Mum’s £25 ‘shopping system’ gets her everything during coronavirus outbreak
A MUM has shared her brilliant stockpiling tips which has seen more than £100 knocked off her weekly shopping trip.
The mum-of-four, from Australia, shared a post on Facebook revealing her tricks, claiming she’s a longtime stockpiler.
Her weekly bill used to be £119 ($240), but she's now got it as low as just £24 ($50) a week.
She stores razors, toothpaste, soft drinks, nappies, toilet paper, shampoo and even coffee to ensure her family never goes without.
And she operates a ‘two’ system, meaning she always has double of everything, so when she’s using a pack of something she always has a back up.
Explaining her system, she wrote: “I'm a brilliant stockpiler and money manager and my system means my weekly groceries (getting literally what I want when I want) is (£74) $150 a week.
You also need to remember to keep stockpiling
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“And if I was struggling and couldn't afford much I could literally get away with a (£24) $50 shop a week. So I thought I'd share my system here in case it helps some of you out," reported.
Her plan involves always checking what’s on offer at the supermarkets, and stocking up when there’s a deal on.
If your item is discounted, she advised getting between a four to six week supply in, and every week she normally stockpiles at least two items which are on offer.
But she reminded people to keep doing their usual grocery shop alongside their bulk buys.
She advised: “If nothing is on special you buy an extra 1-2 of things that are never on special (such as homebrand stuff) as your back up, and save the rest of your budget for next week when something new is on sale.
“Basically what this means is you never buy expensive stuff at full price again.”
She said this system meant if you need to tighten the purse strings one week, you already have backups of all the food you need at home.
Top stockpiling tips
- Always have two of everything in the cupboard
- Get your normal groceries alongside your bulk buys
- When stocking up get enough for four to six weeks
- Only bulk buy items when they’re on sale
She continued: “If one week you have a [bad] money week you just stop with the stockpile for that week, and you don't need to buy much because you have your two system - all you need is the basics (bread/milk) and fruit/veg/meat.
“You also need to remember to keep stockpiling. So just because I bought stain remover this week doesn't mean I won't buy any more next week.
“I'll just put that one on the back burner until there's a week where nothing I need is on sale but that is.”
People have praised her for sharing her shopping system, with one person saying: “Thank you thank you thank you!!! I needed this! I’m sooo doing this!!! What a brilliant idea, breakdown and explanation.”
Another wrote: “Thank you soooo much for sharing... you have totally changed my game in this area.”
While a third said: “Love this idea! Makes perfect sense and hopefully will help me try to keep shopping under $200 per week that I haven't managed yet.”
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