Keeping a Price Journal

It happens to almost everyone who has gone shopping, you’ll be strolling down an aisle and get ready to grab a product only to notice that it seems like the price has actually increased a good bit. Unfortunately, you can’t remember what you last paid for it, so you shrug it off, throw it in the cart and continue on your way shopping.

You have to understand the importance of price increases because as inflation hits, you’ll start noticing your grocery budget increase and you need to know which products are being hit with large price increases and which products might actually be only incrementally increasing.

You don’t need to purchase any fancy software, nor do you need to purchase some fancy price keeping journal off some website. Get yourself a college bound notebook and a package of different colored pens. The purpose of the multi-colored pens will allow your individual categories to be bold and stand out to your eyes.

You have two options for the keeping track, you can either take it with you when you’re at the store or simply save your receipts and set aside time when you get home to put in the information. Both have pros and cons, but I will tell you that if you jot down every single price while you are in the store, it will stretch out the amount of time you are in there spending money.

If you really want to step it up, you can find a three-ring binder with a college bound notebook already inside with the holes placed, ready for use. The addition of a pencil case or two will allow you to have a place to not only keep receipts but future coupons too.

What many individuals don’t know is that grocery stores typically follow a three-week cycle, but with the shortages and other issues you may see some slight delays. Please use the other blog posts that I’ve put up to help you pack your bug out bag, emergency car supplies and your general preparedness supplies.

If you need help with your preparedness planning, feel free to shoot me an email and I’ll be glad to work with you online or on site. Happy homesteading!