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Cutting your grocery bill without cutting quality
Plan your meals before you shop. A short list built around what you'll actually cook stops impulse buys and wasted food. Buy pantry basics like pasta, passata and tinned beans in bulk, they keep for months and bulk out meals cheaply.
Swap brand names for our own label where you can, the quality is the same. Check unit prices, not just the sticker, a bigger pack is not always cheaper. Small changes like these add up over a month.
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Buying in season keeps your basket cheaper without dropping quality, because produce that is plentiful costs less to grow and move. Frozen vegetables are picked at their best and locked in fast, so they are often a smarter buy than wilting fresh ones.
A full freezer and a short shopping list save more than any special ever will.
Cook once and eat twice. A bigger pot of soup or pasta sauce costs little extra to make and covers tomorrow's dinner too, cutting down on what you spend through the week.
Write your list before you open the app, and shop from it. A list built around what is already in your fridge stops you from buying three bags of carrots just because the first one looked good on the way past.
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Pantry staples like pasta, tinned beans and tomato passata keep for months, so it is worth stocking up when you spot a good price on them. They form the base of a cheap, filling meal on the nights when you do not have much fresh food left.
Try to use up what you have before it goes off rather than letting it sit. Vegetable peels and bones make a decent stock, stale bread can be frozen or turned into crumbs, and wilting greens still work well in a soup.
Small changes add up faster than big ones. Swap one takeaway night for a pot of soup from the freezer, and you will feel the difference in your bill by the end of the month.
Check the price per hundred grams or per litre rather than just the number on the front of the pack. A bigger bag of rice, oats or pasta is almost always cheaper per serving, and it keeps well once you get it home and sealed.
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Batch cooking is one of the easiest ways to stretch a grocery budget. Make a big pot of sauce, soup or stew on a quiet evening and freeze portions for the week ahead, it costs barely more than one meal.
Keep a running list on the fridge so nothing gets forgotten and nothing gets bought twice.
Check what's already in your cupboard before you order. Most households waste food simply because they forgot what they had. A five minute check saves real money over a month.
Fruit and vegetables cost less when they are in season, since there is more of them about and they have not travelled far to reach us. Our fresh food range shifts through the year for this reason, so build your meals around whatever looks best and cheapest right now.
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Ordering your groceries for delivery can work out cheaper than it looks, since you are not paying for the petrol, the parking or the extra things that catch your eye walking around a shop. Set a day each week for your order and you will spend less without really trying.
A full fridge is not the same as a well stocked one. Keep the basics topped up and you will spend far less on last minute, expensive extras.
Even on a tighter budget, every order still goes through the same checks before it leaves us, so value items are never a step down on freshness or quality.
Cook a bit more than you need and freeze what is left. A bigger batch of mince, soup or beans takes roughly the same time to make and gives you a ready meal for a night when cooking from scratch is the last thing you feel like doing.
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Good food does not need to cost more. A few small changes add up over a month without you noticing the difference on your plate.
Buy pantry basics like pasta, tinned tomatoes and beans in bulk when they are on offer. They keep for months and form the base of cheap, filling meals.
Plan your meals before you shop so nothing goes to waste in the fridge.
