Sound Money Tips suggested don’t go to groceries shopping when you have an empty stomach. This is quite true, as the hunger may affect your desire on buying more food.
This is quite similar to when you are very hungry and go to restaurant, you may tend to order more than you possibly can eat!
Tip for reducing food costs – [Sound Money Tips]
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unknown says on August 14th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
sound reasonable
Ruth says on August 16th, 2005 at 12:16 am
Buying the bulk of your groceries online helps too. It’s easier to take stuff OUT of your cart just before checkout when you realize that you’re about to spend more than you planned.
dushan says on August 16th, 2005 at 10:47 pm
IMHO this tip is quite contraproductive.
I read somewhere that a lot of buyers tend to buy unhealthy food when they are not hungry.
When I am hungry I am pretty likely to buy the basic foods I really do need, while when I am stuffed I buy crap like the extra-chocolate-bar that “will always fit in”.
J Wynia says on August 17th, 2005 at 6:26 am
dushan, you must be the exception. They’ve done numerous studies and people not only buy more when they’re hungry, but tend to “binge” buy extra stuff like snacks that they don’t need. Most people are far more succeptable to the “ooh, that looks good” syndrome when they’re hungry. They’re more likely to stick to some sort of list when they’re already full. Personally, I’m not only more likely to buy chocolate when I’m hungry, but I’m more likely to buy a whole BAG of chocolate when I’m hungry.
The single biggest “save money on groceries” tip I can offer is to buy your food as wholely as possible. A whole chicken often costs only $3, cut up – $5, skinnless breast pieces $6-7 and marinated and ready for the grill more like $8-9 all for the same amount of chicken meat.
Between whole chickens, turkeys, rice, whole oats, beans, etc. you can eat REALLY cheaply and still get your fill. $30 usually gets you 50 pounds of grain.
dushan says on August 17th, 2005 at 8:01 pm
@J
You have a point. I have a suspicion that it depends on the mindset you have before you go into the store and how strong your “health-food-programming” is. I somehow doubt that human behaviour can be reduced to one type only in this matter.
And I didn’t say I bought LESS, I buy more healthy, when I’m hungry. (Guess that goes together with my mum being a health-food-geek…)