Tip #8: Buy items cheap near the expiration date and then
freeze.
Grocery stores regularly drop their prices on refrigerated
items a day or so before the expiration date. Gloria
Voightmann, a Lisle, Illinois, mother of four, says, "The best
times to buy discounted meat are on Mondays, Tuesdays or
Wednesdays. When the new sales come out on Thursday, I rarely
find anything. For example, if I'm looking for Purdue chickens,
I check the date on the package, for instance if the date says
that it should be sold by March 17th, we start looking for
chicken on the 15th or 16th, because if it is still in the
store after the 17th, it has to be tossed even though it is
still good."
With this method, Gloria often gets meat at a huge discount -- for example, whole chickens for $3.00. Simply add coupons to this strategy to make an even sweeter deal.
Bargain hunting not only saves you a lot of money, it is a lot of fun. Try one or all of these tips and start saving!
About this author: Kristina Springer is a freelance writer and writing instructor at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. She also received a Master of Arts in Writing from DePaul University. Currently, she is working on a Young Adult fiction novel as well as a number of nonfiction articles. She lives in a west suburb of Chicago with her husband Athens and two children Teegan and Maya. Visit her Web site at www.KristinaSpringer.com.
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