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Friday, 06 March 2009 17:25

Shopping tips

• List down items that you need to buy so that you do not end up purchasing items that you do not need

• Do not shop when you are hungry. Hunger drives us to buy more that what we need.

• Do not bring more money than your expected expenditure from the list you made.

• Shop thoroughly for the things you need. This reduces the frequency of you going to shop.

• Just buy what you need. Over shopping is wasteful.

 

• Make sure the items that you need to purchase has reasonable price.

• Avoid bringing family members to deter purchasing items that are not in the shopping list.

• Switch to generic products (house brand) and give priority to Malaysian Products.

• Eat more fruits and vegetables compared to processed food.

• When shopping, use basket instead of trolley. 

• Do not get cheated with promotions, cheap sales and dicounts.

• Use cash. Avoid using credit card to limit your expenditure.

• Practice planned shopping. Give importance to needs than wants.

Last Updated on Monday, 16 March 2009 11:45