‘I am a brilliant stockpiler’: Mother-of-four reveals her $50 ‘shopping system’ for the coronavirus outbreak
- An Australian mum has shared the shopping plan she uses for her family of four
- She said her method will get you everything you need for $50 to $150 a week
- The woman said she used to spend $240 on her shopping but now spends $150
- She said you need to bulk buy items when they go on special and have backup
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As supermarket shelves across the country are being stripped bare of products amid the panic over the coronavirus outbreak, one Australian mum has shared the budget-friendly shopping plan she uses for her family of four.
The woman said her unique saving system will get you everything you need from the supermarket for between $50 and $150 a week.
‘I’m a brilliant stockpiler and money manager and my system means my weekly groceries (getting literally what I want when I want) is $15 a week,’ she wrote on Facebook.
‘And if I was struggling and couldn’t afford much I could literally get away with a $50 shop a week. So I thought I’d share my system here in case it helps some of you out,’ she explained.
An Australian mum has shared the budget-friendly shopping plan she uses for her family and said it will get you everything you need for between $50 and $150 a week
Firstly she said you work out what you want to buy and check the specials and when something is 20 to 50 per cent off you buy enough of that item for 4-6 weeks as well as your normal groceries.
She said each week she purchases one to three of the items on her list in bulk when they go on special.
‘If nothing is on special you buy an extra 1-2 of things that are never on special (such as homebrand stuff) as your back up, and save the rest of your budget for next week when something new is on sale.’
She also said she has a “two” system, meaning there are always two of everything in her cupboard so when one is being used, the other is back up.
The Australian mother said this is a perfect way to save when you can’t afford to buy something one week as you’ll already have an extra at home.
The woman said its important to bulk buy items when they go on special each week as well as normal groceries (stock image)
‘Basically what this means is you never buy expensive stuff at full price again,’ she wrote.
‘If one week you have a [bad] money week you just stop with the stockpile for that week, and you don’t need to buy much because you have your two system – all you need is the basics (bread/milk) and fruit/veg/meat,’ she wrote.
The woman revealed she now has stockpiles of razors, shampoo, toothpaste, pads, soft drinks, coffee, nappies, wipes and toilet paper.
She said she used to spend approximately $240 on her shopping each week but now spends $150.
She revealed that she has stockpiles of razors, shampoo, toothpaste, pads, soft drinks, coffee, nappies, wipes and toilet paper
She said: ‘You also need to remember to keep stockpiling. So just because I bought 6m of napisan this week doesn’t mean I won’t buy any more for 6m. I’ll just put that one on the back burner until there’s a week where nothing I need is on sale but that is.’
Her money saving method has impressed other Facebook users, with thousands of people saying that they will be using her system.
‘Thank you soooo much for sharing… you have totally changed my game in this area,’ one person wrote.
‘Love this idea! Makes perfect sense and hopefully will help me try to keep shopping under $200 per week that I haven’t managed yet,’ another said.
‘Thank you thank you thank you!!! I needed this! I’m sooo doing this!!! What a brilliant idea, breakdown and explanation,’ one person commented.