The Shift to Thrift.

Thrift at the Supermarket.

As the old saying goes, There is more than one way to skin a cat, not that one would want to skin a cat, but still just as there is more than one way to approach any situation and achieve a successful result, there is more than one way to be a thrifty grocery shopper. For me the absolute bottom line for thrift at the supermarket is to stop throwing away and wasting the food you buy. On average Australian households waste well over $1000.00 a year throwing out good food and as the 2019 statistics indicate, we are getting worse, not better!

These statistics are frightening and while to waste this amount of food is criminal, these statistics do not take into account the the time, money, water, energy and production costs of getting the food to the supermarket. So when we waste…