Methods to cut food costs

[Synchronice]

The German LIDL is known for drowning you in these coupons and they're not that great. I have an app in my phone that gives me all these coupons every week and I sometimes wonder i I really want to waste 10 minutes of my time going through them to find that one thing that I could buy 10% cheaper.

Stores are also known for bringing prices up to later cut them down with these coupons. They sell a bottle of beer for 1.6 EUR, then bring it up to 2 EUR for a week or two and down to 1.5 with big 25% discount label, but really it's just 5%.

I sometimes use the 2 for 1 discounts they can be a bargain at times, but they usually do that to products that are about to expire.

Where did you see a bottle of beer for 1.6-2 euro in Germany? Overall, beer is very cheap. Sometimes, during discounts, you can buy twenty 0.5 glass beer for five Euro. Kaufland.
Btw prices depend from stores to locations. For example, my favorite liqueur Amarula Cream Liqueur 0.7L costs 12 euro in local Edeka but it costs 7 Euro in one Netto filiale. But at the same time local Edeka store is cheaper than local Aldi store, can you imagine? Hard to believe
I think that Kaufland is a sweet spot, it's Edeka with Aldi prices.

To sum up, in Germany at least, you can't actually say that this store is cheaper than that one, at least from my experience in Bavaria. Supermarkets always have discounts, there are days when something you want will be cheaper in Edeka, there are days when something you have will be cheaper in Aldi, there are days when something will be cheaper in Kaufland, there are days when something will be cheaper in Rewe. I can't say from my experience that Netto and Penny are the cheapest, depends on filiale, Netto near to me is more expensive than kaufland but it's extremely cheap in near market town.
If you have all these stores near to you and you always get informed about discounts, then you can truly save a lot but if stores are far from each-other, then I guess it worth to work 1 extra hour to compensate the expenses.

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[Cryptock]

From tomorrow I will cut sugar completely from my menu for 1 month. It will be tough but I will try.

This will definitely safe me a lot of money since all the small treats like sweets and drinks really mess up my body and my wallet.

Let's see how much I will actually safe after 1 month.

Avoiding sugar and fizzy drinks and eating at home would definitely save money and will be helpful for the health as well.
I have stopped eating out for last one year and I have saved a lot. I work from home and I too save spending too much money on hangouts. This is also helpful in saving so much money

[andriarto]

In my country, for whatever reason, buying fast food is considered wasteful by most people. The solution is to make your own food at home (it is recommended that you have a living partner to reduce food waste).
I'll tell the boarding school boys how they get a varied menu throughout the month for a small monthly meal fee for roommates (say $50 per person). Generally, each room (group) seats 3-4 people, so the cost of buying groceries is $150. Measuring the low cost of living in my country, this figure is actually very sufficient.

Planning a food menu is our alternative to cooking our own food. that way we will know the expenditure planning for our food needs. moreover, I live in a village, I don't think there is a problem with food ingredients, moreover, there are lots of vegetables growing around me, which besides being able to suppress the purchase of food ingredients, of course it is hygienic, and on the other hand, our nutritional intake needs are still fulfilled, that is the most important thing. even in the rice fields a lot of animal protein is available

[GeorgeJohn]

I don't remember ever buying Online food before
Most of the food comes to us from abroad, but there are many supermarkets and shops and food is rarely sold like that.
Therefore, there are no coupons for food.
The only way to save is to buy in large quantities from suppliers, but I don't remember once that we suffered from supply chains.

So your methods won't work for everyone.

I understand that the reason while people don't comply or reciprocate for online food, its because of the charges is different and the distance the item could reach you, and anything is that the funds used for purchasing online food always expensive, and secondly some people feels they are not served with ordered food because of poison even though the company are licensed, In my country we have no time of ordering food because whatever we needs is in the supermarket and its affordable.

[Ngewex Yuk]

If I think again about food consumption then a lot is wasted, I buy vegetables every day and sometimes they don't eat them because they're rotten or not cooked, if I collect daily shopping for consumption then there will be a lot of savings that can be made, besides that I have to buy real food It can be cooked immediately so it's not wasteful.

[WillyAp]

the biggest saver is self control.
Do not indulge in giving you any treat is a huge factor in most families.
It also helps in raining kids, don't spoil your kids.

[alastantiger]

There are several ways in which someone can cut his food cost. Some of the ways are setting of food budget. This will help you in cutting food cost. Because most people dont set bodget of their food and end up wasting the food. Secondly, avoide wasting food. I have seen people waste food just because they dont plan and know what they want at a particular moment. Another way is buying food in bulk quantity. When you buy in large quantity, it will be cheaper than when you buy little by little.

[SquallLeonhart]

I can't exactly remember where I saw or read this, but especially during the crisis now the package sizes of many products have been decreased while the price was kept stable (for a while). If people don't pay attention, they sometimes don't even notice it at first and that happened to me as well. So somewhere it was said that when producers decrease package sizes or increase the price, a law could be introduced that forces them to put a note onto the package that displays the price change relative to the older version of that product. If such a law ever comes into effect, I think it would be a great idea in terms of consumer protection and fair and efficient market competition.

But we all know that the lobby is powerful, and we all know what powerful can and will do, and we know that some politicians are too weak or not able to resist...

I think there is no law that states you need to talk about the size change, but you need to put the size on the package, so you can if it went from 80 grams to 70 grams, of course only if you know how much it used to be.

It happens in my nation all the time, they even change the ingredients, like something with "banana" in it, could turn from 3% banana to 1% banana instead, or they could change it from milk to milk extract, not the same thing as we all know. So these changes are made to try to keep the price same, and sometimes even goes up with it as well, which is a sad reality but a reality nevertheless. That's why I can't really say I am against it, because otherwise if they kept it all the same, they would have to sell it for 3x more price.

