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As food prices continue to rise, here's some handy ways to keep your food bills under control.

Use the internet

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1) Check out mysupermarket.co.uk

By doing your shopping online with mySupermarket.co.uk you can track how much your shopping would cost at each of the UK's four major supermarkets (Sainsbury's, Tesco, ASDA and Ocado/Waitrose).

You can then select the basket of goods from the one you choose. It will also tell you when you can 'swap and save'. What's more, you can even compare the calories, fat, sugar and salt in items, so you can make the healthiest possible choices.

2) Scour the web for voucher codes

If you are prepared to your shopping online, you can often find money-off vouchers on HotUKDeals, vouchercodes.co.uk and myvouchercodes.co.uk that more than cover the cost of delivery and can chop several pounds off your weekly shop.

It can also be worth signing up to supermarket websites even if you don't shop with them, as supermarkets often send out discounts via email.

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  • lord brecon
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    lord brecon said

    We have our house on the market and are reducing the freezer and food cupboards.

    Report on 16 January 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • gransu
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    gransu said

    still be flexible, check online for offers of the food type you need, chicken, sausage etc. but have an alternative dish in mind if a better deal shows

    Report on 09 March 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • jobbywu
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    jobbywu said

    I just tried using the resourcefulcook.com which seems like a brilliant idea. I think I will have saved about £20 this week if it all goes well. Don't know if an`

    Report on 27 August 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • jobbywu
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    jobbywu said

    sorry made a mess of that post. as i was saying... did a shop yesterday using resourcefulcook and think it will have saved me about £20. Has anyone else used it? Did all the shopping you did add up to the ingredients that you needed for the recipes? That's my only concern with what otherwise seems like a really clever way of saving money.

    Report on 27 August 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • shallean73
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    shallean73 said

    i've been a member of myvouchercodes.co.uk for year and 9mths and completly reccomend the site as most expensive time of yr christmas i found so many vouchers to use even on shops and stores not even heard of but last christmas i saved over £200 for my teeagers alone so any who likes a bargain looking for gifts then this site is for you to try

    Report on 03 September 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • creditmunch
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    creditmunch said

    I shop at my local grocers and I find it is much cheaper than the supermarket most of the time.

    Report on 14 September 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • Dee1
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    Dee1 said

    Am going to try my local farmers market today and see if i can bag any bargains.

    Report on 15 September 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love
  • Elena21
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    Elena21 said

    I like my supermarket but the site froze on me with a full trolley one time and wouldn't send it through to the supermarket due to an error. It really put me off as I was finished and then had to start again but that said, it's great to be able to mix and match and it shows up great offers.

    Report on 29 October 2010  |  Love thisLove  0 love

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