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How to easily save 5% on your groceries

How to easily save 5% on your groceries

By Matt Hern on August 19, 2010

Groceries are one of the largest costs in most people’s budget, costing around 17 percent of average household spending. Did you know you could easily and legitimately save five percent on your groceries without changing your shopping habits? That would be over $500 per year for the average family. Both of the two large supermarket chains in Australia provide means to purchase their gift cards at a five percent discount to the card value. In this article I share two ways to get those discounted cards.

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Save your Easter eggs for success

Save your Easter eggs for success

By Matt Hern on April 7, 2010

In a study conducted at Stanford University children were left in a room, each with a marshmallow, and given a choice of eating it then or fifteen minutes later, when they were promised a marshmallow as an extra reward for waiting. Imagine you are your five year old self – what would you do in [...]

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Latest Research: You Save More by Paying For Financial Advice

By Matt Hern on November 5, 2009

Want to save more money? Then pay for financial advice. That is the one of the findings revealed in this latest research by KPMG/IFSA. Clients of financial planners on average save over $2,400 per year more.

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