Savoie speaks to PPH about shopping more cheaply for groceries
Kathy Savoie, Extension educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about how to buy groceries and prepare meals economically in inflationary times. Savoie recommended scanning store fliers, making a meal plan and preparing a grocery list before you go shopping. Find out what’s on sale, she said, then build seven days of breakfasts, lunches and dinners around those items. Before you head to the store, check your refrigerator and pantry to see what you already have and make a list of what you need. “When you show up and wing it, particularly if you are hungry, you are going to buy a lot more than you need, which ends up as food waste. That is just like dumping your piggy bank down the drain,” Savoie said.