Kitchen Tips: Organizing Your Grocery Shopping

Pre-holiday check lists shouldn’t be the only shopping lists in your life. By creating a shopping list which you can refer to week by week can cut down on time, money and even weight. There are a few different ways to compile the list – do you go by item location in the store, price ascendancy, order of importance or whatever?

That’s your preference but either way it all works out the same, ultimately you will benefit from taking the time to prepare a list and the satisfaction of ticking everything off that list, only adds to the overall shopping experience.

Organisation

Unless you’re super-rich and can afford one of these self-replenishing fridge-freezers, then keeping track of your ‘stock’ with a list, is the best way to get organised.

Next time you go shopping, write everything down that you buy including prices (round up to the nearest pound for ease), or if you’re confident you can decipher supermarket abbreviations on the receipt, simply keep it handy for the next part.

Now categorise each item in a way that suits you (price/importance/location). Then highlight all items you absolutely need every week (e.g. toilet roll, butter). These items should take up most of your list - try and be honest, you shouldn’t need cookies.

Before you visit the supermarket, check your ‘need’ list against the stock levels in your fridge-freezer and cupboard. Cross off everything you already have in stock before heading out. After a while, you will realise which products don’t need purchasing per week (e.g. washing up liquid) and can separate these items into per fortnight/per month lists.

Shopping for a medium to large family can be somewhat frustrating when everybody wants different cereals etc. By looking at that original receipt and going through it together as a family, you can try and establish certain compromises with each item. For example, if one of your children likes porridge oats and the other likes flakes of corn, you could find a cereal they both like, put this in the ‘need’ list and have the porridge oats and flakes of corn in the ‘luxury’ register.

The best way to stay on top of things is to type up the list using a spreadsheet or word processor and stick multiple blank copies to the fridge door with a magnet.

There are many ways in which using a shopping list can help the home and the family. Others include: cheaper and healthier. Cutting back on spending can be achieved in part through good organisation. Always use a shopping list when heading to the grocery store.

By: HRPub

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