It is no secret that quite often lion's share of the family budget leaves on purchase of food. And all because many just do not know how to save money in family on products. And it is absolutely not as difficult as can seem.
We save on food - how to spend less?
There are several simple rules helping to solve a problem how to save money on products:
- To allocate for it strictly certain sum in a month – approximately the fourth part of all income of family, but it is necessary to be guided by the number of eaters.
- To go to shop with the list.
- To take away for purchases one day a week, for example, on Sunday to buy provisions for seven days at once, and then to buy in addition just small, like bread or sugar.
- In advance to decide on the week family menu, to include there and lunches which you will hire, and having a snack for the child school student. So will be cheaper and more usefully, than the bought fast food.
- Remember the prices in shops, you go in where they are the most favorable.
- Meat is cheaper to take some products in the market, for example.
- Use seasonal vegetables and fruit, in the summer they can be frozen for the future.
- You watch advertizing campaigns – large supermarkets of a sale happen quite often and it is possible to buy products with a considerable discount.
- Do not buy ready food in cookeries, to prepare her houses from the same ingredients will be much cheaper.
What it is impossible to save on?
Besides, how to save money in family on products, it is useful to know also about in what cases the excessive avarice will not be useful. You should not buy cheap expired products or with the expiring expiration date, the spoiled vegetables and fruit. It is necessary to be afraid of also dairy products with suspiciously low price, allegedly creamy oil, sausages. Their quality and taste will hardly please you, most likely, you just that is called will throw out money.