![]() The best way to save is to reduce your average spend on repeatedly purchased products. If you too are tired of always paying full price for your shopping, here are my top 10 tips on starting a stock pile of your own. When this tips over however, the savings outweigh the upfront costs.īy teaming this money-saving method with coupons, cash-back and in-store deals, you’ll never have to buy a product full price again. It can take up to three months before your stockpile saves you money. It will not happen overnight, but will build up over time. While it is possible to pick up products for next to nothing and have a year’s supply of goods, many of us can’t support storing a mini supermarket at home.Ĭreating a stockpile of non-perishable food is possible, even a small collection, and will save you £100’s each year by reducing your annual supermarket shopping budget, sometimes cutting your grocery bills in half.īuilding up your stockpile to save isn’t as instant as using coupons. This is an exaggerated version of stockpiling and is advertised for the shock factor rather than a tool to save money. I often hear comments referring to extreme couponers hording hundreds of packets of toilet roll. After TV shows and media portrayal, we are often shown an extreme and un-relatable method of money saving. The idea of stockpiling potentially has a negative stereotype attached. These rising prices are pushing people’s budget barriers and the UK public are constantly looking for even more ways to save money.īy using a variety of money saving methods, including bulk buying, it is possible to reduce this average and save money on your shopping in the long run. The consumer price index reported that food prices at grocery stores could rise 3% or more in 2014. If you are unsure, why I increased my budget or why I donated my entire stockpile, you can read more about that here.The average UK household spends £489 a month on grocery shopping, a figure which is constantly growing due to rising food costs. You can see my progress by viewing the following documents: Here is what I bought and how much I spent. Let us know how you did below in the comments. Hope you had a great week building your stockpile. You’ll see more shopping from this week so stay tuned! □ Just focus on your store and watch the sales at that store closely. If you don’t want to shop at more than one store, or maybe you don’t have that many stores by you, that doesn’t mean you can’t save.Pull out those coupons ONLY when you are ready to checkout. The trick is, plan ahead, go in with your list in hand and keep your coupons safe in a folder. The exception is if I’m doing a larger shopping trip like I did at ShopRite. When I shop at a store I’m usually in and out in 15 minutes.If I’m going in one direction, I might as well see what stores I’ll be passing and what kind of deals they have. Also, I try to piggy back my stores with errands I already have to do. I always plan my stores so they loop together so I’m not driving all over the state of NJ.Once my stockpile is built, there will be weeks I don’t need to shop at all, except maybe to pick up some produce. I’m shopping more now to try and build my stockpile.But remember a couple of key points that I always discuss in my Instagram stories: To some of you, that many stores may seem overwhelming. I did all of these deals on Sunday where I headed to ShopRite, CVS, Acme and Best Market. And, those deals quickly made my stockpile shine. ![]() I was able to roll some Extra Care Rewards (aka ECBs) into some great deals this week. But, now, I can focus on that a little more. The last couple of weeks I couldn’t really lay out even a few dollars in return for a store reward. ![]() I had more wiggle room in my budget which is allowing me to starting spending time and a little cash on those deals. One of my favorite things about this week is that, since most of my staple food items are stocked, I can “play” with some drugstore deals. However, I had them in my downstairs stockpile or my freezer which allows me to stop and say, nope, I’ll wait for a better price. The stockpile is already starting to help control my spending as there were so many things I would normally have had to buy for the week. I’m really starting to fill in the holes of my stockpile. The start of week number three of Zero to Stockpile has been pretty awesome. ![]()
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