Little Trips Equal Lots of Money
It never fails. After contemplating about what you want for dinner, you step into the kitchen and find out you don’t have one of the ingredients. A quick trip to the store can resolve the problem, but many times they cost more money than they should. One scenario that frequently occurs is when you get to the store, you decide to buy a bunch of food that you are not sure you need and spend money you don’t have. Another scenario may be after picking up the item, it’s late and you decide to stop at a fast food restaurant on the way home.
Quick trips to the store result in waste: waste of time and waste of money. Ideally a person should only need to make a trip to the grocery store once or twice per month. A few moments spent planning will help you become more organized and stick to your budget. Instead of making a quick trip to the store when you find you don’t have an ingredient, find another meal that you can make. After dinner, create a meal plan for the next two to four weeks. Determine the ingredients you will need for all of the meals and schedule a time to go to the store the next day.
Many arguments people have about shopping only once to twice a month is that many items that are purchased are perishable. Milk and bread are two examples of perishable items. To save more time and money, learn how to preserve food. It will help to keep your kitchen stocked with food and your time free of visiting the grocery store. Your freezer is a valuable resource. You can even purchase a small freezer from a home improvement store and get a return in your investment within a few months by being able to buy in bulk. Many fresh foods can be frozen and used throughout the month, but for the fresh foods that will not freeze, the second trip to a grocery store a month will help to reduce food spoilage.
A little planning can save you a lot of little trips.
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