The Rules of Grocery Shopping
The
cardinal rules of grocery shopping include the following:
- Eat before you shop.
- Always make a shopping list.
- Only shop the sales.
- Match the sales with coupons.
- When you find a great deal, buy 3 months worth.
- Don’t buy what you don’t normally eat.
- ALWAYS check your receipt for mistakes before leaving the store.
- NEVER argue over a coupon.
- NEVER clear the shelves.
- If a product doesn’t meet your expectations, “complain gently”.
- If a product exceeds your expectations, “praise profusely”.
To help organize my shopping trips, I created a document that prints a shopping list on an envelope. The name of the store, sale date, and a column to check whether or not you have a coupon for it are printed on the envelope. The coupons that I will use on that shopping trip are then enclosed in the envelope. After shopping, I put the receipts in the envelope for that store.
If you would like the document, just drop me an email redbeelips@gmail.com. The document is a word doc set up for 12 envelopes with 11 stores and one blank. Below are two examples of the printed envelopes.
