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If you could save over $1,000 a year by shopping at a discount grocery chain, would you do it?

A survey from Washington Consumers' Checkbook shows that families that would spend $150 a week if they shopped at average-priced chains, such as Safeway, could save $1,326 by shopping at the discount store Bottom Dollar Food -- or spend $3,510 more by shopping at Whole Foods. While the survey focused on Washington, DC-area stores, the same principle applies across the country: Shops sell food, and often the exact same name brands, for very different prices. By switching from Whole Foods to Bottom Dollar Food, customers could save almost $5,000 a year. That figure might be enough to scare you off those price organic brands for awhile.

Washington Consumers' Checkbook also suggests making a shopping list and sticking to it, shopping store specials, checking online for coupons, and keeping track of what foods you throw away at the end of the week so you can buy less of them.

What are your money-saving grocery habits?

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Having found my answer to saving money, time and hassle of grocery shopping, so to will millions of others as this concept expands, and speaking of expanding, just as I am sharing my experience with others, so to will you once you experience the convenience and the tremendous savings. Now imagine if you were paid to refer others to this service? Well, if saving money and time was not enough, now you can earn more than enough to pay for all your groceries with a little passive word of mouth, and who doesn't want to share a good deal with family and friends, I know I do, especially when it comes to real verifiable value and saving money. See for yourself, this concept is not a fad, it is a trend as we all enter an era of frugality and the days of excess are long gone.
For those who are aware of the advantages of organic foods, but do not like to pay twice the price, here is another concept which time has come, a home garden without the need for your own home. Remote gardens where you can manage and grow whatever you want or need for your family, and have a professional gardener manage your garden, and you get fresh certified organic produce delivered to your door for a fraction of local market prices. Combining these two services makes for a perfect scenario, now I only need to shop locally for milk, dairy, meat and frozen goods which I can run in and pick up in fifteen minutes rather than the usual hours on top of all the other hit and run visits to store. It is all about saving money and not sacrificing quality, wouldn't you agree?
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Mike of NY 10:26AM January 01, 2010

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Then we have all those who do not drive, and with aging population, the trend of online shopping is growing as children or being forced to relocate away from parents as was the case with me at one time. My Mother could not drive any longer, so I use to have a local grocery deliver food for her, and this cost a fortune, $20.00 surcharge for each delivery at minimum. How many seniors can afford this, now I can organize order and it is at her door when she needs it, no forgetting which is another issue that comes with aging population.
On a more serious issue, crime in many areas is on increase and the elderly or woman are often the easy targets of purse snatching or worse. I don't know too many people who feel as safe as they once did shopping, even with Walmart with parking lot cameras, you are never totally safe any longer as this recession creates more crime as the unemployment rate is over 10% and as high as 18% in many areas. By cutting down on your shopping locally you are cutting your risks of attack. It is the full shopping carts, or those with two carts and dragging kids along which are ideal targets for theft. A local woman went to return cart to rack, only two parking spots away and had three bags of groceries swiped from her car last month. Then for those living in cities who have only high priced markets to shop in, and higher crime rates, this too is more than enough reason to shop online. What about apartment dwellers who have to park and lug groceries hundreds of feet. Crazy world, so I weigh everything when I evaluate and research money saving strategies, they have to make good common sense first and foremost.
Online shopping will continue to erode the traditional brick and mortar stores we all grew up with, so it is set in stone, most of us will be shopping online more and more, so why not groceries, it is the biggest consumable purchase we make in our lives. With recession getting worse, unemployment on rise, more stores will be cutting back on employees trying to survive, never mind thrive, so more will lose customers in this downturn even if they do survive recession and economic collapse we are seeing nationwide.
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http://Fresh-Organic-Food-Delivery.com

Mike of NY 10:24AM January 01, 2010

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Most people purchase the same items over and over again, as in repeat shopping pattern. As those who manage their time better understand, you may be a coupon person, and you have to be organized to make shopping less of a chore. Having your list of basics or repeat purchases is important, yet many just make a list as they go and I can tell you, we always forget something even when organized, so above all, take the time to create a list which doesn't vary, then you simply add the special or seasonal items and you will be amazed at how much time you will save. It is also much easier to organize your coupons when you have your list well defined ahead of your visit to grocery store. Nothing is more frustrating than having an expired $1.00 coupon when you get to check out.
Once you set your online shopping list order it is set and forget, you can have your basic repeat list set up for weekly or monthly, whatever your consumption for your family requires. Now all you have to do is select those special items which are not repeat purchases or are occasional purchases like seasonings, spices, cake mixes, condiments, desert mixes which you may only need a couple times a year if you are like my family.
Now that you have the basic concept of being organized, having your repeat purchase list in order bank, now you are set to save money, save time and save hassle of grocery shopping and spending two hours on a Saturday like most do fighting the long lines. Then we have the issues of dragging children with you to stores, and we all know how often the kids pass on colds and flues while grabbing onto the handles of carts. Imagine avoiding these colds and flues we all catch at the grocery stores shopping in the winter.
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http://Organic-Groceries-Direct.com
http://Fresh-Organic-Food-Delivery.com

Mike of NY 10:20AM January 01, 2010

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