Are you ready for your guide to August savings? This is my guide to what to buy, what’s on clearance, and what’s in season in the month of August. Its helps you to understand the monthly grocery August sale cycle as well as other promotional cycles. Planning ahead is the best way to save.
Items you’ll find on clearance in August:
- Gardening supplies
- Seeds for planting (they’ll last about 2 yrs)
- Summer apparel and summer toys & outdoor furnishing start to go on sale towards months end
A good time to buy in August:
- School supplies ( on sale)
- Office supplies (on sale)
- Juice boxes & pouches, lunch items like sandwich meats, lunch snacks, cereals bars, pudding cups, granola bars, fruit snacks, canned fruit, sandwich cheese slices
- Breakfast foods like cereals, oatmeal etc
- Tissues, disinfectants, hand sanitizers, sanitizing wipes
- Ice cream, popsicles
Here’s a list of what’s in season in August:
- watermelon, plums
- strawberries, kiwi, plum
- blueberries, apricots
- raspberries, radish
- cantaloupe, apples
- asparagus, avocados
- basil, beets, cabbage
- carrots, peppers, okra
- lemons, grapefruits
- oranges, collards, pears
- grapes, kale, onion
- nectarines, passion fruit
- peaches, potatoes
- cucumbers, tomatoes squash
- corn, beans eggplant, lettuce, figs
Consider “pick your own” farms to stock up on inexpensive fruit and vegetables for summer canning & freezing
- Sign up for newsletters & emails from your favorite restaurants and businesses using a separate new email address you create just for deals & savings
- Keep coupons for dining out in your purse or wallet.
- Build up a 6 month stockpile;
- Buy enough food & toiletries when on sale at their rock bottom sale price for each person in your family so you don’t run out (when you “need” a product you’ll be wiling to pay full price – don’t let that happen)
- •Many states offer a tax free holiday for back to school shopping – check with your local Dept of taxation for your state
- •Close blinds during direct sun hours to conserve on cooling costs
- •Shop with a specific grocery list based on sales & start meal planning for a busy back to school schedule (quick meals for busy nights, easy breakfast foods etc)
- Family Fun Month
- National Catfish Month
- National Eye Exam Month
- National Golf Month
- Peach Month
- Romance Awareness Month
- Water Quality Month
- National Picnic Month
Weekly Events in the month of August:
- Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
- Week 2 National Smile Week
- Week 3 Friendship Week
- Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week
Special Day in August
- August 4 Friendship Day – First Sunday in August
- August 10 National S’mores Day
- August 14 National Creamsicle Day
- August 18th – Maggie’s Birthday! Lol ☺
- August 30 Toasted Marshmallow Day
- August 31 National Trail Mix Day
- Museums on Us Bank of America
- Saturdays at Lakeshore FREE workshop for kids
- Pottery Barn Tuesday Story Times
- Saturdays Michaels FREE workshops (Scrap In small fee)
- Saturdays Lowes Build and Grow workshop for kids
- Wednesday Sept 18th (plan ahead there is no free night in August) FREE Entrance into the Philadelphia Franklin Institute (Science center)
- Weekends in August FREE workshops with Home Depots
- National Night Out (August 6th)
- The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) FREE shows every day at 6pm
- Kids Skate FREE
[…] and more about knowing when to shop. With that in mind, I am sharing, with the help of Maggie from Family Frugal Fun, a money saving guide for August to help you find the best deals on the things you […]