"Strategic Shopping": January is National Oatmeal Month!

Stock up!

February is National Canned Food Month. March Peanut Butter. April... hum... .

From Strategic Shopping: A Month-by-Month Analysis by M.D. Creekmore posting at The Survival Blog Dot Net.

There are not very many good grocery sales in April—think self-denial. No body wants to advertise indulgence during Lent.

There are some good non-grocery items on sale in April. Daylight Savings Time brings sales on batteries, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide monitors.

You can pick up hams half price, on sale for Easter dinner. Pick up a few because hams tend not to go on sale very often. April and December are the two months when you can find half price ham. So make sure you buy enough to last you through Christmas.

The premise of Creekmore's post is simple, "By knowing what goes on sale when, you can save a lot of money at the grocery store."  

Remember that crappy old Food Shopper's Creed?