{"id":1974,"date":"2009-03-23T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2010-06-16T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T19:33:28","slug":"how-to-save-money-on-your-groceries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2009\/03\/how-to-save-money-on-your-groceries\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Save Money on Your Groceries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are all looking for new ways to save here and there!\u00a0 Look no further than your weekly trip to the grocery<a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bigstockphoto_coupons_117036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1992\" title=\"bigstockphoto_coupons_117036\" src=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bigstockphoto_coupons_117036-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bigstockphoto_coupons_117036-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bigstockphoto_coupons_117036.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \><\/a> store!\u00a0 I was recently inspired by a young mom on television telling her story on a popular show about her yearly savings in groceries by following a few easy tips.\u00a0 It was amazing how much money she was able to save&#8230;..\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan your meals at least\u00a01 week ahead.\u00a0 A planned menu makes for an easier shopping list and avoids over buying!<\/li>\n<li>Plan your meals using your favorite grocery store sales flyer or fliers!\u00a0 Base your meats and vegetables around the sales found at your local supermarket and you are sure to save!<\/li>\n<li>Coupons, coupons, coupons!\u00a0 In the information age of today, you do not even have to spend hours pouring over Sunday&#8217;s newspaper for coupons.\u00a0 Now just Google, coupons or the items you wish to <!--more-->save money on and you will be overwhelmed with information on how to save!\u00a0 I personally sign up for coupons to be emailed to me from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coupons.com\">www.coupons.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You can select the coupons for that week that wish to use and &#8220;clip&#8221; them with a click of your mouse.\u00a0 Simply print and go!<\/li>\n<li>Be competitive!\u00a0 Many grocery stores will except competitors coupons and advertised specials.\u00a0 I recently used a competitors $10 off coupon at Harris Teeter!\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Double or triple your coupon values!\u00a0 That is right, many grocery stores are doubling and tripling the value of the coupon up to a set amount.\u00a0 For example, if you have $.40 off of your favorite cereal, it now becomes $.80 off at Harris Teeter- everyday!\u00a0 Triple specials also occur as well!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My most recents savings totaled $58!\u00a0 I purchased 1 week&#8217;s worth of groceries for $138 before my coupons, rewards and savings.\u00a0 After the deductions, my\u00a0new total was $88!\u00a0 Wow, feeding my family of 4 for less than $100 a week was a nice surprise to me!\u00a0 By the way&#8230;. almost all of my items were name brand and all of the meals were healthy, lean and\u00a0coupled with many fresh vegetables and fruits!<\/p>\n<p><em>Post Author: Amanda Morrow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are all looking for new ways to save here and there!\u00a0 Look no further than your weekly trip to the grocery store!\u00a0 I was recently inspired by a young mom on television telling her story on a popular show about her yearly savings in groceries by following a few easy tips.\u00a0 It was amazing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[23,136,220,35,219],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-coupons","tag-healthy-eating","tag-saving-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}