Hi friends, thanks for downloading the Money Girl Podcast.

I'm Laura Adams, the author of Money Girls Smart Moves to Grow Rich.

Are you tired of spending so much at the grocery store?

Me too.

So today I'm really excited to have a special guest who's going to give us

four smart strategies to save money on food shopping. It's Amanda Thomas, the

host of a brand new quick and dirty tips podcast called The Domestic

CEO.

Amanda is a pro at making your home the best it can be for less.

So I asked her for some savvy tips on how to keep food from taking a big bite out of your budget.

Thanks, Money Girl. These are the tips that I actually use for my own home, so I see how much they save me on my grocery bills and I'm excited to share them with your listeners.

The first tip is shop once a week. That's right, once a week. No more. Every time you walk into a grocery store you're tempted by

their marketing skills. The smell of fresh baking bread, the end of the aisle stocked

with your favorite childhood cereals that are conveniently on sale,

and the chewing gum and breathments conveniently placed in the checkout line are all marketing

tactics. The stores know that people react to these temptations and make impulse buys.

The more times you go into the store, the more opportunities they have to lure you into purchasing more than you need and blowing your budget.

To shop just once a week, you simply need to do a little planning beforehand.

For example my husband and I cook dinner at home about six nights a week to make sure that we have

everything we need for the entire week. Every Sunday morning I take 30 minutes to write down six meals

we can eat that week. I then go through my kitchen and make sure we have all the ingredients

for those meals. Any missing ingredients get added to the grocery list. Then I check all my staple items,

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