March’s Real Simple magazine is full of ideas on saving money in your everyday life. A reader wrote in with this suggestion:

Rather buying the same items separately, my friends and I buy in bulk from warehouse clubs and share the cost. We buy chicken, bags of fruit and vegetables, packs of hair products and condiments. (Yes, we have bought a gallon of mustard and separated it into smaller containers.) Not only do we save but we also get to spend time together, even if it’s just running errands.

Brilliant, and right up my alley (aisle?). Of course, this works best if someone already has a card and doesn’t mind sharing, or if everyone pitches in for the cost of the membership. 

Plus: samples! 

[via Consumerist]