Grocery Budget, Time Management and the Environment

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How far is the drive to your favorite grocery store, and how often do you go there? 


Do you usually stop on your way home from work or do you schedule a special trip because the chore of grocery shopping with the additional labor of lugging all the groceries into the house and then putting them all away is so exhausting?


You didn’t know this was going to be a pop test, did you? But as long as I have you answering questions, here are a few more. The answers may let you find ways to save money on your grocery budget as well as cut down on your gas usage.

And isn’t that the whole point? Saving money while being environmentally responsible?


How would you answer these questions:

• How often do you make a special trip to the convenience store to pick up just one or two items? 
• How often do you leave the convenience store with just those one or two items?
• Do you plan your driving route when you’re running errands to find the best route, or do you drive back and forth from one end of town to the other as you think of new things you should attend to?
• Do you make a list of items you need before you go shopping?
• Do you remember to take the list with you and refer to it?
• How often do you find yourself at the store and realize you’ve left your earth friendly reusable bags at home?
• Do you stock up on staple items for the home when they are on sale, or do you run to the store each time you run out of peanut butter, salt, flour, sugar and ketchup?

By now you should have a pretty good idea of how you usually deal with grocery shopping and running errands. You should also be able to see a pattern emerging on how your habits have a big impact on your household budget and the environment.


With just a little tweaking, you can change your habits and save time, money and the environment.