Beating the High Cost of Eating a book by Barbara Salsbury
· Rating:
· The Bottom Line: A must read guide on how to save money on buying groceries. The author Barbara Salsbury uses her many years of experience shopping for her family (many of the years while her husband was a student and very little money was coming in) to teach how to save money.
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· Pros: o Very practical tips that can
be applied right
away
o Step by step instructions with charts to
use
o Each
chapter has list of things to do
· Cons: o Only con is the book requires the reader to apply the knowledge for savings to actually occur
· Description: o Written by Barbara
Salsbury, one of America’s leading authorities on
self-reliance.
o Author is one of the “Top Five Penny-Pinchers in America” by Family
Circle
Magazine.
o 3
sections: “Things to Know”, “Things to Do”, and “You Don’t Have to go to the
Store”
o Also
contains 29 pages of Appendix, full of many worksheets to use as you save
money
o Each
chapter contains a summary of what you have learned and a list of things to
do.
· Review: This book is a must for any one who buys groceries, especially on a tight budget. The book starts out with things to know, such as gimmicks the stores use to get you in the store. This section was a great eye opener. You will never shop the same after reading this section. Section 2 is about things you can do to save money. I have started applying these principles and have seen a change in the amount of money our family spends on groceries. The final section is on preparing yourself to not have to shop but only shop for the good deals you find. With the need to have food storage this section is very important. Again this is a must for any one who buys food.
