Grocery Shopping

Pay attention, grocery shopping adds up quickly! In Boston, there are lots of options for your food shopping, but they all depend on how much money you are willing to spend. For the most part each store carries if not the same, very similar products.

For pricier stores you have specialty food shops and Whole Foods. Whole Food's 365 brand, which is their private label, is not outrageous compared to your standard food stores. Next you have Trader Joe's which has very reasonable produce/fruits and their own label, but other items can be expensive. Then comes Stop & Shop and Shaw's where unless there is a sale, nothing to write home about. My supermarket of choice here in Boston is Market Basket. Market Basket carries all of your basics, with a full fish/meat/deli counter. They are also constantly restocking produce and their perishables due to such high shopper volume. They have the lowest prices in the city for all your essentials and you will see noticeable savings in your monthly food budget if you make the switch to Market Basket.

Convenience and location is a major factor when deciding where to go food shopping. Depending on availability and flexibility in your schedule to make it to a Market Basket location, I would at least keep it in mind. I have found that because of the savings, any hour on any day the store is busy. For me, any way to save some money is a plus. Why would you pay $6 somewhere for the same item $3 somewhere else??