10 Ways To Slash Your Grocery Bill

7. Avoid Packaged Food & Drinks

They might be convenient, but packaged foods and drinks are always more expensive, with almost no exceptions bar them being heavily reduced. When it comes to snack foods, making foods yourself is always cheaper, with simple homemade desserts often pricing up at just a few bucks for a large number of servings, compared to a few bucks for each serving. As for drinks, you’ll be doing everyone in your family a favour by opting for water. It’s not just cheaper, it’s healthier too.

8. Buy When It’s Cheap, In Bulk

Not everyone is able to take advantage of bulk-buy retailers. In Australia, the concept is still not as common as the budget savvy would like it to be, with almost no companies offering bulk-buy savings. However, the concept of bulk buying still stands. If something is cheap, and you know you’re going to use it, buy as much as you can. This is true for flour, rice, and other staples, as well as vegetables like pumpkins. Veggies can be baked en masse, pureed and then frozen for use down the line!

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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