Save on Groceries Without Coupons & Vouchers

See something just too good to miss but don't think you can use it fast enough? As long as it's freezeable, buy away. Things like meat or bread can be divided into meal size portions then frozen for reasonable lengths of time.

You've got the choice of 600g of butter for $3 or 300g of butter for $2.50. Of course you'll be more inclined to buy the 600g won't you? However, chances are you just lost yourself 50 cents. How?

If you only ended up eating 300g of butter from the 600g, here's the maths:

Ate 300g worth - you paid $3.00 for 300g (since you threw out the rest).

If you'd bought the 300g block you would have paid $2.50.

You just wasted 50 cents.

In the end you might just save money by buying in smaller portions. Some dips and spreads are also available in portion packs - meaning that you only open a pack when you're ready to eat it and can generally eat one pack in one day.

When you go shopping, chances are you tell yourself that you don't need too much junk food. One packet of chips and a chocolate bar will do you just fine...

However this is a great way to waste money. Why? Because when you've finished your chips and chocolate bar, chances are you'll grab some more when you go past the local convenience store or when you stop for petrol.

Often the prices of junk food can be as much as twice what you'd pay for them in a larger store or pack - so go ahead, splurge when you're doing your big shop. Buy those 3 chocolate bars for $5 - chances are you could pay $5 each for them next time you're just that bit peckish.

If you live in a well populated area, chances are that the local store has a delivery service. If they don't, you can buy through a lot of online sites such as:

Amway, Amazon or Efooddepot.

This way you'll be a lot less tempted to do two things:

1. Grab temptation snacks and food you don't need.

2. Get to the checkout and realize you don't really need something, but are too lazy to put it back - on the net you just click a button to remove something you don't want.

The money you spend for shipping or delivery will often be less than you'd end up wasting on food you don't actually need - unless you claim to be one of those people who never gives in to temptation!

You don't need to write down in detail every single meal you plan to eat for the week - that's close to impossible.

However you can buy extra for meals you know you'll eat. This way you'll be less tempted to buy junk because you have all the ingredients ready for several of your fave meals.

For example two of the staples in our house are spaghetti bolognaise and potato bake - so I always have a 3kg bag of potatoes (makes two), cream, French onion soup, dry pasta and pasta sauce. I buy mince and freeze it in separate containers in the freezer.

When brands discontinue or change, often they're left with hundreds of cartons full of perfectly good food which they can't use. You can often buy these cheap in dollar stores or even on sites like groceryrun - or just buy from wholesale stores when it comes to staples that have a year or two to expire.