Never Make These 15 Mistakes Again While Grocery Shopping

Shopping for a Recipe

On average, only two out of 10 items in a recipe will be on sale in a given week, said Teri Gault, author of “Shop Smart, Save More.” If your shopping list is based on ingredients you need for a recipe, you’ll end up overpaying for about 80 percent of what goes in your cart.

“Instead, choose recipes according to what you already have and what’s on sale,” said Gault. So, if chicken is on sale but beef isn’t, opt for chicken recipes. P

lan your menu around the biggest pictures on the front page of your supermarket’s weekly sales ad, added Gault.