Ever thought of the perfect way to shop grocery? Look at these tips to smartly shop grocery without grabbing impulse items.

1. Cartoony and flowery packaging is targeted only to ‘attract’ you

Visiting any grocery store, no matter how many healthy ingredients you might see or look for, what catches your eye is that sparkly, glittery packaging with cartoons or the entire Disney World displayed on them. This is entire marketing. These products are just to target the little kids for whom taste cones to the priority list over sugar. Feed them with anything, but still they will cry for chocolates and candies. Don’t preferably take your children to grocery shopping if they become reluctant after seeing such items, or sensibly read the labels and count for the trans fats and calories they contain and then take a wise decision.

2. Read the package labelling carefully

When you carefully read the food label, you will find that the ingredients which are higher in amounts are mentioned first, followed by those which are lower in amounts. This condition has to be followed by every manufacturer to mention the list of ingredients in the descending order of predominance by weight. The more healthy a product is, the lesser ingredients it has. The more processed an item is, more ingredients it has and also those are difficult to pronounce and spell.

3. Search for healthy ingredients in the ‘perimeter’ of store

The fresher ingredients are always present in the outside of the shop. As you move inside, the processed items begin. You must have seen the fruits and vegetables on the outer section of the shop, and the processed tins of fruits in the deeper sections of the store. So next time you go grocery shopping, pick the ingredients from the perimeter of store.

4. Fill your shopping cart with a rainbow of products

When you go shopping this tike, take a challenge to cover maximum healthy foods of different colours making a rainbow in your cart. This will make the cart healthy, loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

5. Do Not go shopping when hungry

Never ever go hungry shopping. It makes us put every unhealthy and tempting food in our cart. We are deliberately adding up more calories by this. This will surely make you guilty later.\

The final word

Give these tips a try next time you go grocery shopping and let us know if they were of use!