If you’re the type of grocery shopper who brings a list and a calculator to stay on budget, price tags are your bestfriend. During those days when I was still trying to get a hang of budgeting, I would actually input the prices one by one on the calculator just to make sure we’re spending within our grocery budget.
I’ve been noticing though that groceries don’t put price stickers on their goods anymore. I thought maybe they’re trying to save on sticker paper and opted to put the price tags on the shelves instead. Thing is the price tags are not always correct and there would be times when the price scanned by the cashier would be different from the one on the shelf. No problem if you’ve got a buffer fund (which I now always have) but if you’re a bit tight, that would really be annoying.
If they can’t put price stickers, they can just install ls2208 barcode scanners at the grocery aisles so you could at least double check if the price is right before you reach the counter. I noticed PureGold has price scanners in their stores.
I’m going to the grocery again in a bit and I’m armed with my list. I don’t use a calculator anymore because I’ve somehow mastered my budget. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was in the beginning. As long as I stick to this list, I know I’ll be spending within my means.
