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When you think of \u2018cheap\u2019 groceries, you quickly think of cheap kilo-calls, private brands and large quantities of meat. And you don't easily link these purchases to sustainable shopping - although more and more private label products on the shelf also have good quality labels, but that's a side-step. Sustainable shopping can also be done cheaply. Yes you can! How? We'll show you now!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cheap groceries that do make the earth happy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is the best of both worlds<\/em>: cheap grocery shopping and sustainable, tasty food. How do you do that? Because nice organic vegetables are often more expensive, the same goes for non-industrial (organic) meat and sandwich fillings are always a big expense anyway, even if you buy private label. So where is the profit to be made in a sustainable way? Not at the kilo-caller's shelf, but at initiatives that reduce food waste. Get those groceries and you'll be doing the earth and your bank account a favour. We take you through a list of cool ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideas for cheap shopping, but better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Free groceries can be found in your pantry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You probably already have the cheapest groceries. In a lot of kitchens - guilty<\/em> - pantry shelves are bulging with long-life products that don't last. We forget we have those cans, bottles and packets, don't know what to do with them or think it's \u2018handy to at least have it in the house\u2019. Clean it up! Believe me, it often really doesn't get around to it. So my first shopping tip is: start putting out all these products and don't forget the freezer too! We did it too, check out those cans of tomatoes! Then look for easy recipes and make a plan to really kill all those storage products. Do you find that difficult? Then I have a nice bonus tip: do the don't-waste-me challenge. I created this challenge myself and it works like a charm! Check out all about this challenge in this article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waste-me-not challenge in a nutshell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You know what's great about this challenge? The exact rules of the waste-me-not challenge are entirely up to you, as long as you keep your goal in mind: in one month, waste as little food as possible, starting with your own pantry. What you miss, you buy more, but again, you try to spend as little money as possible by avoiding waste in the shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n