Visit a supermarket and compare nationally advertised items to storebrand items. First, create a list of goods your family usually buys each week. Use only pre-packaged items, such as items in boxes...

Visit a supermarket and compare nationally advertised items to storebrand items. First, create a list of goods your family usually buys each week. Use only pre-packaged items, such as items in boxes and cans. Choose 30 items and enter them in a spreadsheet. Include the name, brand, and size. Take your list to a local supermarket. Copy the price of each item on your list. As you fi nd the price of each item, look for the store-brand equivalent of the same item in the same size, and copy its price down. Find the total weekly cost of buying your 30 items as national brands and as store brands. Compute the annual savings if the 30 items are bought as store brands instead of national brands.