Counting Pennies

These tips are courtesy of Stacy Francis, who I interviewed for a recent article. She was kind enough to offer these additional tips just for this blog. Just so you know, Stacy is the president of Francis Financial, Inc. an independent, fee-only financial planning practice and also is the Founder of Savvy Ladies® a non-profit dedicated to empowering women through financial education.

If you aren’t already doing so, then you should start clipping coupons. Grocery stores are constantly offering discounts on necessary and frequently purchased products. So why not take them up on their offer? Look for ones that are for products you were already planning on buying. You can also get discounts by joining your supermarkets “club” and carrying a plastic card with you each time you shop.

Shopping at the Jacks Dollar Store
They provide a wide range of articles that are great quality and only cost 99 cents. For example tea, Kleenex, spices (salt, sugar, pepper…), cereals, cleaning equipment and even Yoghurt, cheese and frozen pizza are definitely worth shopping there and will save you a lot of money!

Shopping at Trader Joe’s
Yeah, we all know that the lines are long… But why are they long? Because people know they get the best deals there. So, waiting is worth it. Try to avoid shopping there during the rush hours (Saturdays and weekdays between 4pm-7pm) It is an amazing supermarket with affordable prices, the staff is very nice an helpful and you basically will find everything you need. 

Wine
Stop at your local supermarket first. The choice of different wines from different countries is huge. They offer wines starting from ~ $3.99 up to the higher price range and tag special wines with a good price performance ratio.

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