If you've got a full family to feed, we all know that it can be easier to just grab a huge supermarket trolley to fill-up with your groceries while you are at the supermarket.
However, if like so many people right now, you are looking for ways to save money, then it might be worth shaking up your shopping habits.
One savvy shopper has shared how opting for a smaller basket during the weekly shop could help families cut down their spending and save up to hundreds of pounds a year.
Money-saver Lynn Beattie - who runs the MrsMummyPenny blog - has explained how one simple choice could make families way more conscious of what they are spending - leading to a smaller food bill.
Lynn explained that by making the switch from a big trolley, you could find you’re cutting back without even realising it, reports The Mirror.
The simple shopping hack will come as welcome news to families who are currently grasping with soaring prices from utility bills to petrol prices as the cost of living crisis continues.
Lynn told The Mirror: “The half trolley works well on a big shop, it makes you focus in on the essential purchases and makes you less likely to buy bigger volumes or packaging that might lead to wastage or higher spending.
The money-saver explained that the shopping hack stops those "impulse and treat purchases" that you don't really need to pop into your trolley.
With less room for those impulse buys and more focus on the essential purchases, families will find themselves not spending as much and could save up to hundreds of pounds a year.
Lynn is not the only one to be sharing tips to help families cut down costs amidst the soaring prices, as anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe also shared how a simple 'stocktake' could cut down bills to £20 a week.
The tips comes as shoppers have been hit with rising prices of food on supermarket shelves, which looks set to continue due to the soaring rates of inflation.
Due to the crisis, supermarket shoppers could face annual grocery costs of around £180 a year.
Just recently, Tesco bosses warned shoppers that food prices were set to soar by five per cent by this Spring.
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