I'm a student and I always buy things like rice, sugar, cosmetics, soap, washing powder etc... In bulk beginning of the year then every month I just put aside enough money for fruit, veggies and meat. That has helped me reduce my monthly grocery money. I also cook enough food for 2 to 3 days.

Informative. What I do is, I budget monthly for groceries and then divide that amount into a weekly budget. I then buy whatever I need for the week every Sunday afternoon, making sure that it is within the budget. Meal planning also helps coz then I go and get the ingredients for the specific 2 meals that I will make ( I cook on Sunday and Wednesday). The weekly shopping also helps coz I'm able to buy fresh fruits and veggies and thereby avoid having these items spoiling and getting wasted. This has really helped me manage my grocery budget. Before I used to buy all useless stuff, thinking I'm a chef and ended up having to throw away. I also avoid pre-packed foods, I mean why buy chopped spinach when I can chop it in minutes.

Weekly groceries work best 👍🏽 especially for fresh veggies

Changes I made in 2021: - This year I deleted Uber eats and Mr delivery apps. - I go to the mall full. - I go to pick n pay and checkers catalogue online to see which shop has the specials that are in line with what I need. - I have a shopping list and stick to it. - I budget and carry cash to enable me to stick to the budget. - I cook everyday or every 2 days.

Anxiously waiting for your book 💃🏽 🇳🇦

Omg I’m so guilty about going shopping hungry 🤦🏽‍♀️😂😂 So true Nicolette thank you for emphasizing the list 💯👌🏾

This is so sensible. I used to walk down every single isle in a store - just incase. And I would unnecessarily spend waaaaay too much money.

My husband and I started shopping at Shoprite two months back now. We have been saving quite a significant amount, about R700 from our monthly grocery budget which we have started allocating to something else. We drive quite a distance to find the nearest Shoprite, but we still save so...

I’m a student and to avoid cooking everyday, I cook food enough for at least 2days

I'm actualy hblown away by how informative these videos are...I now apply mind on things I overlooked and act diffrently..thank you Nicollete...

my wife and I will decide to pass by Spar to get a bread and end up leaving with a trolley full....I hope we become responsible this year

You're preaching to me! This is very insightful... And you're such a delight to listen to and watch. I love your energy ❤️

You look so beautiful. Natural brown skin queen ❤️

Wow, you are such an inspiration for me and helping society allot!! thank you @Financial Bunny

I hate spoiling, wasting food and then having to throw it all away as i am aware that there is people out there who go hungry. Same goes for buying items that we dont really eat or eat once in a while. Chomi (wife) and I buy what we eat and now that we going to use in some instances things like salads or even Vegetables we buy in some quantities as with the heat they spoil quickly. When it comes to cooking food, we cook in small sizes for our stomachs as some food the next day they not fresh or do not taste the same. I would rather cook some meals daily than them having to sleep in the fridge for a day or 2 then by that time the appetite is not there to consume them. Have really trained Chomi (Wife) that we don't waste food and even take away we buy what we enjoy and make sure that it gets finished. Budget wise, we stick to it and don't buy what we don't need or we would buy that maybe specific item for that meal.

Lesson learned! Thank you Nicky

Grocery shopping when you’re hungry is indeed a TRAP Such a financial leak We learnt to write a list because you over buy stuff OR forget stuff which means, you must go shop AGAIN! Thank you for this video, very insightful #TheMlangenis 🌻

Love your energy,never a dull moment listening to your video's💚❤💙💜💛💖 Knowledge is Power!

12:15 hahahahaj, your story telling must be epic🤣🤣😂

I'm so much in my feels because I actually follow all that Nicolette is talking about in this video❤️😂💃🏽especially the one of drawing up a precise grocery list with budgets and not shopping for everything in your list in one shop.

It all comes down to discipline ❤️

Great tips fora young lady whose entering the work force next year

We need those chefs in Pietermaritzburg please. Thanks doll another insightful video💕

This is wonderful advice! thankyou xx

You are spot on with this video’ especially about buying stuff we never plan to cook. Lol

Thank you so much for this ❤

Thank you Nicolette! This video is coming at such a good time especially as the festive season is around the corner. We have to be real conscious of our spending cause there is just something about the end of the year that causes cards to be swiped with less caution. Budgeting is key. Thank you 🤗

This video was funny because it's true. The eat before you go shopping is what I live by.

Living with my two friends has saved me a lot of time/money. We contribute 1k for food and we take turns with cooking.

Thank you sis Nicolette I needed to hear this....

Wow, so informative. Love, love, love ur advice.

Needed this, thank you.

