Grocery Shopping Made Easy
๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐?
How many of you go to the supermarket without a list? Raise hands. Ok good.
How many of you make a list and then leave it on the counter?
How many of you make a list, take the list with you and then ignore the list?
How many of you go to the supermarket when you are hungry?
If you've answered yes to one or all of the above then I would suggest you continue reading below๐๐๐.
๐ฃ๐ธ๐น 7 ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ธ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ
๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #1...
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ. That negates the list you've made, negates any rational you might use if you didn't remember your list and it will end up costing you twice what you had planned on spending. Why? Because when you shop while you're hungry everything looks good and you justify it by saying your house is absolutely void of food.
I went grocery shopping while I was hungry. Not a good idea. I now own everything in aisle 5. What is edamame? I'm sure it will taste good in cheese sauce.๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ # 2...
๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต (see rule #3). Period. A list keeps you sane - you don't wander around aimlessly for hours; reduces your food bill - you don't end up buying things you don't need or worse yet buying things you already have; helps to reduce repeated trips to the store because you forgot something.
"These days my idea of living dangerously is going grocery shopping without a list." ~ PictureQuotes.com๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #3...
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข "๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ" ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. As soon as something runs out, add it to the list. If it's almost done, add it to the list. Get everyone in your household involved in this process, especially when it comes on to personal items etc. Once you decide that you're going shopping, do a quick scan of your inventory, amend the list if necessary and off you go...all organized and ready to make grocery shopping fun and stress-free.
๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #4...
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ. If you develop the habit of always keeping your refrigerator and cupboards organized then it makes it so much easier to see exactly what you already have, what is almost finished and what is finished. Better yet, once an item is finished or nearly finished you can add it to your running grocery list (see rule #3), that way you won't forget it on your next grocery shopping day.
Keeping your cupboards and refrigerator organized greatly reduces spoilage. ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #5...
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. I find that many of us (yes me included) tend not to plan our meals. However, I find that when I do, not only does my life suddenly become so much easier, but it helps me to plan my grocery list better and I end up using items before they go bad. Try it!
๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #6...
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. Now this may sound odd, true, however it actually works if you schedule a day and time to go to the supermarket. It is less stressful because you would have already planned for it and over time you will figure out which time and day works best based on where you shop; you won't feel rushed - you've allotted the time; you will remember your grocery bags (see rule #7); you'll get to know your supermarket better - which makes shopping quicker.
๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ #7...
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. How many times have you gone to the supermarket and then said to yourself, "oh shook's I forgot the bags again!" Point made. That's it. If you practice rule #6, it also makes this rule easier to remember.
๐ป๐๐๐'๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐! My top 7 tips. What are some of the tips you use when grocery shopping or preparing to go grocery shopping? What are your tips? Feel free to share in the comments below.Deon Cecile
"๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐; ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐." #Thankmelater