Amanda Blankenship is the Chief Editor for District Media. She frequently writes for a handful of blogs and loves to share her own personal finance story with others. When she isn't typing away at her desk, she enjoys spending time with her daughter, son, husband, and dog. During her free time, you're likely to find her with her nose in a book, hiking, or playing RPG video games.
There seem to be quite a few people that don’t use coupons because they are embarrassed to do so. While they may think that there are legitimate reasons that coupons are embarrassing, the truth is that they aren’t in the least bit. I mentioned previously five reasons that you shouldn’t be embarrassed to use coupons.…
When it comes to choosing food that is good for you, it can often get confusing. There seems to be a constant shifting of what foods are supposedly good for you and it’s often difficult to keep track. What’s worse, many of the foods that you might think are good for you actually aren’t (you…
Most people know that the large manufacturers put out coupons for their products on a regular basis, but it’s much more difficult to find coupons for a variety of other food purchased in the grocery store. Just because it’s difficult to find grocery coupons for certain products doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. While it…
Coupons can be a great way to save money and organize your finances, but some people are embarrassed to be caught using coupons. There are still far too many people that place a stigma on using coupons with the notion that it’s beneath them. While some may look down on those who use coupons, that…
If you’re someone who constantly uses coupons, you’ve probably seen them for almost any food item that you can find in a grocery store. However, there are plenty of items that seem to rarely have coupons. These are general items the grocery store wants you to pay full price for, such as fresh produce or…
A lot of people state that while they want to save money on food, they don’t have the money to eat healthier because of healthier foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, are too expensive. However, if you’re a smart shopper, you can not only buy healthy food, but you can do it while saving money.…
While most people shop for food at grocery stores, supermarkets, farmer’s markets, or local markets, there are plenty of other places where you can buy food. While not all of these stores sell as many items as large grocery stores, there’s usually at least a small variety of food items. It’s worth keeping these alternative…
One of the best ways to save money at the grocery store is not to pay for the groceries that you eat at all. Finding coupons for fruits and vegetables is often much more difficult than for other grocery store items, so figuring out a way to save on them in any way possible makes…
Some people absolutely dread grocery shopping. It’s easy to spend a lot of time inside the supermarket, browsing the aisles as you try to remember what you wanted to buy. While many people focus on saving money when thinking about how to reduce their grocery bills, another way to save money is to be better…
When people are trying to save money on their groceries, they usually focus on how they can get food for less money. This isn’t necessarily the only aspect that most people should focus on. There is a good chance that one area where you are wasting money is a tenancy to waste food. Here are…
When people think about grocery coupons, they usually think about the coupon inserts in the Sunday paper. What many people don’t realize is that there are a wide variety of places where you can find coupons beyond your newspaper. Here are a few places where you may be able to score coupons that you may…
The secret that grocery stores don’t want you to know about is that the “deals” that they offer aren’t always deals. In fact, many of them are just a way to separate you from your money. Just because something appears to be a deal doesn’t necessarily make it so. So before you buy something, take…
Sometimes when you’re looking for ways to save money at the grocery store, the only thing that seems to get mentioned in coupons. While coupons are a great way to save money when grocery shopping, they aren’t the only way. In fact, there are a lot of ways that you can save money while grocery…
Like any other business, grocery stores are always trying to get their customers to spend more money. The truth is that the entire design of every grocery store you enter has been created in such a way to attempt to get you to part with as much money as possible while you are in there.…
One of the best ways to ensure that you save money when grocery shopping is to make sure that you are as efficient as possible when shopping. Disorganization and lack of efficiency almost always result in spending more than you intended to needed to spend. There is a ton of little things that can make…
Grocery stores can be overwhelming for our senses since there’s so much to see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. Grocery stores like to take advantage of this over-stimulation and will use it to their advantage by trying to get you to buy more products. Understanding how grocery stores subtly influence your buying habits by manipulating…