You can often hear from housewives complaining that a lot of money is being spent on food. This is usually due to the fact that we buy and spend products in the same wrong way. Here are some basic tips for saving, but gradually, guided by them, you will find a lot of your own little secrets of family budgeting.
Instructions
Step 1
Go shopping once a week. Think in advance about your approximate menu for the week ahead and buy only what you can eat during this time. This way you will always have fresh food on your table. This does not apply to perishable foods such as bread and milk. Remember, it's always better to buy something than to throw away spoiled food.
Step 2
Most people buy food on their way home from work, i.e. where it is more convenient, without thinking about prices. Look where in your city there are cheap shops, wholesalers. Go there once a week for all your purchases at once. Watch for promotions in large stores, but pay attention to the expiration dates of the goods. Large supermarkets often offer reasonable prices, and, as a rule, food does not sit there for a long time.
Step 3
Everyone knows that you have to go shopping with a list, but not everyone uses it. Do not neglect this advice, write a list in advance and go to the store. It really helps to save a significant amount. Calculate the approximate amount you need to buy. Take just enough money with you so that you are not tempted to spend more. Go to the store on a full stomach, so you will not take from the shelves everything that later may turn out to be completely unnecessary.
Step 4
Often housewives are to blame for spending extra money on food. For example, if you buy fish, meat, or poultry that needs processing, do not put them directly into the freezer. Process immediately, rinse, cut into pieces, make minced meat, put in different bags. After work, you are unlikely to want to do butchering, and you will most likely buy convenience foods again. And this technique will make it easier for you to prepare food, because you do not have to waste time cutting the product.
Step 5
After feasts, there are usually many leftovers of sausage and meat cuts. They quickly lose their appearance, and the taste deteriorates. But you can turn them into semi-finished products. For example, cut and freeze sausage, and then use it to make salad or hodgepodge. The fish can also be peeled, cut into slices, shuffled with onion rings, and poured over with vegetable oil. These cans can be kept in the refrigerator for about a week.
