Today's top tip helps you save at the checkouts, here are three simple tips that can help you beat the supermarket!

Supermarkets spend millions of pounds on tricks to get us to spend more - and it works too. Apparently, three quarters of us spend more than we mean to at the checkout.

Don’t let them trick you into spending more than you want to. An extra tenner each time you shop might not sound like much, but if you go shopping twice a week, it adds up to more than £1,000 a year!

Fun Fact: People who always make a shopping list are three times less likely to overspend than those who don’t, spending almost £200 a less a year on groceries. So, if you fancy a big saving, get out that pen and paper!

Make sure to bring a shopping list, this will have what you need for your packed lunches. Bags to beat the charges and bringing cash will help you prevent spending more on your card! Well, now you have what you need to get saving, here are 3 ways to beating the supermarket: 

• Stick to your shopping list

Tempted by treats and offers? Try sticking to a shopping list, if you want to avoid wasting food and money. On a big shop, think before you buy - is it worth it? Will you use it before it goes off? If you only nipped in for milk and bread, try to leave without adding anything extra.

• Trade down your brands

Test your taste buds by trading down to different brands. Food that costs more doesn’t necessarily taste better, and some own-brand food is even made in the same factory as the big brands. Sneaky eh? If you buy branded food, try the supermarket own brand. Where you buy premium supermarket products, try their standard own brand range, and then try the value versions.

• Check out the cost per kilo

Don’t get caught out by offers and different pack sizes. Beat the supermarkets at their own game - look at the shelf labels, and check the price per kilo rather than the pack price. See if your supermarket has scales in the fresh fruit and veg section. You can use them to weigh up whether that pack of four pears is actually cheaper than buying them loose.

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