1. Use Handkerchiefs
2. Buy an Aloe Plant
3. Use a Door Draft Stopper
4. Refill Printer Ink Cartridges
5. Use bouillon cubes instead of broth
6. Take your Lunch
7. Don’t Smoke
8. Check out CDs and Videos from the Library
9. Buy Level Term Rather than Universal or Whole Life Insurance
10. Buy Spices in the Bulk Dept.
11. Keep Tires Properly Inflated
12. Give up one of Your Collections
13. Just eat Entrees at Restaurants
14. Have Your Animal Spayed/ Neutered
15. Use Spanish rather than Italian Olive Oil
16. Swap Garden Produce with Neighbors
17. Grow your Own Cooking Herbs
18. Look for Building Materials in the Classifieds
19. Make Your Own Greeting Cards
20. Carpool
21. Buy Commercial Size Foil and Wrap
22. Learn to Cook
23. Bicycle to Work once a Week
24. Eat less Meat
25. Use Fluorescent Light Bulbs
26. Do your own Taxes
27. Go to a Museum for Fun
28. Use Replaceable Blade Razors
29. Buy Furniture at Estate Sales
30. Sharpen Your own Knives
31. Start a Roth IRA
32. Drink Water
33. Breastfeed your Baby
34. Have a Weekly Soup Night
35. Go to Matinee Movies
36. Stock up on Sale Items
37. Buy before you Need Commonly Used Items
38. Never Shop Hungry
39. Buy Clothes at the End of the Season
40. Send Electronic Greeting Cards
41. Always Carry Snacks in the Car
42. Buy Gifts for Christmas all Year Round
43. Buy Nonfood Items at Discount Drugstores
44. Use Generic Prescription Drugs when Available
45. Make Triple Batches of Casseroles and Freeze
46. Make Your Own Baby Wipes
47. Shop from a Shopping List
48. Hang Dry Clothes
49. Don’t Carry a Balance on Your Credit Cards
50. Buy Reconditioned Appliances
51. Shop Alone
52. Get an Energy Audit done by Your Electric Co.
53. Cover Pots when Cooking
54. Clean out the Dryer Lint Filter
55. Landscape with Native Plants
56. Wear a Sweater in the Winter
57. Don’t Open the Oven Door when Cooking Food
58. Buy Day Old Baked Goods
59. Shop at More than one Grocery Store
60. Eat Alternatives to Boxed Breakfast Cereal
61. Do TV Free Kids Activities
62. Start a Coupon Swap Box at Church
63. Read a Book Online
64. Use Cloth Napkins
65. Use White Vinegar and Baking Soda as Cleaners
66. Drive the Speed Limit
67. Make Your Own Snacks
68. Water Down Juice
69. Make Curtains from Sheets
70. Don’t Give Money in Place of Gifts
71. Save Your Receipts
72. Buy Off-Brand Food
73. Use Cloth Diapers
74. Ask your Dr. for Samples of the Drugs you take
75. Buy Produce at Farmer’s Markets
76. Take a Defensive Driving Course
77. Get Dated, Written Estimates
78. Don’t Eat Concessions at Movies
79. Change Your Own Oil
80. Transfer Credit Cards to Lower APRs
81. Comparison Shop Insurance Rates and Plans
82. Ask Stores about Frequent Buyer Programs
83. Compare Cost per Unit of Grocery Items
84. Only Eat out on Special Occasions
85. Never Use Department Store Credit Cards
86. Don’t Read Fashion Magazines
87. Hold Afternoon Parties and Serve Finger Foods
88. Read Contracts Thoroughly before sigining
89. Give up that Daily Coffee Shop Stop
90. Wear a Helmet when Riding
91. Plan Meals around Grocery Store Sales
92. Start a Baby-sitting Cooperative
93. Use a Reusable Metal Coffee Filter
94. Mulch Your Garden
95. Don’t buy Dry Clean Only Clothes
96. Make Your Own Baby Food
97. Use Sunday Comics as Wrapping Paper
98. Buy Secondhand Clothes
99. Eat Produce when in Season
100. Floss your Teeth
101. Bank with a Credit Union

This is just some of the things to consider. Group buying clubs can of course become very large and cumbersome and then they turn into food cooperative store front. Often, however, as the group grows and so does it’s administrative duties and so groups must charge more to cover these extra costs and thus the whole point of starting a food buying group - to save money! - is diminished.