We all know groceries are necessary and I thought for ages that I had optimised my spending by finding the best deals. I usually got meat from Lidl but usually went to Tesco for the big shop as everything was under one roof. My girlfriend suggests I use Lidl for the entire weekly shop and I was amazed how much I actually saved.
Essentially save €46 from a usual €110 grocery bill, a 42% saving. Literally the only change was going from Tesco to Lidl and avoiding the branded stuff.
Invest this over 10 year and I'll have an extra €32,000 in the stash! So if you have Lidl or even Aldi or whatever equivalent, definitely try it out! Or can see it as a €2,400 reduction in yearly expenses so it knocks time off your FI year.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions of where you can save on the necessary expenses?
January 10, 2019 at 05:49AM
