www.dotcomhunter.com Smart Grocery Shopping Strategies Grocery shopping is a chore most of us dread. It can be especially fr ustrating once you get home and realize you forgot to get an item or y ou neglected to give the clerk your coupon for that great buy one get one for free deal. You organize every other aspect of your life, so fo cus that organizational discipline towards your grocery shopping effor ts as well. Start by planning your shopping trips. In order to make a list of wh at you'll need for meals that week, you'll also need to get into the habit of planning your meals out each week. Choose a day of the we ek to do your shopping and stick to it. If you do your grocery shop ping on Wednesdays when the ads break, be sure your menu planning is completed on Tuesday. Once you've completed your menu, you can con struct your shopping list. It's also important to take a current inventory of your pantry and cu pboards, and add any staples that are running low. It's easy to forg et that you used the last can of mushroom soup in that new recipe you tried, so make sure you have a couple of other cans on hand when you make it again. Keep a shopping list posted to your bulletin board or refrigerator, an d be sure each family member knows where it is located. That way they can easily add an item to the list that is almost gone or request a fa vorite item on the next trip. There are printable grocery shopping lists on the internet, but you might want to consider devising one of your own and saving it on you r computer so it can easily be printed each week. Leave room on you r list to flag yourself about which items are listed for sale and wh ich ones you have coupons for. Make sure your coupons are organized and in order and that you have a copy of the current ad in case the re are any discrepancies once you get there. Come armed with calcul ator in hand to avoid suffering from sticker shock at the checkout r egister. A gift from www.dotcomhunter.com