you don’t buy something you already have and secondly because you might be able to make a meal out of something already.
create a meal plan. keep your budget in mind, know if anyone in the house won’t be in one night, if people need lunches for work.
stick to your list– if you have a list you will focus on finding the items rather then looking at every single offer in a supermarket.
so that’s how i think about my shopping and the meals i will make for the next week, so i hope it helps you if your looking to reduce you’re food bill. i am going to carry on this 