What are some of the things you do to be frugal?

I purchase a lot of can foods, they last longer. I buy big bags of food that I can cook and store to eat later in the week.

I stock up when things are on special.I try to do supermmarket shopping at the right time to get meat when it"s reduced and what I'm not going to use right away I freeze.

We buy the store brands or the no name brands. Now in spaghetti sauce, the one with the red hot peppers will not be as hot, but when you open the cans they are the same kind used by a well known brand. We will go to a store where the brands are cheaper, we use those florescent bulbs (the twisty ones) we get the lettersized paper in bulk. We also get our ink cartridges refilled on one of our printers. The other one is one of those piddly small ones that it is not worth it. We use the back of envelopes for writing shopping lists. We go for the buy one get one free, but on the stuff we use, not on something we would never use.

I'm in the UK- try www.moneysavingexpert.com for advice on finances and how to save-they have an "Old style" money saving section with posts on using vinegar for cleaning,and such.. There are websites that will compare the prices between the leading supermarkets so you can get the best deals,and they'll offer home delivery,saving you the drive and time to get there.. I'd buy the "Store Own Brand" products too.I've a Tesco Clubcard for points which can be used on deals with other companies...

I have a discount card for Safeway. I originally got it to get the 3-cent discount at the store's gas pumps, but I also use it to save money on food. I haven't tried Save-A-Lot yet. There's one in my hometown, but it's a bit out of the way. A Costco store opened here a few weeks ago, and there are plans to open one or two more. To lower my gas bill, I set the thermostat a couple degrees lower during the day, and programmed it for 55-degrees during the hours I'm at work. Prior to moving into my new place, I compared the costs of bundled phone/Internet/cable TV services. I found that Qwest is $20-30 cheaper than Comcast, offers better picture quality with its digital TV service (I had used Comcast at my former residence), and gave me more channels. Also, until I can afford more furniture, my laundry hamper doubles as a nightstand and one of my storage trunks doubles as a coffee table.

I'm real good at squeezing a nickel and have witnesses that will attest to that! We finally have an Aldi's here and I shop there first, then fill in at WalMart with what Aldi's doesn't have. I find Aldi's to have superior produce at a very cheap price, and the canned goods are great too. Cat food, corn chips, chex mix, and mini wheat cereal are all name brand items with Aldi's label on them, at a greatly reduced price. Can't beat that! I know there are others, but those are what I can think of off the top of my head that I buy frequently. I don't use paper towels; my husband still does, but he's getting better. I don't use paper plates/cups. I use vinegar to clean up most anything, and use it as an air freshener too. Cheap, and no nasty chemicals. I use re-chargeable batteries for my digital camera (HUGE savings over the cost of film/developing and regular batteries). I know I'm forgetting a lot, but I think that's enough for now!

I do the majority of my food shopping at Sav a lot, I save my bags and take them with me. I do buy some of my meat at Sav a lot, they have a meat cutter on duty and have fresh ground meats daily. We also have a meat market that I go too for fresh meats.

Like you I go to a few different stores to help on saving money. I don't use Sav-A-Lot but I do use Dollar General Market. It's like a Dollar General Super Store. I get some great savings on food there but like any place you do have to watch because some things are cheaper there but some things are cheaper elsewhere. I also shop the Dollar Tree store, where everything is a dollar. I get a lot of my cleaning products there. The last store I shop is the Super Wal-Mart. Overall it is the best on prices around here. Winn Dixie is too expensive as is Publix and Sweet Bay. When I have the money for it I do try to shop at Sam's Club because somethings are so much cheaper when buying in bulk. I use coupons when i can but only if they will actually save me money. If the generic is still cheaper I go with it. I have also found that with some things it's better to put out a few extra pennies because it saves me in the long run. Like Laundry soap for example. We buy Gain, others might be cheaper but the Gain works better and lasts longer. I do the same with some other products as well. You have to look at the long view at times to see which really saves you the money.

Besides shopping at Aldi's and Walmart, I use a program called Angel Food Ministries. I pay $30 and get a whole bunch of food and meat and pay an extra $20 for a extra box of meat. It is once a month. You order on a certain day once a month and pick it up two weeks later. Here is the website: http://www.angelfoodministries.com/ Take a look around and see if it is avaiable in your area.

I try to do alot of my shopping all at one store but I also go to the Dollar Store and Family Dollar to get name brand things for alot cheaper prices. I have shopped at Save A Lot also but there are some things there, I just will not buy.

