4 important reasons not to throw away your supermarket receipts

mary kulundu

August 16, 2017 10:51 AM

A good number of people usually don't pay much attention to their supermarket receipts after a purchase.

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For some people keeping a stack of receipts can be as annoying as walking around with a bunch of coins making noise in your pocket.

Some simply do not want to be stressed out with the amount of money that they might have spent especially considering the constant rise in living standards within the country.

Whatever the reasons are for not opting to keep your supermarket receipts, you might want to re-think that decision.

Here is a friendly reminder as to why you should not throw away your supermarket receipts.

1.To make sure you are not overpriced

It is very easy to be overpriced if you do not pay close attention to your receipts. You might have bought 2 packets of milk but your receipt may indicate that you probably purchased 6 packets of milk.

2.To make returns much easier

Have you ever gotten home from the supermarket and realized that the expiry date on your milk has already passed?

Your immediate reaction is to return it to the supermarket and ask for a refund but then you remember how you crumbled your receipt the minute you walked out of the supermarket.

And there goes your 50 or 60 shillings.

3.To keep track of spending

You will be able to know how much money you are spending on shopping and on what you are spending it on.

By keeping those receipts, you are able to compare how much you spent on separate shopping occasions thus helping you to generate a budget and strive to stay on it.

4.Helps to generate a practical shopping list

Opting to keep your receipts helps you to generate a practical shopping list.

You are able to create a shopping list based on what you need rather than on what you want.

mary kulundu