Is daily shopping costly? here’s how to manage
Mar 09, 2006
Tunning a middle-class home in Kampala means that you have to keep shopping for items for domestic consumption. If you have children, you also have to budget for their needs, like what they will buy at the school canteen during break-time.
By Titus Serunjogi
Tunning a middle-class home in Kampala means that you have to keep shopping for items for domestic consumption. If you have children, you also have to budget for their needs, like what they will buy at the school canteen during break-time.
This can get very expensive, but you can save up on day-to-day shopping. Here are a few tips.
l Buy as many extra non-perishables as your budget can allow. This saves up on the amount of money spent altogether, since bulk is always cheaper. So, you might want to have a bag of charcoal, a jerry can of kerosene and several bars of soap once you get your salary.
l Always rely on a price-list for daily commodities and draw up a budget that you should strictly observe except when something urgent comes up.
l Always use cash. For then you can easily know when your spending goes out of hand. But many urban families end up spending a lot because they can draw items from a grocery in the neighbourhood on credit.
l Never go shopping for groceries when hungry because you may be tempted to use the money to buy eats thus failing to keep up your budget.
l Pack the children’s lunch if it is cheaper instead of having them buy it from the school canteen.
Remember, when cutting down on day-to-day domestic shopping, it is always the little savings that add up.
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Tunning a middle-class home in Kampala means that you have to keep shopping for items for domestic consumption. If you have children, you also have to budget for their needs, like what they will buy at the school canteen during break-time.
This can get very expensive, but you can save up on day-to-day shopping. Here are a few tips.
l Buy as many extra non-perishables as your budget can allow. This saves up on the amount of money spent altogether, since bulk is always cheaper. So, you might want to have a bag of charcoal, a jerry can of kerosene and several bars of soap once you get your salary.
l Always rely on a price-list for daily commodities and draw up a budget that you should strictly observe except when something urgent comes up.
l Always use cash. For then you can easily know when your spending goes out of hand. But many urban families end up spending a lot because they can draw items from a grocery in the neighbourhood on credit.
l Never go shopping for groceries when hungry because you may be tempted to use the money to buy eats thus failing to keep up your budget.
l Pack the children’s lunch if it is cheaper instead of having them buy it from the school canteen.
Remember, when cutting down on day-to-day domestic shopping, it is always the little savings that add up.
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