Thank you for this👊

Mina ngithanda i energy ka Nicolette shame, that "hey guys" will change your mood. Anoke nimbuke ekseni, best way to start your day i tell you

3months back I started doing meal planning and that have help me alot

Your videos are so good! I can take the lessons and apply in my own life

Spar!!!! Why why why! One trip to spar to buy bread jiki jiki im at Tops! Heee banha!

The ending is so cute and hilarious! 😂😂❤ and thank you for your wisdom!

Good to know im not the only one that struggles with basic saving ideas such as the one you just discussed. I'm trying out different ways to cut on things like unnecessary groceries. I stock up one month. And put that money to use to say pay debt or buy cash something I wanted the next month, since I've closed all my clothing accounts.

I would her her to say Woolly wot 😂😂🤷🏾‍♂️😂💯 I love the wisdom of budgeting rather than being overcome with the convenience of grocery stores.

Great advices as always

Meal preps are the best way to go. I cook for the week on Sunday

Awesome video. i agree with you on the daily cooking of a chef. i loved your video on thinking ourself poor. It might be cheaper to actually have them around!!! love the content

Thank you🤗

Love the video! Thank you so much for making it

Wooow... amazing learned a lot

Thanks Nicolette. Great timing before I do my grocery shopping

Haha haha the way you said bye 😂😂

I remember there was a place in the East Rand , that did meal preps everyday and deliver them to you, I think they charged R1500 per month ... can't remember the name

Change the route 🤣 love this hahaha

You very wise yazi, I used to do that I stopped after I listened to David Ramsey’s daughter Rachel Cruze.I heard about David Ramsey from one of your videos.Thank you so much cc💖💖💋💋🙏🏻🙏🏻

I don’t want to be a lady 😂. I cook once or twice a week and it’s a lot of food that I keep it in lunch boxes and take some to work. I don’t mind carrying the same food to work everyday 😂

woah that video ended so abruptly, lol. Anyway i'm going to try the list this month because i always buy things i didnt intend to

This is fire sis, wow

❤❤ yesterday I was thinking , did nicolette stop making videos. It has been a while. Thanks for this video :)

wow nicolette i can really watch your face the whole day....thanks for this awesome video,s

So accurate 🤣🤣❤

Great Vid, As Always I am the first to view,like and Comment. 🍾👑

A family of 6 and food we cook everyday, thru the week am looking at sale items buy in bulk to last for about 2 months, when i lived alone i didnt eat much , wasnt at home a lot of times so take aways become the thing, spending unnecessarily, now i plan , but food is expensive guys in SA

All I wanna do is hug and kiss you right now 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 You such an amazing person hle 😍😍 and I love you so much, thank you for always being very helpful. May God bless you highly and abundantly ❤🙂❤

Thank u

I try cooking food for 2 days but I just don't even feel like eating that food the next day, so I settle for takeaways, what a waste 😭

I love you already u got yourself a subscriber 😍

I always write a list of things I need,however I do buy everything on the list and what ever else I start feeling like..the list helps me to not forget the important things but I buy more than I need

-True.I don't buy groceries without a list .

I've had to uninstall fast food apps from my phone so I don't always get tempted to just order takeaways, that helps me think twice because to order I have to use a browser to go to the website and place the order, that inconvenience helps me only order when I have to unlike just seeing the app on my phone all the time. The other thing I've had to do was deal with the "full fridge" syndrome, my fridge can only have two items but if it's only the things I need then I'm happy, unlike having the fulfillment of seeing a full fridge when you'll throw away half the things after some days

My mom taught me some meal preparation tricks. And now, I have a housemate who preps on a Sunday for the whole week, or a few days of the week and reheats her meals when she's ready to eat.

Great topic, from what I gather food is the third most expense in one`s life after accommodation and Transport. Thus I meal prep by cooking once or twice a week. I buy potatoes, butternut, beetroot, carrots, morogo and i would cook enough of them to last me 3-4 days, I would then put them in the fridge and whenever i want to eat i disk out from these. It save me time and money. For the protein i can maybe boil or fry an egg, Tune, or cook meat, chicken liver, chicken hearts (they are crunchy) simple things which don`t take much time to prepare. Its a great strategy since am lazy to cook and I stay alone. Eish, as for entertainment i still am trying to manage that as alcohol is a bit expensive here in Botswana. But I will have to work on budgeting for entertainment.

I have a family, we cook 3 times a week. Normally we’d cook today for today and tomorrow then cook on the third day again. Takeaways we don’t love a lot instead we set apart spare money for lunch at work sometimes

patiently waiting for your book

Resonate with the Woolies story...

If you still need a personal chef, I'm here for you 😆

FACTS!!

Hi Nicolette, thank you this good video, please kindly explain the concept of refinancing loans, is it advisable with certain loans only or for a certain periods? please please help.

