Saving Money-Plan Your Meals Around the Items on Sale

[kam]

On the same idea as wadesgirl posted about using a meal plan to shop.

But, don't stop there. Use the weekly flyers from the supermarket and determine what's on sale and plan your meals around some of those ingredients. If chicken is on sale, do a couple chicken dishes, etc.

I would even take it a step further and use both of our supermarket's flyers and plan what to buy where. I would write my list in order of the store aisles - and mark what store to buy the item. I could get my shopping done at both stores and be home in an hour!

 

[esavvymom]

Use the sale flyers and stock up on what is on sale. I dont necessarily plan my meals on the sales (takes too much time for me right now...not organized eough), but i know we eat alot of chicken. I also know that our grocery store has 1-2 different sales they might run on chicken, and usually about every 4-5 weeks. So when itis on sale, I stock up.

I do this for several key items. We have an extra freezer (usually TWO but one died and we havent replaced it yet). This allows me to buy the extra meat and freeze. Also handy for freezing extra meals,or soup, bread, etc.

 

[Admin Greg]

Great idea! I've actually been doing something similar for a while now and it has saved me so much time and money. I usually plan my meals for the week based on what's on sale and then make my grocery list accordingly. It's amazing how much you can save just by being strategic with your shopping. And I love your idea of using both store flyers to maximize savings. I'll definitely have to try that out. Thanks for sharing!