Karen Hellier

Freelance Writer, Coupon Lady, eBay Entrepreneur: Helping You Save Money and Work From Home

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9 Ways Grocery Stores Get Customers to Spend More Money

Save money by not letting the grocery stores trick you into spending more money than you need to!

Grocery shopping can be pretty expensive for the average consumer. And it ends up being much more expensive for those shoppers who aren’t aware of some of the tricks grocery stores use to get people to spend more money once they are in the store. Here are nine tricks to watch out for so that you can keep more money in your pocket at the grocery store. Don’t Be Duped by End Cap Displays End cap displays are those sets of shelves at the end of every aisle in the grocery store. Some stores have sale items set up on these shelves to make it more convenient for customers to grab sale items. But beware that not all of those end caps have sale items on them. And not everything that is on the end cap is on sale. When I used to teach coupon classes in Connecticut, I used…
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How Creating a Price Book Can Help You Save Money on Groceries

Using a simple notebook as a price book can save you tons of money at the grocery store! I created a comparison chart of grocery store prices and was amazed at the results!

I love to grocery shop! Yes, I know, from what I have heard I am in the minority here, but there’s always been something special to me about buying food to nourish my family. Once I discovered how to use coupons correctly, I became addicted to saving money at the grocery stores. So today I want to share with you the value of creating a “price book” which will help you save money on your groceries. What is a Price Book? What is a “price book” you may be asking? It’s simply a notebook in which you keep track of all of the items you and your family use regularly, and what the normal price is for those items are when they are NOT on sale, at every store you would consider shopping in. I always advocate that shoppers go to more than one store to take advantage of the…
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