Almost everyone shops at the supermarket daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, but each one needs to do smart supermarket shopping, in order to access the best, healthiest and most affordable food items that they need. Wise shopping involves more than taking a trolley or a shopping cart and hurrying through the aisles. One must know the best time to shop and choose the supermarkets which always have a very wide variety of fresh foods. They should also sell real vegetarian and organic food, and have a good seafood section and bakery. The emphasis for the buyer should be to purchase the right type of food that maintains and promotes good health.

It is uncomfortable to shop at supermarkets which are overcrowded. To avoid this discomfort, the most convenient time to shop is the early mornings from Monday to Friday, because the week-ends are too busy at these business places. One has to make sure that labels are read and examined carefully, and be aware of the expiry dates. Shoppers must be knowledgeable of the nutritional contents on packages and other containers, and be very meticulous in this exercise, because they are dealing with their health. Although the FDA is doing an excellent job in approving the manufacturer's product as healthy, the shopper has to be selective during supermarket shopping to ensure that they buy the right food with the nutrients to meet their individual needs.

A shopper has to know that healthy foods are low in saturated fats and trans fat, and would contain no or a minimal amount of cholesterol, sugar and sodium. They should also know the calorie content of these foods that are bought. Therefore, when a person is doing supermarket shopping these important facts are to be considered in making choices of foods on the supermarket shelves in order to prevent heart diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes and other diseases.

A thorough planning and budgeting is absolutely necessary when putting together a shopping list, whether a diet list or a whole food list, before one does their supermarket shopping so as to avoid waste. It is unwise to purchase too much perishable products. A limited amount of fruits and vegetables, meat and fish should be bought, because they have a short duration before spoiling, and can be bought fresh at later intervals.

Sometimes, as a matter of choice, people prefer to do online shopping, because supermarket shopping has been revolutionized over the past years in some parts of the country. One can view products from certain supermarkets online and place their shopping order from the comfort of their homes and receive their groceries the same day. There are also some special services to be obtained with many supermarkets such as online coupons, reward cards, and your shopping history. Who can believe that with the informatin that the shopper provides online to the supermarket, one can get an immediate shopping budget, as well as, the infomation of their nutritional needs? Great advancement!