Lower Your Grocery Bill

7 ways to save on your grocery bill

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Since the end of the pandemic, inflation has doubled the grocery bill. We need creative hacks to make the most of our purchasing power.

Purchase Food on Clearance

The first way to save money on the grocery bill is to purchase food on clearance. Several types of food are offered as clearance and can save you a lot of money. Meat, milk, and other dairy products that are close to their expiration date, dented cans (be sure that the cans aren’t leaking and thereby likely spoiled, day-old bread, cans in which the best-by date has passed, and other foods that the store is no longer willing to sell at full price.

Closely related to this are salvage grocery stores. These are stores that sell the foods that didn’t sell at other places and were warehoused until they could be sold. We have saved significantly purchasing at these stores.

A word of caution. Never purchase a lot of something that you don’t know if you’ll eat what you purchase or not. Purchase one, try it and if you love it, buy more, but only if you and your family love it.

Second, plan on using this food before it goes bad. Know what you’ll use them for and when you’ll use them before you bring them home. These are not foods fit for storage, but…