When everything is getting more expensive: how you can still save when shopping and filling up

Created: 03/09/2022, 06:48

By: Tobias Becker

Fuel, groceries, electricity - everything is becoming more expensive in Germany at the moment.

But: There are tips and tricks on how you can still save:

“Where will this end?” The expensive wave in Germany continues.

The fuel prices in Baden-Württemberg* are sometimes over two euros, the prices for food in Rhineland-Palatinate* have risen, spending on electricity, gas and oil will also continue to explode due to the Ukraine war* and the associated sanctions against Russia .

And even banks not only store the money instead of increasing it through interest, they also charge fees.

Almost all areas of everyday life are currently becoming more expensive.

HEIDELBERG24* gives tips on how you can still save:

Tips and tricks for saving money: switch banks and keep accounts

There are tips and tricks on how to not only manage to keep your money together, but also how to minimize costs and make provisions for old age.

This includes, for example, keeping a household book.

Means: look at bank statements carefully, write down how much money you spent on what - and then locate the money eaters, as Focus.de suggests, for example.

Many people also have subscriptions that they no longer use or hardly ever use.

Was it a long time since you last went to the gym?

Then why are you still paying?

Saving money can actually be done with the bank - especially by making a change.

Many well-known banks, such as the Volksbanken or the savings banks, have been increasing prices for years while interest rates are virtually non-existent.

Bank fees, transfer fees and so on.

Instead of growing money, it slowly disappears.

There are alternatives that are cheaper: online banks.

A comparison can be worthwhile.

Fuel prices are skyrocketing - so you can still save money when refueling

A comparison is also worthwhile when filling up and shopping.

The former makes the purse groan nowadays.

Fuel prices around two euros per liter* are visible at the gas pumps, as echo24.de reports.

It is said to be particularly expensive in the morning hours, i.e. between six and nine a.m., as an analysis by the ADAC shows.

Refueling is usually cheaper in the evening, as long as you do not refuel directly on the motorway or on the main road.

If you want to compare exactly where the fuel price is currently cheapest, you can also use one of the numerous comparison portals or a tank app, as recommended by auto-motor-sport.de.

The portal also gives the tip to avoid expensive types of fuel such as Super plus if possible.

Super 95 is significantly cheaper and not every engine can take advantage of the performance advantages that Super Plus is said to offer.

Rising prices in the supermarket: save money with special tricks

And when shopping?

The brochures are recommended reading.

Leaf through it a bit, look for offers and then think: What am I actually buying where?

A shopping list can help to keep track.

The round trip from Aldi to Lidl to Edeka and other supermarkets is also reflected in the wallet, because you can save hard cash here too.

By the way, there are special tricks* when shopping that make saving fun.

It is also worthwhile for supermarket customers, for example, to avoid the usual shopping traps*.

If you can see through the tricks retailers use to persuade customers to make larger purchases, you can save a lot when shopping - and end up not getting any nasty surprises at the checkout.

Save on electricity: Make new from old

Anyone who complains about electricity prices can also cut costs here.

This does not mean that the heating should be off.

But: The correct use of electricity, i.e. limiting unnecessary power consumption, has a significant impact on the budget.

In addition, devices that are too old often consume even more electricity.

So rather the efficient smart TV* than the power-guzzling tube screen.

"Make new from old" also applies to savings accounts.

Instead of conventional investing at the local bank, it's not a bad idea these days to put your savings into ETF savings plans*, not only to put money aside, but also to increase it.

*HEIDELBERG24 and echo24.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.