When food is labeled “organic,” it’s a tricky thing to determine the meaning. But one thing to consider when shopping is skipping any kind of organic label for onions, avocados, and most other foods with a durable shell or peel. More »
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Skip the Organic Label for Onions and Avocados [Groceries]
Posted on March 23, 2011
Grocery IQ Is a Brilliant Grocery List Application [Downloads]
Posted on August 11, 2010
iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and manages your grocery shopping list with an impressive feature set. You can search and add items to your list manually or by scanning barcodes, share lists with family members or roommates, sort items by aisle, and more. More »
GroceryWiz Is a Full-Featured, Grocery-List-Making Webapp [Groceries]
Posted on December 2, 2009
It’s easy to forget things grocery shopping once you’re bumping elbows with the masses. GroceryWiz is an easy to use, fully customizable webapp that keeps your weekly grocery needs in check.
(Click the image above for a closer look.)
GroceryWiz is a quick and easy tool for adding grocery items to a virtual and printable list to make your trips to the grocery store easier and more productive. It keeps track of your weekly purchases and saves your lists from week to week to help identify frequent purchases you may have left off before you hit the print button. You can add notes for each ingredient, in case you need a reminder as to why you need it—or what dish it's destined for. The whole thing prints out in an easy to read list that's divided by category to ensure you don't leave something behind, before leaving a certain section of the store.
Sign up is free, and the site also offers freebie offers and coupons, though those features require a bit more of your time than a few off the cuff edits to stay on top of your daily or weekly shopping list. If this seems a little over the top for your needs, you can always try using a basic template to streamline your own handwritten lists, or try shopping every two weeks to save money and make things a little more routine.
Use Remember the Milk to Plan Groceries and Meals [Groceries]
Posted on August 11, 2009
Web-based task manager Remember the Milk stands out for its ubiquity, and a few of its users have suggested novel ways to use its tags, priorities, and separate lists as a multi-person household…
Be Suspicious of Supermarket “End Caps” [Saving Money]
Posted on April 7, 2009
Consumer Reports compiles 13 strategies for avoiding the most successful grocery tricks in its May 2009. Among them is a warning to examine the aisle-ending “caps” that attract eyes, but often aren’t anything approaching a deal.
Those end caps can boost item sales by nearly a third, the non-profit group writes, but are often used to push items that are high-margin or are actually about to expire.
At an A&P near our Yonkers, N.Y., headquarters, we spotted an end cap loaded with Pepperidge Farm cookies, all at full price. The end-cap tie-in is another trick: Related items are featured, not all of them on sale. Take the Tostitos display we saw at Stop & Shop. The chips were on sale; salsa and dips weren't.
While you’re looking around to tighten up your grocery tactics, check out CR’s list of value-friendly everyday products.
13 ways to save at the supermarket [Consumer Reports]