-Shop in bulk. My favorite stores that have this available are WinCo and Frys. There are tons of selections, but the foods that I buy regularly from these sections are beans, nuts, dried fruit, oatmeal, flax seed and popcorn. For example, oatmeal is about 60 cents/pound in the bulk section, and it's about $1.50/pound if I bought it in the cereal aisle.
-Coupons! I currently subscribe to the Sunday paper, but you can also buy them off many different websites. A few of my favorites are eBay and Klip2Save. EBay will typically have a larger number of coupons to buy at once, but Klip2Save will let you buy individual coupons. I must say that the customer service at Klip2Save is absolutely stellar. I'm not saying the service at eBay is bad, but it's typically different sellers in every sale. In general, I'll spend about 8 cents plus a reasonable shipping amount to save 50 cents to a dollar. I do enjoy couponing though and I understand that some people do not.
-Eat according to the seasons. That is going to be the produce that is typically cheaper or on sale.
-Learn when the sales start in your grocery store. Is there a day during the week where the sales overlap? For example, Sprouts starts their ad on Wednesdays. However if you shop on that day, you get the sales from the last ad and the current ad. It really helps out.
-Farmers markets or co-ops (depending on your area). I live in Phoenix, AZ, so there is tons of produce available at very cheap prices and also year-round. There are two programs that I take advantage of called Market on the Move and POW-WOW. For both programs, you can spend $10 to get up to 60 pounds of produce. It has saved us a ton of money and sometimes the produce lasts us nearly 10 days. I highly recommend doing research to see if you have anything similar. Here's an example of a couple loads I picked up last year:
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