How to Save Money on Shopping when there is just Two of You on a Budget

My husband and I are kind of facing the same thing only I am still working so for the next couple of years we dont have to worry so much. I am thinking that when I retire we should sell the house. The utilities are so high and there is always the upkeep and the yard. I think we should move into an apartment. You might want to consider that too. If you have a freezer you can always buy in bulk and make meals ahead and freeze them. Turkey and chicken go a long way.

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i love to go garage saling, you can find a ton of things that are sometimes brand new. find a hobby such as fishing, or camping.. or join a community health club, they have sometimes free memberships for retired people. plant a garden, use that food, so many things for this response to say, but i don't want to bore you!

My daughter is moving out and rarely home now. I have been cooking food ahead of time, so I can still buy in a larger size and save money. Yesterday, I cooked a roast and a big pot of potatoes, so I could make tv dinners for future quick meals. I had a bunch of carrots from the garden to complete the dinner. I do sites on line to earn money and can send you some information about them, if you would like a couple of easy earning sites. I only do a couple sites, as don't wish to spend lots of time and earn only a little bit of money.

One thing you can do is to split your check into 2 accounts and only access that money fortnightly. It means resisting temptation though, but it works if you can do it. There are sites that tell you about "freebies" or samples you can get, often these are shampoos or coffee or similar and quite often they forget to cancel the stamps so you can reuse them and the packaging. Look for good recipes that let you save e.g. if we have a roast chicken, I keep some pieces for a stir fry and use the bones to make stock so you can get 3 meals out of it. Another one is that stale bread or the ends of bread can be used instead of pasrty in some cases - I make a good quiche using the ends. There's lot of things, it's just a question of working out what works. Good luck and enjoy your retirement.

Well I am on a tight budget and I tend to purchase items that are supermarkets own brands instead of big well known brands like Coca-Cola. Most things taste similar if you aske me and a lot of the time you are paying for the brand rather than the quality of the product.Sometimes you can get two or three items of a shops own brand to one of a big brand.

I know that when my brother and I moved out my mom found it difficult to switch back to cooking for only two. Some ways that I save money on groceries is eating more vegetable which is cheaper than meats. Also, when I buy a bulk package of ground beef, I divide it up into smaller sections , so a 2lb package becomes three 2/3lb packages or one of the big 6lb packages becomes 8 smaller packages to be frozen. This keeps me from using as much meat at one time in my recipes. I usually stick to buying cheaper cuts of meat, but usually if meat is within a day or two of it's sell by date they will reduce the price. So I try to buy nice cuts then. If you buy sliced deli meats and cheeses, it might actually be cheaper to buy them at the deli counter than prepackaged. Depends a lot on your grocery store though. When I have time I also shop at a store like Sav-a-lot, or a grocery outlet for canned foods, cereals, and other items with long shelf lives.