these are 10 grocery shopping hacks
guaranteed to save you money each and
every time you visit your favorite store
hack number one know where to look when
you approach a grocery store shelf how
do you generally stand you look at eye
level and with most of the world's
population right-handed
we do this movement and stores know
we're going to do that so they place the
items that have the highest profit for
the retailer at eye level front and
center and some of these items have
markups that work to the store's
advantage so my advice look up look to
the side look down for less expensive
options you can see right here for the
case of this pasta sauce at eye level
it's much more expensive but as i pan
down or we move our gaze downward the
prices drop this is also the case with
wine fruit snacks and countless other
items grocery stores also use that front
and center trick to incentivize you to
buy bulk size items which aren't always
the lowest price as you can see right
here for the case of this bulk size
popular peanut butter brand the big size
is not always the best value if you look
down on the lower part of the shelf
you'll see a more normal sized peanut
butter which might actually be in budget
for you and the one that most people
intended to buy in the first place this
was the case at multiple grocery stores
i visited hack number two you can often
break meat or fish packages at the
counter if you see meat packages or fish
from a grocery store and you only need
four burgers instead of eight and
they're sold by the pound and not from a
third party brand bring the package over
to the respective counter the butcher or
whoever handles the seafood if you're
doing this with fish will often
repackage and reprice the item for you
so you're not stuck buying a bunch of
items you don't actually need if your
local grocery store refuses to do this
you can just buy the meat in bulk and
freeze it did you know you can also
negotiate if an item is about to expire
or has just passed its sell-by date the
customer service desk is often willing
to negotiate a better price as an
example i found this ground beef package
which was expiring on the same date i
shot the video may 18th so i went to the
associate in the meat department and i
asked if she could cut me a break on the
price she gladly took out her machine
and gave me a price that was 20 lower
the whole exchange took less than a
minute out of my day and i saved money
hack number three know the best day of
the week to shop for groceries and
that's often wednesday for whatever
reason most grocery stores release their
circulars on wednesday and are restocked
by this date with plenty of promotions
you can also ask an employee from your
local grocery store when they normally
stock for the week usually on whatever
day that is is when they also clear out
older inventory and put a lot of items
on sale for 50 off to try to get rid of
it you can also use a coupon at almost
every grocery store instant grocery
store coupons are easily accessible from
coupons.com which has a huge selection
dedicated to grocery store items and
even the native app for your favorite
grocery store will have many digital
coupons ready for you to stack there's
also the ibotta app which handles
cashback for groceries which is easily
another video which i'm happy to make if
you want that just let me know in the
comments if coupons aren't your thing or
you can't be bothered downloading a
bunch of apps hack number four aldi
should be your best friend when it comes
to scoring the lowest price this video
is not sponsored in any way but if you
watch my channel regularly you'll
recognize that not only does aldi have
cheaper meat produce and staple items
but they actually have fewer items to
choose from diminishing your chances of
an impulse purchase as an example
organic bananas are 67 cents at aldi and
72 cents at walmart cabbage 65 cents at
aldi and 82 cents at walmart and that
list goes on if you don't have access to
an aldi store nearby another great way
to stay one step ahead of grocery stores
which i covered in a prior video is to
know stores sometimes manipulate unit
prices to their advantage and you can
play a grocery store at their own game
let's use this pack of albacore tuna as
an example the tuna in the sealed pack
is a dollar 64 and contains 2.6 ounces
of tuna or 74 grams this can of the
exact same tuna is six cents less per
can at a dollar fifty-eight and contains
four ounces of tuna so you're getting
more tuna for less money but if you
don't have a unit calculator or you
don't stop to do the math it's very
difficult when stores shift their units
of measurement side by side from pounds
to grams to fluid ounces so sometimes
take that extra minute of math and
understand the biggest package is not
always the cheapest i'll have some
shocking insight tied to fruit and
veggie purchases from point six but
first hack number five dart for the
dairy aisle have you ever noticed the
dairy section is at the very back of
your grocery store that's on purpose on
almost every shopper's list there's at
least one dairy item in stores know that
so they stash that item at the back of
the store while you are on your journey
to the back of the store stores know
you'll make all sorts of other impulse
buys so i always head straight to the
dairy section i kind of cover my eyes
actually at one point i inadvertently
body checked a senior shopper anyhow
we're friends now she comes over for
dinner i clear her driveway every winter
and i'm more careful when i walk take
pictures of your fridge and pantry
before you go grocery shopping to avoid
buying that third jar of something you
don't need if you struggle with impulse
buys like so many other people it might
be time to buy your groceries online and
before you get all riled up over
delivery fees in the comment section
every major grocery store will allow you
to grocery pick up for free protecting
your shopping spree from all that
additional marketing and product
placement in the store itself for hack
number eight i have advice that goes
against everything you've ever been told
but first for point six buy fruits and
veggies when they're in season otherwise
buy them frozen and i've linked to a