We are trying more generic items. Everyone likes Quaker Oats oatmeal but that is getting so expensive, the generic is actually creamier according to my husband. I will shop Aldi's for some things (milk, eggs, etc.) My grocery stores health and beauty items are priced compariably to Walmart so I do pick up things there. Then I will go to Walmart once a week for all the other things that I need.

I have gotten 300 dollars worth of food for 150.00 Basically I went to a grocery store called Aldi. We have them in Illinois but I think they are all over the place. They are so cheap and that is how I did that. I don't shop anywhere else except the dollar store and the butcher shop when I splurge on finer cuts of meat though not often. Maybe you have one in your area or semi close it's worth checking out.

living in the third world country is not easy. in these time of economic crisis the poor becomes poorer. i usually skip my snack time. instead i eat heavy during lunch time. i usually turn down the invites of my friends to go out during weekend. i always try to squeeze my budget. but still nothing can do in strugling financial stability.

I have a cow and goat for milk. I make my own butter and cheese. I raise pigs and chickens and have a fish stock pond in my back forty. I have a huge vegetable garden that I hoe and sow and harvest. I preserve everything I can and pick my own fruit. I live by candle light and heat with a wood stove. I pump my own well water and spin my own cloth for clothing. No wait - that was my great grandmother! Aren't you glad you have coupons? LOL

I have to admit that I frequently visit any frugal living related websites I can find quite regularly, and have signed up to almost all of their free emailing list newsletters which I find are packed full of tidbits. I save LOADS on cleaning products by using white vingear (bout 80cents for a 2 litre bottle which lasts months!) and bicarb and so on rather than using commercial cleaning products which cost $3 - $4 minimum for a bottle half the size if not smaller. I find thatthe natural alternatives are just as, if not more effective than the chemical cleaners, and with two babies in my household I also appreciate the non toxic alternative. The other place I have really saved money and cut back on things is by buyingin BULk the things I always use when they are dramatically reduced in price. Things like toilet paper, shampoo and conditioner etc etc. Another little frugal tip I have picked up is to water down my shampoo and conditioner, and my dishwashing liquid, and hand soap etc etc, as it is always alot more concentrated than I need. Squashing the toilet roll making it harder to getoff the toilet paper saves heaps on wasted toilet paper. I refuse to use expensive special nappy bags, I use leftover bread bags, and vegie/fruit bags instead. There are a million and one things I do, but liek you, my hand is starting to get tired so I will leave it there for now, and pop back later to add some more. Hope this helps someone, even just alittle :) Money is better off in our pockets than someone elses :)

I do some shopping at Sav A Lot too. I also pick up a lot of things at yard sales and bent and dent or salvage stores. The price of garbage bags have gone way up here too I've noticed. I am going to try to hang on to them a little longer...dump the garbage from the bathroom in with the kitchen to fill up the bag and then only change the one in the kitchen for awhile. I am staying at home a little more now since the gas is so high.

we also try to shop at aldies I get my cereal there and like you say a lot of caned goods. I dont buy there meat as I find it dosnt have much flavor , but than we also go to walmart or myers, kroger whom ever has the best sales for the week. We use coupons for all the things we have them for we get a lot off the internet, they have brought my food bill down by $80.00 sometimes. I also have friends who get money back but so far I have not been able to do that rither.

In these time of economic downfall, we need to be saving some money for the worst scenario. I appreciate people like you who's looking to save and not to spend all they have! Keep up and may you continue to prosper.

My husband always said I was nuts for shopping 3-4 different stores just to save 10 cents. Now in this town the stores are alot closer so it's even easier. But I mainly shop Walmart as that's the biggest store here. The local grocer for meat, except for what I can get at Aldi's for a better price. Walmart is for canned goods, packaged goods and pet food. Aldi's for bread, milk, eggs, produce and some frozen stuff. And the local grocer for doggie treats (they have $1 bags and Rose loves em), certain soups, meat, butter, cheese and yogurt. I've tried the Dollar store but they never have what I want. Except cleaning solution. I do clip coupons but they rarely have what we buy. We do use coupons for take out food though. Very handy there. Love Pizza Hut's Pizza Mia deal - 3 mediums for $5 each

Lately I have been buying store brands on things that I used o only buy name brands. For example Hidden Valley ranch dressing lo fat was selling for over four dollars and Vons ranch lo fat was two for four dollars so naturally I bought the Vons and it tasted just the same as the Hidden Valley for half less and toilet paper is the same way and raisins in Vons brand were half as much as Sun maid and i could go on and on like that.It really saved me money