By Sabella Scalise
In college, the first year away from my parents meant freedom, no curfew and no rules. A childhood dream come true. But college is not a dream. It is reality.
College can be where a student does his or her first grocery trip alone. Ramen noodles anyone? Meal plans in dorms spoil students for their time living on campus, but once living off campus, the simple shopping list changes.
I thought shopping meant buying whatever I wanted and was craving that week. I ended up starving at school because I didn’t buy food for on-the-go meals. I spent more money on campus to get proper nutrition while I was studying or in between classes. This was on top of extra groceries for food that went expired. I’ve learned grocery shopping for an average student without a meal plan should be around every two weeks and with a budget in mind.
Grocery shopping smart is a student’s first step to saving money on this necessity:
Sabella Scalise is a student at Arizona State University
SABEW - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
Arizona State University
555 North Central Ave, Suite 406 E, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1248
E-mail: sabew@sabew.org
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