Abe's Grocery Tips
Proven secrets to save you 30% to 50% on your weekly groceries

Organize and know your groceries at home

Keep your pantry organized so you can track what you have. All the soups should be together, all the soap should be together, all the ketchup should be together, etc. Take time to keep it organized so can always know what is there. You will have a much easier time keeping track of what you will be needing in the near future so you can watch for it on sale. When taking items out of your pantry, look around to see what may be getting low in supply and make a mental, or actual, not for when you go shopping.

Because freezers can become so packed with things, it becomes difficult to remember what one has available. I like to keep an inventory of my freezer items posted right on my freezer. I do this with a small wipe erase board that I got (for free!) from my local chamber of commerce. I just list the items I have, erasing them when used and adding new ones as I purchase them. This no only makes meal planning easier (I know what I have at a glance), but I know what types of things I'm running low on and what I should keep a special eye on to stock up. (By the way, if your pantry is small and crowded, this is a good practice for your entire inventory).

When you get home from a shopping trip, make sure you put your new pantry items in the correct spot. It may sound silly, but when your kids are cyring or the phonbe is ringing, it seems so much easier to just get the items on the shelf any way you can. If you don't have time to organize when you get home from grocey shopping, leave the bags on the pantry floor (or in front of the hall closet) and unpack them in an orderly fashion when things calm down. Keep everything in its place so you can keep track of what you have. Of couse, make sure there are no frozen or refrigerator itmes in the bags that you put on the pantry floor!!!

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