Useful extras
April 13, 2009
Be calculating
Challenge Yourself for: 24 Hours
Ever thought of taking a calculator with you to the grocery store? You can use it to keep track of costs, number-crunch what you need from bulk products, and factor nutrition info. It won’t take much time, and you’ll leave with a much more refined food selection (as well as a potentially healthier one). The next time you go to a grocery store, challenge yourself to take along your handy pocket calculator and do the numbers.
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My local grocery store has a “self-checkout” scanner that you can carry around and scan & bag your own items. The amount of people putting their self-scanned items into reusable bags nearly outnumbered the people food shopping conventionally! It also lets me browse for coupons and keeps track of my running total. I shop with a list and cash, and only buy non-fresh items. For my fruit & veg I hit up the local veg store or the farmer’s stand at the end of my city block.
I’ve tried this before and half way through my shopping trip hit the clear button. I was so frustrated that I never did it again but I’m going to the store today, so I might as well give it another try!
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Imagine my surprise, when I got home from grocery shopping this morning, and when I logged in, here is the challenge!! I take a calculator every time I go shopping! We track out grocery spending, hitting different stores in an effort to save money.
I usually try to keep track in my mind the tally as I go, however I usually veer off of my list and catch myself buying to many impulse items.
I have found shopping w/ a list and calculating before works real good. That way you limit buying thing you do not need and can match coupons. I do mine on an excel spreadsheet. If I do not know the price of something I can usually look it up at the store’s web site, but the most part I work off the weekly flyoers.