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Keeping an organized kitchen avoids wastful spending.modern kitchen with cabinets image by redking from Fotolia.com
Inventory your pantry before you write your shopping list, recommends Kimberly Danger in her book "Instant Bargains: 600+ ways to Shrink Your Grocery Bill and Eat Well for Less." Write your list, and then check for sale items. Keep your kitchen inventory in a spreadsheet to make it more efficient. Check this record before each grocery plan. - 2
Find sale items and match them with a coupon.sign.sale. image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com
Shop for items that are on sale. Stock up when you can buy one item and get one free. Use websites that match coupons with sales to maximize your savings. Sites such as SouthernSavers and DealSeekingMom present deals each week and compare prices at different stores. Print coupons from these sites. - 3
Plan your meals in advance using what's on sale.dinner dish image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
Base your menu planning on sale items. Type in the names of the items into the search fields on a site such as Cooks.com or AllRecipes.com to find recipes. - 4
Shop local farmers' markets for better prices.vegetable market image by ewa kubicka from Fotolia.com
Buy fresh produce in bulk. Shop local farmers' markets for fresh fruits and vegetables in season. Freeze items that you purchase in bulk. Dr. Patricia Kendall, Colorado State University Extension foods and nutrition specialist and professor, offers methods for successfully freezing and storing vegetables in the fact sheet "Freezing Vegetables." She suggests blanching or briefly boiling (instead of cooking fully), cooling and freezing to retain water-soluble vitamins.
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