Establish a precise budget and one List of products Before going to the supermarket it can help save hundreds of euros at the end of the year. Despite a stabilization of the thrust of inflation, the weight of the caravan makes itself felt on the pockets of the Italians, forced to have to pay more attention to bring back the accounts at the end of the month.
The categories foods and basic necessities are among the most relevant items on the family budget and shopping without a precise programming of what to buy and how much to spend it can make domestic finances custer.
The increases on foods
Even if the incidence of food, drinks, transport and bills was falling compared to the year before, the latest surveys Istat Updated on 2023 they set a 56%share of 1,191 euros, of the goods and services necessary on the average monthly expenditure for the consumption of families of 2,128 euros.
Of this share, 526 euros It is the slice spent per month for the purchase of food goods and soft drinks, which has inevitably resentful of the increases on all products on supermarket shelves in 2023: from ready food (+15.5%, 34 euros more per month), to oils and fats (+12.9%, 17 euros), from vegetables, tubers and legumes (+12.2%, 69 euros), other products, other products, Lattiero-Caseari, and eggs ( +11.9%, 65 euros), up to +6.7% for meat, which affects 21% in the cart, for an increase of 111 euros per month.
Savings on shopping
Relizi who pushed families to modify their consumption habits in the food department. The 31.5% of families Interviewed in 2023 he declared that he had tried to reduce the quantity or quality of the food purchased compared to 2022.
To try to save on the trolley at the supermarket, it can therefore be useful draw up the list of the products to be purchased and fix a maximum spending roof.
The shopping list
Program in advance What to buy can avoid making purchases induced only from throat and hunger, risk that it gets up if you go shopping at times when our choices can be dictated by the empty stomach.
A shopping list also helps not to fall into the Marketing strategies that large retailers put in place to promote products according to commercial or warehouse needs.
Obviously, before making a list of the products you need, it is better to check the pantryso as to avoid waste.
What is 6 to 1 method
Chef Will Coleman, who became a social star thanks to his advice to save money while keeping a balanced diet, proposes his “Method 6 to 1“, With which he ensures to keep the receipt under 100 dollars (about 90 euros) per week.
The cook recommends putting 6 vegetables in the cart, 5 fruits, 4 foods source of protein (and therefore meat, fish, eggs, legumes, cheeses), 3 of starches (and therefore pasta, rice, bread or similar), 2 sauces or spreadable creams and an extra, that is, a whim of throat, which can be, for example, a dessert or an alcoholic.
The fixed budget
Attention to scolleously to what has been established to buy before crossing the supermarket threshold allows you not to spoil on food expenses despite the increases.
Taking into account a set budget helps to understand how much purchases for food and drinks affect the family budget and to keep track of outings every month, perhaps with an app to manage the family budget.
It is a good practice if you want to calculate how much you spend and consequently how much it is possible save: Being able to cut some of the variable costs, that is, not on fixed expenses such as the rent on which you cannot intervene, can allow aside even a few dozen euros that can be transformed into a gain of hundreds of euros at the end of the year.
