Groceries aren’t getting any cheaper, despite the promos and slashed prices due to the holiday season. But even if you consider yourself a bit of an expert when it comes to saving money on your groceries, there’s always room for improvement – especially when your household budget is getting tighter and tighter each week.

If you need more budget-saving tips and ideas, this finance guru has got you covered.

With over 114,000 followers on Instagram, Queenie Tan definitely knows a thing or two about money-saving hacks!

The Sydney-based finance pro took to social media recently to share some of her ‘great hacks’ for cutting costs at the supermarket.

Queenie also has her own blog where she shares investment tips! Credit: cottonbro studio/Pexels

In the video, Queenie listed her ‘hacks’ while browsing the aisles at Coles. The first thing she suggested was to plan weekly meals based on ‘what’s on special’ at the supermarket.

She explained that building your meal plan based on what’s on sale or has bonus points offered, lets you buy more food items. ‘Select discounted items that you can easily use in multiple recipes,’ she shared.

If an item you want is out of stock at Coles, Queenie claims that customers can ask for a ‘raincheck’.

She said: ‘Don’t worry if a discounted item you want is out of stock, because you can ask for a rain check. So when that item is back in stock, you can purchase it for the discounted price up to 30 days later.’ She added that you can ask a staff member for ‘raincheck’ vouchers.

Queenie is very passionate about saving money. Credit: investwithqueenie/Instagram

Queenie’s final hack involves downloading Coles’ Flybuys app to activate and receive ‘bonus offers’ while shopping at the supermarket in-stores.

The app lets customers receive a discount on their groceries when a set amount of points have been collected.

Queenie also shared some of the best times to grocery shop at any supermarket:

• In the morning – where shoppers can save between 10 to 20 per cent off of goods that are about to expire.
• Before dinner – where customers can buy goods up to 50 per cent off.
• Right before the store closes – shoppers can save up to 90 per cent off goods that are about to expire.

Of course, these markdowns are subject to availability and store policies, but other shoppers also attest to these ‘best time for grocery shopping’ hacks. You can read more about them here, and here.

Queenie also has other videos for money-saving tips on her YouTube channel, you can watch one of them below:

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Key Takeaways

• Queenie Tan, a Sydney-based finance pro, took to social media to share some of her best money-saving tips.
• She said shoppers can save money on groceries by planning meals around sale items or bonus points offers.
• If an item you want is out of stock, you can ask for a raincheck from a Coles staff member.
• Downloading and activating the Flybuys app lets you receive bonus offers from Coles.

Do you have saving tips of your own that you want to share, folks? Let us know in the comments below!

 

[Suzanne rose]

Hubby has for years used the rain check option but you can only do this in store.

90 % off would be good as long as it's not expiring the next day and sadly I won't go rushing in at closing time at midnight.

 

[Ricci]

She is preaching to the converted. Almost everyone on here I would think has their favourite ways of stretching a dollar and could teach her a thing or two.

 

[Senor]

Nothing new there at all. These so called "finance gurus" are not telling people earth shattering secrets. Just common sense things that my parents used or we use.

 

[adorableagnes]

Groceries aren’t getting any cheaper, despite the promos and slashed prices due to the holiday season. But even if you consider yourself a bit of an expert when it comes to saving money on your groceries, there’s always room for improvement – especially when your household budget is getting tighter and tighter each week.

If you need more budget-saving tips and ideas, this finance guru has got you covered.

With over 114,000 followers on Instagram, Queenie Tan definitely knows a thing or two about money-saving hacks!

The Sydney-based finance pro took to social media recently to share some of her ‘great hacks’ for cutting costs at the supermarket.

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Queenie also has her own blog where she shares investment tips! Credit: cottonbro studio/Pexels

In the video, Queenie listed her ‘hacks’ while browsing the aisles at Coles. The first thing she suggested was to plan weekly meals based on ‘what’s on special’ at the supermarket.

She explained that building your meal plan based on what’s on sale or has bonus points offered, lets you buy more food items. ‘Select discounted items that you can easily use in multiple recipes,’ she shared.

If an item you want is out of stock at Coles, Queenie claims that customers can ask for a ‘raincheck’.

She said: ‘Don’t worry if a discounted item you want is out of stock, because you can ask for a rain check. So when that item is back in stock, you can purchase it for the discounted price up to 30 days later.’ She added that you can ask a staff member for ‘raincheck’ vouchers.

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Queenie is very passionate about saving money. Credit: investwithqueenie/Instagram

Queenie’s final hack involves downloading Coles’ Flybuys app to activate and receive ‘bonus offers’ while shopping at the supermarket in-stores.

The app lets customers receive a discount on their groceries when a set amount of points have been collected.

Queenie also shared some of the best times to grocery shop at any supermarket:

• In the morning – where shoppers can save between 10 to 20 per cent off of goods that are about to expire.
• Before dinner – where customers can buy goods up to 50 per cent off.
• Right before the store closes – shoppers can save up to 90 per cent off goods that are about to expire.

Of course, these markdowns are subject to availability and store policies, but other shoppers also attest to these ‘best time for grocery shopping’ hacks. You can read more about them here, and here.

Queenie also has other videos for money-saving tips on her YouTube channel, you can watch one of them below:

​

Key Takeaways

• Queenie Tan, a Sydney-based finance pro, took to social media to share some of her best money-saving tips.
• She said shoppers can save money on groceries by planning meals around sale items or bonus points offers.
• If an item you want is out of stock, you can ask for a raincheck from a Coles staff member.
• Downloading and activating the Flybuys app lets you receive bonus offers from Coles.

Do you have saving tips of your own that you want to share, folks? Let us know in the comments below!

If everyone shopped at the "premium time" for bargains the queues would be twice as long as they are