Comments on: 3 Supermarket Strategies to Help You Spend Less, Tread Lighter, and Live Better https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/ Making healthier choices. For you, your family and community, and our Earth. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Strategy #5 – What’s Shaping Your Grocery Shopping Habits? - The Permaculture Research Institute https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/501 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-501 […] one idea at a time (remember Strategy #2, take it in small steps) and write down the outcomes so you’ll have a record of what […]

]]> By: Kate https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/496 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-496 In reply to Evelyn.

Hi Evelyn thanks so much for your comment. I’m delighted to think of someone taking these ideas and applying them to mindful, self-directed use of online media. I so hope its helpful, and I’d really love to hear how it goes for you 🙂

]]> By: Evelyn https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/495 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-495 Thank you, Kate, for these 3 strategies. I hate shopping in supermarkets as the overflooding and tempting supply confuses and overwhelms me. But my husband likes it and as he is very focused he mostly withstands the temptations. As much as I can I go “shopping” in my garden and use what is available which is a lot here in tropical Bali. So I don’t feel the need to apply these 3 strategies for supermarkets. But there is another field of consumption where I can imagine them to be very useful to me: online or internet consumption. Will start with a notebook on my online habits.

]]> By: Kate https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/492 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-492 In reply to Jo.

Hi Jo, clearly you’ve already put a lot of thought into this; thanks for sharing your strategies!

That you have access to a milkman, greengrocer, and local co-op helps paint a picture for people who don’t yet have access to any of those things. Let’s hold a picture in our minds of these kinds of initiatives sprouting in more and more local neighborhoods around the world.

]]> By: Jo https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/491 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-491 I decided the first step I would make on this journey was to shop in my local co-op rather than one of the larger supermarkets. I believe co-ops to be little more ethical and as they are more expensive I am more careful what I buy, there is less choice too which helps! It also saves on petrol. I currently use the milkman and have a veg box from my local greengrocer but with the rising food prices I will have to cut down what I buy if I am to continue to avoid the giants, so your strategy of questioning if we really need something is helpful, thank you.

]]> By: Kate https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/490 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-490 In reply to Deb.

I’d love to hear how you go, Deb. And thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Deb https://arealgreenlife.com/3-strategies-spend-less-supermarket/#comments/489 https://arealgreenlife.com/clone-of-new-beginnings-in-the-garden-of-you/#comment-489 I am intrigued with the idea of the notebook. I am going to do it!

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