How To Save Money In Finland; Best Ways To Shop, Enjoy Discounts, and Save Money In Finland.

Finland is a lovely country to live in and there are lots of places to explore as well as new goodies for your taste buds. If care is not taken, your bank account will bear the grunt of your escapades. As an expat in Finland for almost 7 years, today I will be sharing with you some tried and proven ways you can save money in Finland even while enjoying all the goodies that the Finnish stores have to offer. 

Last week on this Blog, I shared about Grocery Shopping In Finland As A New Student or Foreigner; Where To Buy Food items, Furniture and Other Household Items in Finland. Definitely check that out after this post. And in case you are wondering whether Finland is an Expensive Country, well check this video out and tell me what you think in the comments.

HOW TO SAVE MONEY IN FINLAND

So without wasting time, below are some of the ways you can save money while shopping for Groceries in Finland;

1. Visit more of the Cheaper Grocery Stores: In Finland, some grocery stores are actually known to be cheaper than others. One good example is Lidl. Lidl is known for its discounted prices so visiting there more than other stores will help you to save some money. I must add however from a personal perspective that I have noticed some items in other stores are actually a little bit cheaper compared to Lidl. So I would say a lot depends on the item in question, the country of original, or the quality. Lidl does have good quality food items too.

2. Watch out for special offers: Most of the stores sometimes have special offers that run for a particular length of time. Most of these offers are advertised in the stores, on television ,newspapers, and social media channels. Taking advantage of these cheap offers is a good way to save some cash. This also applies to the other stores mentioned in my previous post, like the house hold item stores, the electronics store as and the furniture stores.

3. Best Before discounts: Most stores usually offer about 30% (could be more) discounts off food items which are close to expiration. This is one of the very good ways to save money especially as a student. Apart from students, so many other people living in Finland also enjoy this kind of discount. The items are still very good, the expiration date has not arrived yet, sometimes it could be in a day or two. It is good to buy this if you are ready to make that food item same day or the next day or just put it in your freezer and make it any day you are ready.

4. Brand owned food items: Another thing is to try the cheaper brand owned food items. It means that the items were produced by that particular brand or store. So it is cheaper than the other products in that same store. For example, The K Group and S Group have these kind of products. I talked about these brands and their Grocery stores in my previous post so you can go read about them later after this post.

So the K Group have their own product range under the name Pirkka. The aim is to produce the same products you will find in stores but in an affordable price. So they claim it to be high quality but cheaper prices. And if you even want to go cheaper, the you can go for the K Menu product range.

It is actually goes the same way. Produced by the K Group and a bit cheaper than the Pirkka range. The S Group also have their own ranges of cheaper product lines; Rainbow which is just like the Pirkka, and the Xtra which is just like the K Menu. So this way, everyone can afford to have the same products of almost same quality but at different prices based on what they can afford at the moment.

5. Second hand shops: The are a lot of Flea markets in Finland where you can buy used house hold products, clothing items and electronic appliances. They are mostly in good condition and you have the opportunity to actually see them before you pay. There are local flea markets like the ones run by the Finnish Red cross (Punainen Risti) as well as other shops. A good online flea market is Tori.fi. 

Also you will find alot of online Flea markets targeted at residents of a particular city. They are usually called Kirppis. So if you are just moving to Tampere for example, you can find the Kirppis Tampere on Facebook and join. This is a good way to save money and you can also use the medium to sell some of your items you don’t need anymore. Make sure that the items are still in good condition.

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