Tips for Shopping for Groceries

Buying Groceries. We all have to do it. Or if we are lucky, we have a "better half" that will take on the chore. Either way, it's a fact of life. You can make it fun, or you you can rank it up there with a root canal. Your choice.

Most of us, regardless of where we live, are a comfortable driving distance from a large retail grocery chain. You know the names. This is where to start with your weekly staples. Too many trips to the local convenience store for mac and cheese can be hard on your health and your wallet.

Go in prepared. Don't go in hungry and have your list! Keep a pad of paper on your frig and keep track all week of any items you may feel you will need to purchase during your next shopping trip. Be organized. Work in a grid pattern. Bouncing around the store can not only be frustrating but very time consuming. If you have to back track so be it, but keep it tight. Shop like you are on a mission. You are!

Make it fun and interesting. Shop for deals within reason. Make your brain work by doing in-store research. Learn about all the types of tuna and their prices. Turn into an educated shopper. If you are shopping with a partner, split up the list. One gets the big carriage, another the hand-held version. Saves time as well as making it fun, because one of you will no doubt throw a few surprises in your respective carts.

In a nutshell, we all have to shop. We all have to eat. Make it fun! Groceries shopping doesn’t have to be the most exciting thing you’ve ever done. But, if you follow these tips, it should at least be somewhat tolerable.