1. Stick to Your List

Make a list of before going to a grocery store and it should be sufficient enough for the whole weekend and try not to buy any extra things other than it.

2. Eat Lots of Beans

Beans are an excellent source of protein and fiber, you could soak your own beans before going to bed and the next day you can cook and eat it whenever you want to.

3. Buy Flash-Frozen Fruits, Vegetables and Fish

As you know that processing food takes away maximum nutritional value from a food, whereas flash freezing doesn’t. Flash freezing is a technique used by maximum industries to freeze the food so that its nutritional value doesn’t decrease. Therefore, it is a great way to preserve the vitamins and minerals of fresh vegetables and seafood. Seafood is much more expensive so if you want to be in the budget you can avoid buying it. Unseasonal foods are always expensive as they are been frozen so if you want you can avoid buying it.

4. Shop at Your Local Farmers Market

If you want to buy healthy fresh seasonal and cheaper veggies, you can buy it from the local farmers’ market rather than going to the local supermarket. Farmers’ market prices are always lower than neighboring grocery stores. You can save a lot of money.

5. Drink Soup Before Having a Meal

Even if you feel hungry, you should drink a bowl of hot soup before having your meal by doing this you will not eat much so your calorie intake will be less.

6. Don’t Shop Hungry

Before going to a grocery store keep in mind that you should never go empty stomach. Have a heavy meal just before living your house to go to a grocery store. It is due to the fact that when you are hungry, you are more likely to buy unnecessary and more foods. It has also been found that people who shop while they are hungry are more likely to buy high calorie and unhealthy food. If possible always keeps a small zip bag having fruits or raw nuts which will avoid you from filling your cart. You can also chew a chewing gum while shopping at the store.

7. Buy in Bulk

Another way you can do is buying foods which you can keep in the fridge and outside the fridge for maximum days so that you don’t need to go and buy it every week. You can also buy all the things at very low prices depending upon the store. Do not buy any preservative foods as it is much more harmful than having a high-calorie snack. You can even freeze meat if you live in such an area where you have a lack of store facilities