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3 Essential Super Tips for Shopping Like a Pro.

3 Essential Super Tips for Shopping Like a Pro.

Grocery shopping is one of the biggest household budgets.

More than 15% of your income is gobbled up by food purchases throughout the year.

This represents an average of €10,500 per year for a family of 4!

Fortunately, here are 3 effective tips to save money like a pro when you go shopping.

1. Go around your cupboards

3 Essential Super Tips for Shopping Like a Pro.

Contents
  • 1. Go around your cupboards
  • 2. Define weekly menus
  • 3. Make a shopping list

Before each trip to the supermarket, I take an inventory of the contents of my cupboards, my fridge and my freezer.

At least I know what I'm missing.

Benefit: I avoid useless duplicates, superfluous expenses.

2. Define weekly menus

3 Essential Super Tips for Shopping Like a Pro.

It takes a little imagination and a little time.

I take an hour to compose varied, healthy and balanced menus for the week based on what I already have at home.

Benefit: I avoid waste by incorporating products that are lying around in my cupboards into my recipes.

3. Make a shopping list

3 Essential Super Tips for Shopping Like a Pro.

Using steps 1 and 2, I prepare a shopping list.

You can use our blank printable shopping list here. So you know exactly what to buy.

Remember that supermarkets push consumption.

Having a list ready helps avoid ramblings on the shelves that encourage impulse purchases.

Benefit: efficient races without forgetting.

One last piece of advice: if possible, try to do the shopping without the children and with a full stomach!