Recently we tried the store brand of coffee. The shopper who purchases many convenience foods can save a great deal on food purchases. The numbers and types of convenience foods have increased dramatically over the last few years. People want to save time preparing foods and sometimes convenience foods can help. However, there is a price to pay, your food bill is higher.
Convenience foods take many forms.
Most of us probably don't squeeze our own orange juice every day. Instead we might spend a little for the convenience of frozen juice concentrate or even more by purchasing the juice in a can, bottle or carton. Hot cereal that you prepare is cheaper than individual packets or cold cereal. More expensive are the individual boxes of cereal in single servings and the newer, cereal and milk together as a single serving. Take a step back and see if the extra price is really worth it.