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Their sales tactics resembles those of people trying to sell you a timeshare. Many claim to have saved a lot of money, while others have complained about being ripped off. What's the truth? Are club memberships like DirectBuy and Uniway worth it?

Here are some supermarket luxuries that most people can do without, as well as tips to make forgoing these items seem a bit easier. Want to save money on your grocery bill?... Start here!

Besides stopping to read the labels on the items you purchase -- and looking at the SKU number on the sales items and checking the package size -- here are some of the other things you should be doing each time you go to the grocery store.

Some experts claim that we should be stockpiling foods in anticipation of rising food prices -- a sign of lean times ahead, based on our current economy. But how do you know what kinds of foods to stockpile? And exactly how much should you be storing away?

What's a shopper to do when they are confronted with high-pressure sales in the supermarket of all places?

Based on this example, I ALWAYS look at the items on the lower shelf and compare the price with larger jars whenever I'm shopping now. I hope that you will remember this the next time you go grocery shopping, too.

Could there be a a correlation between today's economy and our waistlines? They call times of financial recession lean times for a reason, you know. People tend to eat less because of the high price of food. I had this happen to me the other day...

Do you buy day old groceries? I do... all the time. Here's why...

If you think you're paying the same amount of money for smaller packages and less food, you may be right...

Using store circulars, grocery coupons, and your CVS Extra Care Card, you can get items for FREE or at least at deep discounts on a regular basis. They work very much in the same way that store rebates work, only you do not have to wait as long to get your money back. Here's the scoop...

I used to be able to get in and out of the grocery store and buy what I need for 20 dollars or less. Not anymore... My how things have changed!

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Coupons are just brightly colored money, right? You can spend them at the grocery store and use them like money. But before you get too excited about store coupons, here are some things you need to know.

If you have a typical American family, like me, then there are some bad habits you may not even be aware of that are costing you serious money. Here are 5 bad habits that you should break to recoup some of your household budget...

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Only purchase food items when they are on sale. And, if the sale is very good, make additional trips to the grocery store during that sale week. When it comes to purchasing meat, shop at each store based on the time when items are being marked down. The key is knowing when each store marks down its meat, bakery, and dairy items.

I received two SunSilk coupons in the mail the other day. And they were the strangest looking store coupons I've ever seen. They were plastic cards -- just like credit cards -- and they resembled pre-paid gift cards or store gift certificates.