How to save money grocery shopping.

I came up with this great idea to save money on your groceries every week. It is amazingly simple but to this point I have not heard of anyone doing it.

What you will need:

A friend or spouse, 2 cell phones (with free minute plan), 2 matching grocery lists, 2 competing grocery stores.

I'm sure you know where this is going. First you drop off your spouse or friend at one of the competing grocery stores. Then you drive to the other competing grocery store. You break out your copy of the grocery list and call your friend or spouse. You go down the list with them on the cell phone (hopefully you have a free minute calling plan with the other phone or it may cost more in cell fees than it saves). You each compare prices for the same products and produce by the pound prices. Then you choose the cheaper of the two obviously. You go through the entire shopping list and believe it or not, you will have a substantial savings due to sales, promotions and just plain inconsistencies.

I came up with this idea when I was at my local grocery store and was buying a bottle of champagne. It was priced at $17 so I picked it up and went to the front to pay. While there they only had one checker and he was new. I waited in line for about 15 minutes and was making no headway. Giving the checker and myself a break I left and went across the street to their competitors and found the exact bottle of champagne for $13. No sale, no promotion just their every day price. I looked around some more to check the other prices on goods I regularly buy and could not believe the discrepancies in price.

It would take too long for one person to compare prices in this way, but with a helper you can knock it out pretty quick and save some big money. Happy Shopping!