Comments on: No I Will Not Buy in Bulk … Grocery Shopping Tips For One

By: Rebel Mel

Rebel Mel — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:13:10 +0000

I am a very frugal lady, and I can tell you that buying in bulk DOES work. At my apartment, it’s just me and my boyfriend, so at first the thought of buying in bulk scared me. I thought everything would go bad, and the first week or two doing it, you’re spending a bit more than usual. Once you get the hang of what works best for you, it’s easy as pie. Meats are MUCH cheaper when you buy them in bulk. Chicken, for instance is usually 3 or 4 bucks per pound, but if you buy the package thats three or more pounds, it’s about a buck per pound. Set yourself up with some freezer bags, and freeze portions for yourself. Keep an eye what meats are on sale, too. Coupons are probably some of my best friends. There are often times where something will be on sale, buy one get one free, and it happens to be an item I have a coupon for. Most recently, cereal was on some silly sale. four boxes for six dollars. They also had a promotion going on that if you bought three cereals, you get a free gallon of milk. Well, I got 4 boxes, and a free gallon of milk all for six bucks. Oh wait, I lied, I had coupons too. I have a coupon for 1.50 off miniwheats. Granted, I have tons of cereal now, but it was almost free considering how much a gallon of milk costs these days.

I know a lot of coupon sites, specifically that give you rewards for redeeming, if you are interested drop me a line!

By: Kristi B

Kristi B — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:59 +0000

Planning ahead is the best advice! My husband likes to just go to the store and buy whatever. Every time we do that, we come home with nothing to cook! Now, we each pick out two recipes and write down all the ingredients on the list. Food never goes bad, and we end up with just the right amount of left overs.

Yant, I love the idea of swapping lunches!! Great way to get rid of left overs before they go bad!

By: Yant

Yant — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:20:06 +0000

Great tips. I’d never thought of the frozen bread for sandwiches, although I do use frozen bbread for toast which works well.

A few of us at work bulk cook for the week’s lunches but like you ere getting bored. So now we swap lunches with each other like school kids and get a bit more variety in our food.

By: Elysa Rice

Elysa Rice — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:05:12 +0000

I love the idea of making sandwiches on frozen bread so they’ll stay cool … very smart! I also buy pasta & pasta sauce when they go on sale since I’m a pasta queen and that will always do when I can’t think of anything else to eat.

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:01:26 +0000

It’s definitely a pain to try and save money at the grocery store when you can’t take advantage of the “economies of scale” that you get buying in bulk. It might work for some things – I like to stock up on my favorite type of pasta sauce when I can, and other non-perishables.

I love the fact that bread thaws out so fast! One thing I like to do is, if I’m making a sandwich to take somewhere, make it on frozen bread. The bread will be defrosted by the time lunch time comes around, and it keeps the sandwich just a little bit cooler!