I suspect many of the people posting about increased prices were buying groceries,etc in the 70’s and can probably remember their strategies for saving money back then. For me, I got many from Andrew Tobias’ books and I would guess the consumer strategies still hold up.
Here’s one that may not have been available back then - if you order online, check cashbackmonitor.com for cashback/point possibilities for your order. Google can be your friend for additional opportunities. Also join the rewards programs at your favorite store, etc. I just added Murphy Rewards because it has many of the cheapest gas stations anyway. Kroger gives me coupons for things I buy regularly including things for free and fresh produce.
Look at the sites for all of your credit cards. Many of them have offers but you need to add them first or click through them.
Of course, if money is tight, the easiest thing is not to buy anything that can be avoided.
I pay everything I possibly can via credit card. Lots of good deals, cash back with Discover. I’m getting ready to have some word done on my house and will pay for most of it with Lowe’s gift cards collected from my cash-back bonus. Cash back, plus extra money. And I haven’t paid any interest.
I pay everything I possibly can via credit card. Lots of good deals, cash back with Discover. I’m getting ready to have some word done on my house and will pay for most of it with Lowe’s gift cards collected from my cash-back bonus. Cash back, plus extra money. And I haven’t paid any interest.
Us, too. We are now mostly using Barclay Arrival (2% on all purchases as any type of travel credit) for non-grocery stuff, and AMEX cash back (6% cash back on groceries) for groceries). The AMEX family has some great benefits and it’s been worth it for us to keep checking on their time-limited offers. Our daughter is having a new septic system put in ($$$) so we got a new-to-us AMEX no-fee CC with 0% interest for 15 months and $200 cash back after spending $5000 (which that one purchase will more than take care of).
Add to that, having the apps for the stores we shop at regularly makes it easy to load digital coupons etc. We like Food Lion here for their “spend $20 in produce/frozen food/canned goods etc., get $2-$3 off your next purchase” setup. And their app makes it easy to see our month’s progress.
Prices are all over the place, though. In the same week, we saw chicken breasts for $4.99, $3.99, and $1.99 a lb. Might be time to buy a small freezer.