[Joshapat]

Although the food industry is getting more and more diverse but the price of food is getting more and more expensive, it is natural that the price of food ingredients is expensive because the production costs from farmers are very expensive, in my country a farmer usually rents 5000 square meters of land at an annual price of around $800, and if the total costs of farmers from cultivating the land to harvest requires at least $300, so many farmers are losing money even though food prices are very expensive.

[Cryptock]

Although the food industry is getting more and more diverse but the price of food is getting more and more expensive, it is natural that the price of food ingredients is expensive because the production costs from farmers are very expensive, in my country a farmer usually rents 5000 square meters of land at an annual price of around $800, and if the total costs of farmers from cultivating the land to harvest requires at least $300, so many farmers are losing money even though food prices are very expensive.

One of the finest way to cut food cost is to eat at home. Do not waste money on bakery and fast food.
The other point mentioned in the OP is work in the food store so that you get some food items at less price is also a good suggestion. But to me try to save some money by skipping outside food is  a good option.

[Wong Gendheng]

Although the food industry is getting more and more diverse but the price of food is getting more and more expensive, it is natural that the price of food ingredients is expensive because the production costs from farmers are very expensive, in my country a farmer usually rents 5000 square meters of land at an annual price of around $800, and if the total costs of farmers from cultivating the land to harvest requires at least $300, so many farmers are losing money even though food prices are very expensive.

One of the finest way to cut food cost is to eat at home. Do not waste money on bakery and fast food.
The other point mentioned in the OP is work in the food store so that you get some food items at less price is also a good suggestion. But to me try to save some money by skipping outside food is  a good option.

Good idea because if we are accustomed to eating outside or restaurant, there will be a lot of temptation to try a menu that can make our finances run out soon, besides eating at home the best thing is to bring lunch when working or out of the house, don't think of buying at a restaurant and Always think that food outside is not healthy and a lot of preservatives that can damage health in the long run.

[Queentoshi]

Avoiding sugar and fizzy drinks and eating at home would definitely save money and will be helpful for the health as well.
I have stopped eating out for last one year and I have saved a lot. I work from home and I too save spending too much money on hangouts. This is also helpful in saving so much money

The number one thing is to avoid eating out instead just prepare food at home, I spent alot of money eating out because I was too lazy to cook and it has alot of infect my pocket, when I had a visitor who came to stay with me for 6 months, she too over the kitchen and she said to me that as long she will be staying with me no more eating out and I should see how much I will save, and by the end of 3 months I realized that I was wasting alot of money eating out.

[Woodie]

Great I also think changing ones eating habits and what kind of foods one takes can help cut cost almost immediately.

Besides this you could further cut costs for home cooked meals by supplementing this with some home gardening to depend more on your home produce than always going to your local grocery stores and the alike.

[Desmong]

If the government can help the farmers by reducing the price of fertilizers and other equipments that are needed for agricultural produce then things is going to get better with time. We are going to see great impact in food production that what we have been seeing all these years making the food supply to be shortage because of many factors and the war going on.

[Broly46]

Food cost has been soaring since the pandemic and it has refused to reduce in price even slightly, it is ridiculous I think we would have to cope with high food cost for much longer.

[xSkylarx]

If the government can help the farmers by reducing the price of fertilizers and other equipments that are needed for agricultural produce then things is going to get better with time. We are going to see great impact in food production that what we have been seeing all these years making the food supply to be shortage because of many factors and the war going on.

They cant control it right now its because all prices are high even the fuel it is still high right now even the government try to hold it but again those supplier and other merchants would this agree though if they can help those farmers like providing fertilizer and having a big budget for agriculture sector it is possible that it will drop the price but again its because of war it is not yet possible so we have no choice to continue buying it and if we have a chance then find another source of income

[kro55]

Avoiding sugar and fizzy drinks and eating at home would definitely save money and will be helpful for the health as well.
I have stopped eating out for last one year and I have saved a lot. I work from home and I too save spending too much money on hangouts. This is also helpful in saving so much money

The number one thing is to avoid eating out instead just prepare food at home, I spent alot of money eating out because I was too lazy to cook and it has alot of infect my pocket, when I had a visitor who came to stay with me for 6 months, she too over the kitchen and she said to me that as long she will be staying with me no more eating out and I should see how much I will save, and by the end of 3 months I realized that I was wasting alot of money eating out.

By cooking at home, we are able to ensure food safety and hygiene, as well as save money and prepare a varied and nutritious meal. But on the contrary, we will spend a lot of time shopping, cooking, and cleaning, that's why students and busy people choose to eat out.

For me, in eating and drinking should not be too frugal because excessive saving only harms health, and does not ensure nutrition to work. Especially those who do heavy work, they have to eat and drink more to ensure their health. Saving in food is just buying enough to eat, not leaving excess.

[libert19]

I would add Amazon subscribe & save for items that are necessity. If you have some land & water, plant fruit trees and crops there.

Eat less — we tend to eat much more than require solely cause of habit. Whenever you feel hungry, drink water first as to not mistake thirst for hunger.

Resist eating outside, avoid processed packed snacks — it's more or health related.

It's better for belly to be empty than filled with junk food.

[bettercrypto]

Most residents here in our country do not buy the food they need online. Because most of them are poor people and cannot afford to buy from such an online food shop, or delivery fast food.

     Here, most of the time that kind of style is not practical, I'm just talking about real talk, maybe in other countries it's possible but I'm also sure that not all countries have that kind of status.

[summonerrk]

1) You need to know which store the product is cheaper and which is more expensive. For example, my house has a store of a very expensive retail chain, but there is always very cheap drinking water, cheese and cottage cheese.
2) Promotions. Often retail chains give cashback for a month for certain types of goods. I was lucky this month: I received cashback on all the products described above.