Supermarket Savings Part 3

As you start making the most of supermarket savings and coupons stockpiling will become an important part of your program. This is the process of buying items on sale in quantity. It will take a while to get your stockpile built up, but once this is done you will always have items on hand.

Match up your coupons with store sales and then purchase several of the same items. I frequently combine pasta coupons with a sale and double coupons (doubling the face value of a manufactures coupon) getting it free or just a few cents. I will usually get several of these and store them. I do the same with rice and frozen vegetables. These are all staples in my house, so it makes sense to have them stockpiled.

If an item is free or only a few cents, but not something you would use consider getting it to donate to a food bank or homeless shelter. If an item is a really good price such as $1.00 for Marie Calander’s Pasta Al Dente, but you won’t use it, then don’t purchase it. It is not a good deal for you. Don’t get caught up in how much you can get for how little. Remember the goal is to save money. Money spent, no matter how great the deal, is money out of you pocket. Make sure it is something that you will use or donate.

If you have limited storage space and the idea of stockpile scares you then consider some unconventional storage for dry good. Plastic under the bed storage containers make great storage for dry and canned goods. You will not see large supermarket savings and will quickly become discouraged if you don’t stack coupons, shop sales and stockpile. Plastic or metal containers stacked in the corner of a garage or storage shed with canned goods and dried goods would be another idea of a place to store you stockpile. Label the containers and keep track of what you have on hand.

Shop smart, take all your coupons with you to the store (for an unexpected deal), build your stock pile and watch your supermarket savings grow. Have fun and don’t get stressed out by the process.

Follow these simple steps you will start to see a reduction in you food budget. The supermarket savings will start to add up.