First, you’ll see the nice and bright packaging with a picture of a scrumptious treat. You’ll then think about your experience with that treat and then proceed to make a quick and subliminal calculation with the following formula:

I’m Hungry + Ooh I love this Treat = I Need to Buy This

From there it goes down.

Originally, you planned to spend $100 for a weeks supply of food. You get the essentials, the toiletry and then those thoughts come into play. Pretty soon you’ll be digging into your bank account for more or worse – use your credit card.

While it may sound obvious to most people who are reading this, the definition of the word “need” seems to have been warped by marketing and mass media. What you need to do first of all is to redefine the word itself.

What qualifies as “needs”?

A quick and somewhat brazen answer is, “it keeps you alive”. Defining the things that you don’t need could also help, “You don’t need things which you can be alive without.” I know it’s hard to change your mindset after years and years of conditioning. It takes a certain strength and a certain personal control to be able to think beyond how you normally would.

The thing is, mass media has been a very powerful source of conditioning for our minds. We’ve been fed with ideas that we need rice crispies, power bars, cereals and countless other so called nutritional supplements that we actually think that we are going to be sick if we don’t buy them.

Don’t fall into that trap.

Do a little more research. You could find a lot of the nutrition that you need in the basics like bread, rice, fruits, vegetables and meats. I’ll say it again, you don’t need a specially formulated concoction to give you Vitamin E!

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

After that break that list into two kinds of purchases i.e. Bulk purchases and weekly purchases. Always try to save maximum money on bulk purchases such as oil, cream, biscuits, etc. Also you should take care of various offers available in the store. You should various permutation and combination to gain maximum benefits from those offers. After some time based upon your experience, you will come to know how to select offers to get maximum savings.

Avoid doing shopping on weekend because on weekend there can be rush and you will not able to explore all the offerings of the store. Do not buy grocery on daily basis, because it increases spontaneous purchasing. Last but not the least you should prepare a proper list of your grocery needs before going for your grocery shopping. If you do not carry a proper list of grocery needs, then you will end up buying so many unnecessary things from the store.

2. Subscribe to your local newspaper and clip coupons. The coupon discounts will more than pay for the subscription over a year.

3. Many stores that offer Buy 1 Get 1 free specials do not require you to buy two in order to get the discount.

4. Subscribe to different grocer’s email specials. Then you’ll know if it’s worth the trip for a store you don’t normally shop at.

5. Frozen vegetables are cheaper than fresh and are usually frozen within hours of being picked.

6. When non-perishables are on special, stock up.

7. Don’t assume that giant box-stores are cheapest on every item. They’re not.

8. When buying paper products, divide the price by the square feet of product. That will give you a per unit price to use for comparisons.

9. Don’t assume a bigger size package is cheaper per ounce. Take a calculator with you and do the math.