Meal-Plan Your Way to Savings
Meal-Plan Your Way to Savings at the Grocery Store
Plan-free grocery shopping can lead to mindless or even rushed, frantic purchases that drive up costs and don’t align with your health and fitness goals.
Monthly Purchases
Frequently used ingredients should be purchased in bulk at discount stores. These are the items that show up in many meals and won’t perish if they’re stored properly.
A few examples: oatmeal, pancake mix, condiments, egg whites (keep an eye on these—they don’t last forever), canned food, frozen vegetables and fruit, and so on.
Weekly Purchases
Some items—especially fresh, healthy choices—might not last anywhere near a month, and we don’t want food to go to waste. If you know what you’ll eat every week, you can make focused trips to get the required amounts of fresh fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, fresh-baked items, and so on. If anything goes bad before you get to it, adjust the list so the next haul is spot on.
Plan, Budget, and Save
Everything starts with your meal plan. After you create it, you can make your monthly and weekly lists, and the longer you stick to the plan, the more precise your lists will be.
The keys to it all: meal plans and grocery lists. You don’t want to sprint out of the store, vegetable-free, but carrying three overpriced, less-than-nutritious frozen dinners and a sugary pie for dessert. That could happen if you shop on an empty stomach and without a plan.
We can give you a meal plan and guidance on how to save money and make better, healthier choices, so it is a win-win for you on your next grocery run.
