Track Your Grocery Prices | Frugal Friday

Friday, April 22, 2011

Today I'm talking about tracking prices. I feel I still have a lot to learn about coupons and frugal shopping but I definitely know more than I did last year. When I go to the stores, increasingly I've been able to look at the price of something and know if A) it's a good price and B) if I might be able to get the item for a cheaper price at another store. I also keep the store circulars for several weeks so I can compare prices against stores and see what an individual store's sales cycle is.

Armed with that information, I'm better able to know when a special trip to the store is justified or not and if an item is at its stock up price. I haven't even considered starting a grocery price book, I keep track mentally, but if you're really serious about saving that's the way to go. When I finally get around to making my coupon binder, I think I'll have at least one tracking sheet in it for the items I buy regularly. 


Last week, Henry's had a great sale on meats. I don't typically buy meat there, mostly produce and items from the bulk bins, but the 72 Hour sale they were holding was a good excuse to stock up. I broke these down and froze them in more manageable meal sizes. The chicken breasts are huge so they're perfect for crockpot type meals. For $25.36 I now have enough meat for at least six meals.

Do you track prices? Have you noticed significant saving? Most importantly, do you have any recipes for all those pork chops?!

*Gift certificate provided by San Diego Bargain Mama and Henry's. No other compensation received. I love this store and shop there regularly. Opinions are totally my own. I'm serious about the recipes.

3 comments:

  1. Soak the pork chops in beer, garlic and onions. Then grill (inside or outside). It's soooo good!

    I stock up on meat and freeze it when a store has a sale. Frazier Farms often has meat sales that are great.

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  2. I totally need to get a chest freezer and put in the garage. My side-by-side just isn't big enough to fit more than two packages of meat at a time.

    Once upon a time I used the iPhone app 'Grocery Gadget' to track prices. It wasn't bad, and I think it was only like $1.99 but an update wiped it out and I would have had to re-purchase it.

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  3. A freezer chest is the way to go! We buy bulk frozen fruit from a farm in Oregon and it is YUMMY!

    I have a coupon binder, but not a price tracker. I have pretty much learned the prices of my regular purchase and can spot a good deal. The thing I am working on now is finding deals on organic items and produce!

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