chart below which tells you what to buy
when you'll notice on that chart
cauliflower as an example is in season
all year which means pretty much any day
is a great time to buy it alternatively
if you look at fresh corn it's generally
only the best value between june and
october due to its seasonality outside
of those months you'll likely get a
better value purchasing canned or frozen
corn as fresh corn will likely be at a
higher price if you're someone who
budgets every month to buy organic fruit
or vegetables there are actually some
fruits and veggies where buying organic
doesn't make a big difference every year
the ewg publishes a list of popular
fruits and vegetables that have a low
level of pesticide which at that point
there's no major advantage to buying
organic for hack number seven before i
get to a credit card show stopper always
join a grocery store's loyalty program
because you will get a better price one
hundred percent of the time and access
to more discounts as annoying as a
grocery store's spam email list might be
most grocery store cashiers are also
willing to scan a generic store
membership card for you that they have
on hand you can always tell them you
don't live in the area and you can still
unlock most of the discounts now when it
comes to credit cards if you want to
slash your annual grocery spending the
blue cash preferred amex gets you six
percent cash back on your grocery bills
the capital one saver credit card gets
you three percent back at grocery stores
and even the bank of america cash reward
card gives you double the points on
grocery store purchases saving you
anywhere from four hundred to a thousand
dollars per year on just groceries other
credit cards from amex and chase give
you free walmart plus grocery delivery
doordash or uber grocery delivery
memberships for free in some cases with
the current crazy cost of gas some
grocery delivery services could offset
the price of gas depending on how far
you are from a grocery store or if you
live in a city with extreme traffic hack
number nine will ensure grocery stores
don't mess with your mind when it comes
to the sticker but first hack number
eight you've always heard the advice
make a list and stick to it and while
that old advice worked before inflation
with the situation we're in the new
advice let the grocery store prices
dictate what to buy well this advice
sometimes comes with an asterisk look at
all of the promotions available inside a
grocery store what are the managers
specials what's in the circular what's
newly marked down what are you seeing
that you haven't seen in a while that's
now reduced build your meal plans based
on what you find on sale websites like
supercook will build your meal plans
based on all of the actual deals you'll
find inside a local grocery store cook
list is another great meal planner where
if all of the deals this week are tied
to poultry from chicken tacos to chicken
cacciatore chicken bouillons lasagna
whatever it is that you are making it
will not make every night feel like
chicken night in your house even if
that's mostly what you purchased in the
bonus section of this video i will
expose a very popular food item you
almost never want to buy free but first
hack number nine don't always pay
attention to the expiry date printed on
a package stores are overly conservative
when it comes to expiry dates and they
want you to buy more before you've
completely enjoyed a product check out
the free website stilltasty.com which
i've linked to below that exposes a more
accurate expiry date for your favorite
products the food keeper app from the
department of agriculture is another
free app that helps you optimize
freshness based on how you store your
food grocery stores also have a rotating
clearance rack most shoppers are aware
of clearance racks from traditional
retailers but your grocery store often
has a clearance rack of shelves that
change their deals once or twice a week
ask customer service where the clearance
rack is located on a particular week as
store managers frequently move it around
before i get to some crazy bonus grocery
shopping secrets for my next hack did
you know that some items hit their
all-time lowest price of the year during
a certain month making it your best time
to stock up the month of may as an
example is prime time to stock up on
memorial day focused sale items like
condiments barbecue charcoal chips paper
plates and sandwich fixings the month of
august is your best time to stock up on
school lunch items pudding cups single
serve juices lunchables and crackers
march is frozen food month making frozen
meals and entrees veggies and side
dishes as well as desserts and juice
concentrates your top buys at their
lowest price of the year in the month of
march and if you look below i'll link to
the best items to purchase for every
corresponding month and now for the
bonus hacks including how to never pay
double which i'll get to in a moment but
my first bonus hack is tied to some
items you typically buy at the grocery
store that are actually less expensive
from a drugstore like cvs or walgreens
for example when i'm shopping for my
family dairy products including milk are
often cheaper at my local walgreens half
a gallon of name brand milk is 2.79
at walgreens at walmart it ranges from
287 to 364 and at target it's 3.49
making walgreens the best bet in my area
the next hack is tied to a little
grocery diy to avoid you paying double
most of us realize that bagged lettuce
is more expensive but you might not
realize by just how much wash your own
lettuce prices are almost double when
you pay for the convenience factor a
full head of iceberg lettuce at walmart
is a dollar sixty-eight for one point
eight eight pounds if you bought a
shredded bag of the equivalent you'd be
paying three dollars and 47 cents for
one pound and finally when it comes to
some types of seafood don't be fooled by
the word fresh for example most fresh
shrimp that you see at grocery stores is
previously frozen for roughly half the
cost buy frozen shrimp to begin with and
don't pay for someone else to defrost it
i hope you enjoyed my grocery hacks
thank you so much for watching i love
you bye bye