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Picking your Shopping Day to Maximise Specials

​If you're like me and mainly shop from the "major" supermarkets, you've probably noticed that the catalogues feature some of their best sales. These sales usually last one week, from the day the catalogue is released and ends the day before the next catalogue. 

What you may not know is that the supermarkets have an "overlap" of catalogues. For example, Woolworths brings out a new catalogue every Wednesday, with the specials lasting Wednesday-Tuesday. However, on Tuesdays they release their new specials and you can see two weeks' worth of specials - the ones about to "retire" and the ones for next week.

I now do my shopping on Tuesdays so I can purchase anything on special that won't be on special next week and not purchase anything that will be on special next week. This is great for items that you can manage to go without for a week and means you won't buy something and then have it go half price the next day.
Contributed by Kate Bradshaw