The first will be, perhaps, the council that everyone heard, but in fact, few people tried: make a notebook of income and expenses of the family budget. No matter how trite it sounds, but such a notebook really helps to control the flow of cash.
The following tips will concern, first of all, psychological tricks, with which you can withstand the tricky organized sale of goods and advertising. Knowing some of the nuances of trade, you can save a significant amount of money.
In relation to food products, many manufacturers mislead customers, increasing prices in a hidden form. So the same product after some time can be seen in the new package on which there are notes: “new”, “improved form”, “now more taste”, etc. D. Naturally, this is pure illusion. At the same time, the new packaging with a changed design contains a smaller amount of the product than before, and the price is higher for it.
Freshly fraudulent goods, for example, cheese, salads, often weigh less than indicated on the packaging. Sometimes they are simply weighed together with the packaging.
What to do? Be attentive when choosing goods, including food products. Take yourself a certain amount of time to choose exactly what you need and at the same time save.