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Healthiest Supermarket Foods: Dairy Aisle

FitSugar — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Women's Health has read all those confusing food labels for you and compiled a list of the 100 Best Supermarket Foods. Next time you're shopping in the dairy aisle be sure to put the following items in your grocery cart.

Curious about other foods? Then also check out healthy carbs and healthy Frozen Foods.

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Healthiest Supermarket Foods: Frozen Foods

FitSugar — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:30:00 PDT

Women's Health has read all those confusing food labels for you and compiled a list of the 100 Best Supermarket Foods. If you're looking to pick up some quick-to-make frozen foods, be sure to put the following items in your grocery cart next time you go shopping.

Curious about healthy carbs? Then also check out this list of healthy breads, pasta, and rice.

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Healthiest Supermarket Foods: Breads, Pasta, and Rice

FitSugar — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:30:00 PDT

Women's Health has read all those confusing food labels for you and compiled a list of the 100 Best Supermarket Foods. If you are craving some carbs here's what you should pull off the shelves next time you're grocery shopping.

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5 Sneaky Supermarket Tricks That Make You Eat More

Prevention — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:21:07 PST

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar!

Have a healthy (and cheap) trip to the grocery store
By Bari Nan Cohen, Prevention

You walk into a grocery store expecting to buy only the items on your list, yet you leave with a cart full of extras you may not really need - and a considerably lighter wallet. An accident - or lapse in judgment? Actually, the store setup is likely to blame. "You want to get in and out quickly, but the folks in charge want you to linger as long as possible, spend as much as possible, and ideally spend it on the highest-profit items," explains Ali Benjamin, co-author of The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters, One Meal at a Time (Storey Publishing, 2011). How, exactly, do they make you stick around and load up on items you never meant to buy? Here are eight ways to guarantee a healthier (and cheaper) grocery shopping experience every time.

Bring A C-Note - And Leave Your Credit Cards Behind
Cash is king when it comes to avoiding impulse buys. "I know that I spend way less when I use cash rather than credit," says Benjamin. And the research proves her right - Lindstrom advises shoppers to use a 100-dollar note for grocery purchases. "We find it emotionally harder to break a larger bill, so we spend less," says Lindstrom. "We don't have an emotional connection with numbers on a credit card statement."

20 Ways to Feed Your Family on $100 a Week

Watch Out For "Health-Washing"
You may not read labels with as critical an eye in a store like Whole Foods as in, say, Super Target says Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg, president of Monetized Intellect Consulting, Inc, in Brooklyn, NY. "The atmosphere in Whole Foods Market makes you feel like everything in the store must be healthy," he notes. "In Target you'll look at the calorie count on the same package of granola you buy without thinking in a 'healthy' grocery store."

Learn three more sneaky tricks when you read more.

Save Money on Groceries Without Coupons

Kiplinger — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:00:14 PDT

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy!

I usually spend less than $100 a week buying groceries for my family of four. And I don't use coupons - ever.
Yes, there are some extreme couponers out there who manage to spend next to nothing at the grocery store. But I don't have the time it takes to be that sort of coupon pro - nor would I benefit from the effort because coupons usually aren't available for the items I regularly buy.

So I've found other ways to keep my grocery costs under control. One reason I'm able to keep my weekly spending low is because I don't live in a large metropolitan area, where prices are higher. However, these ten tips should help you score savings wherever you live.

Choose the right store. The bulk of my savings come from shopping at Walmart rather than Kroger (the main options where I live). On average, my grocery bill is 20% less when I shop at Walmart. I compared the prices at both stores on 15 items I regularly buy and found that I paid $10 more at Kroger ($53.87 versus $43.50). The bigger the shopping list, the greater the savings. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine writers conducted a similar experiment and spent nearly $20 less on the same basket of items at Trader Joe's than at Whole Foods (Get the Best, Spend Less).

It might seem a little time-consuming to actually run this experiment yourself. But you only have to do it once - and the savings could be substantial. Think of it this way: If you were buying a big-ticket item, such as a TV, you'd probably invest some time to shop around and research prices. Although your weekly grocery bill may not seem like a major expenditure, you're shelling out $10,400 a year if you're spending $200 a week. That's a lot more than most TVs - which you could easily afford to buy if you cut your weekly grocery bill in half.

Read on for more tips.