I so love your videos... Why did it take me so long to see this👌👌👌👌👌👌

I usually get mostly VAT free items like fruit and vegetables, one of the cheapest loaves of breads, some frozen vegetables for when fresh vegetables run out, some tinned stuff like tuna for when I don’t wanna cook and a couple of packs of chicken. If I still have stuff left over from the last month I get extra detergents, soap, deodorant, etc. I do order food via apps sometimes because I have a few favorite restaurants that I like but I try to keep that to a minimum. So far this has been working for me, I want to meal prep too so I can save on electricity and it’s just easier to not cool everyday but the problem with this is when I try to cook for more than one day I end up eating extra lol I’m a bit lucky because my late mom was very frugal and she was a really good cook so I learnt a lot from her about how to shop and cook, and other stuff like turning the stove off when the food is almost cooked and letting the heat carry on cooking it, buying toiletries and detergents on special and in bulk, etc :)

My dishes pile up every time I cook, my kitchen never looks empty on the counter because it's too busy. I'm uninspired to want to cook everyday and then do the dishes.

The simple solution to the entire grocery chat is meal prep. If you can take an hour out of 2 days out of your week to plan your meals, you'll be less likely to overspend on food.

You looking prettier without excessive makeup..i like this look.. 👍👍👍

Hi nicollete please dont forget to make a video on buying a house cash. Thank you ☺️

I live in russia and the country is inexpensive for a south african,buying take aways is cheaper than anything else,when i come back to SA I get a culture and economic shock as to how expensive food and take aways are.They financially cripple me

The best food is the food you cook yourself because you can control what goes into your body. Eating take aways regularly becomes boring eventually. I have to admit that I like your idea of ordering from a chef to deliver meals because it saves time and electricity and chefs cook better food than fast food restaurants

Sbwl ipersonal chef mntakabawo 😩

No but this is a serious problem.. wish you could go further into the chef option because I live alone and I just can’t.. even if I cook in bulk the days after I just don’t want it.. 😒 I’m in UberEats-rehab andazi 😩

I keep a stabdard shopping list in my google keep app. I tick off what i have at home and untick what I need. I have tought myself fo first buy what is on my list first before freelancing.

Those fresh fruits!!! Tjerr for the life of me.

You actually passed my work place 🤧🤧

Yaz i love you😍 ayshame

Thank you Sis for a funny and educational vid. Before pay day, I collect newspaper that advert all the food specials starting from Shoprite to Boxer and make a list of where to buy what and I save so much money on this even though it takes time. Anyway, Sis awuna project izoba seBhayi? Haibo ndifuna ukumamela in person ☺☺☺☺

Does this take away once a week exclude the breakfast and lunch at work? I don't get it, I feel like nothing will work for me... coz otherwise this is several take-outs in a day. Feel like crying and giving up,lol

Points to remember: make a list before shopping... Eat before shopping... Avoid shops where I cannot discipline myself. Avoid a lot of fresh foods that spoil easily.

Try the French and Italian “easy living” lifestyle, almost everything they eat is homemade… and they enjoy home eating rather than eating out and don’t live on takeaways…. It’s amazing how keeping yourself alive by eating can cost a whole lot of money

Instead of hiring a chef, I can be your houseband.

Financial Bunny. Am a student. Surviving on a student budget. I can sustain myself on R1000. I have a big appetite. So the way which I learned to shop is that I spend money on food weekly. 1. I am passionate about cooking even though I don't have a labourer's money. With that being said. I plan my weekly food plan ahead. For example the saturday before the next week. 2. Plan involves finding new recipes to cook at least two or three for four weeks. This recipes are only for dinner. I don't personally believe in lunch. 3. Once I have the above ingredients of the recipes to my shopping list am good to go shopping. Also when I get to the shops I try and buy only fresh and organic foods. Comparing prices of Food lovers market and pick n pay can be a challenge. At the end it is a rewarding one when you realized you spent the least amount of money on groceries. 4. My shopping list comprises of majority of the basic things and a minority of the recipes I have to buy for. Basics are my toiletries, breakfast meals and what my Mother usually cooks almost daily back home which is pap. The great thing about it is less costly because there is no VAT on it and you can pair it up with most meat or dairy products. Holding everything constant in my life I can spend money on food this month and be able to save cash on my next grocery list because I still have the stuff I bought from last month with me. So this has helped me to have cash in my account at the end of the month excluding my other living costs.

Are you scanning your mental notes with your eye movements?

Yaz I only realized it now that you are the woman from daily thetha🙇

Nicolette are you on Generation or ndiyaqeqa nje and thanks for open our eyes

Nicolette please do a video about this Crowd 1 thing. Whether you think its the real deal or not.

I cook for two days n on weekends I don't normally eat lunch

I am guilty of mismatching foods iyho I have so many things that I do not how to fit it into meals. #StayingAloneSyndrome