Tips galore

On your shopping day
Freeze your chicken breasts in quantity of 2, this is a "just in case scenario" to limit waste. Take out the meat the night before and leave on the counter to defrost. If for some reason your schedule is interrupted and you can't be home, or won't be cooking yourself, don't defrost your meat so that way you won't have wasted your chicken/meat.Just remember you cannot refreeze your meats.
Always have reusable bags
DON'T buy bags every time you go shopping, go prepared, keep bags in the car or use boxes, there are loads in the supermarket

1. Look, look, look ..........really have a look at the prices of your purchases, a lot of the larger retailers who often advertise as one price and when you get to the till you may not notice but you have been charged incorrectly.
2. look again.........always look at the price per kgs, it should be listed by law under the price of the product. sometimes its not cheaper to buy a larger pack. We really noticed this on eggs, where 2, 6 pack of eggs worked out cheaper then one 12pack of eggs. Similarily with deals of buy a brand of one product and get another free, where if you choose and different brand it works out cheaper
3. Don't nessarily buy pre packed fruit and veg, very often you pay extra for the convenice of being bagged for you.
4. Have a "core" food list. There are items that you buy EVERY week, like onions, peppers, I use these in a lot of my recipies
5. Buy meat from the butchers.....lots of deals to be had. If you buy 6 chicken breasts on a sat, freeze four (two per bag) for use during the week
6. Freeze any food that you can and don't throw out leftovers (I never, ever used to keep anything and threw everything away.....now I find that there is no waste in our household
7. Don't be afraid to go to different supermarkets for the best bargains. I shop in Lidl, Aldi and Tescos every week. I know exactly what I need in each of those shops.
8. Bring a List ALWAYS
9. Never shop before a meal, never ever shop when you are hungry!