is the weekly visit to the supermarket becoming a struggle for you heres how to drop your frequency for this essential but timeconsuming activity to once a month cutting down on the number of visits you make to the supermarket can save you a lot of precious time and money a onceamonth trip to the store also means fewer chances of impulse buys that you might regret later bringing down your multiple store visits to one in a month calls for efficient planning discipline and budgeting but if you stick to the plan you can easily become a grocery goddessmake a list decide on the meals especially breakfast and dinner that you would like to cook for the entire month and jot it down in a list tick all the food items you already have in your kitchen the refrigerator and cupboard are the first places to look then make another list of all the remaining supplies alongside the quantities you need them indont stick to one store on your monthly grocery shopping day go to more stores than your regular neighbourhood supermarket and look for the best price at each one for your supplies when you get a good deal on something stock up on enough to last you until the time stores have another offer for that itemadjust your budget expand your budget to fit a massive shopping spree calculate how this change will affect your bank balance at first sight it appears to be a major chunk off your salary but once you do the math youll realise that it actually turns out to be far more economicalstock up on convenience foods this tip is specially for working moms who cook at home every day include a variety of dishes in your monthly meal plan so you can incorporate frozen vegetables and canned fish and fruit into them fresh veggies and fruit will only last you a few days while frozen foods have a much longer fridge life soups frozen dishes readytocook meals and cereals can also be preserved for over a month without hasslemoneysaving tip to save cash time your trip with the sales and special offers that convenience stores regularly put up