-Shop only on the outside of edges of grocery stores. Inside the aisles are the places where unhealthy, overly processed foods hide. Along the edges are the meats, the fruits and vegetables, the dairy products and the sale items.
-Buy only on sale, if possible. This involves a careful effort over time to build up enough of particular items that you don't *need* to buy unless its on sale. For example, my local store had tooth paste marked down to 10 for 10 plus one free item. The original price was $2.34 a tube. Last time they did that, I picked up 4 tubes of toothpaste. Then I used that until this came on sale again for the same price. So I used the same amount of toothpaste during that time, but I saved around 134% on it. I can't get that ROI in the stockmarket. But it does take time to get to that point. Start by buying items that are on sale, that you will really use, and purchasing extras to get you to the next sale. It cost me almost twice as much to buy 4 tubes as it would have if I had just bought one, but long term, there's big savings. Plan to spend $5.00 or $10.00 a week on items like this and you'll soon find you're spending less, and going to the store less often, which for most of us just leads to spending more!
-Buy things in season. Fruits and vegetables especially are at their best price in the Summer and early Fall. Buy and preserve food when its less expensive. Canning, drying and freezing food during the summer will save you year around.
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