Grocery Shopping Blueprint: A Simple Guide To Spending & Wasting Less (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Grocery bills keep rising, yet all the most recent reports tell us that more food is being thrown away than ever.Are you struggling to keep pace with food prices as well as struggling under the weight of your weekly refuse sacks?Have you ever stopped to wonder why these two things are happening at the same time?Do you think of yourself as a savvy shopper, yet can't understand why you're spending more at your local supermarket? After all, inflation is one thing, but you seem to be spending more than can be accounted for by inflation alone. Why is that?'Grocery Shopping Blueprint: A Simple Guide To Spending & Wasting Less', explores the contradiction between the economies people are undoubtedly making in food shopping and an ever increasing mountain of waste. It starts by asking a fairly fundamental question, 'Is the supermarket your friend or your foe?' and goes on to look at how your local supermarket sees you as its customer, exploring the tactics used to persuade you to buy more than you need. It goes behind the scenes to look into the art of persuasion, highlighting the methods you should be aware of if you are to change things around and bring your budget and your waste bin under control. A simple formula is suggested and outlined, starting with a simple budget. You'll find out how to asses your income and expenditure properly, so you can identify what you can afford to spend on your weekly shopping trip. Having done that, you'll develop a series of plans: for shopping, for the trip to the supermarket, for preparing meals and a plan for reducing waste.The book is all about planning. But doing so from a position of strength, not on the hoof, or based on a quick think through at what you might need for the week. And, yes, you will have to sit down and think, in order to plan.But you will save a significant amount of money if you adopt the strategy outlined in the book.Here's a breakdown of what you will find in the book:Introduction: How Can This Be?Chapter 1: The Supermarket - Friend or Foe?Chapter 2: How Your Local Supermarket Sees YouChapter 3: How to Do the Family Budget ProperlyChapter 4: How to Buy Things at the SupermarketChapter 5: Know Your Food LabellingChapter 6: Menus, Meals & Leftovers - How to Plan, Prepare & RecycleChapter 7: Healthy, Less Healthy Foods & Food StorageConclusion