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15 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIESIt's hard to decide which is more infuriating, P12 for a litre of petrol or P12 for half a litre of milk, but whichever you person-ally find most appalling; one thing is for certain; someday a time will come where we look back with nostalgia for the good old days of P12 milk or petrol. That is to say, we can count on prices always advancing. Even when they do retreat a bit, like petrol across the border in S.A. has done recently, you know it won't be for long, as it's already starting back up. That's just part of the rhythm of modern life, I suppose, but we don't have to like it, and we don't have to let ourselves be billowed by every inflationary breeze that comes wafting our way. Like most anything else, there are ways to get by cheaper and better when you buy groceries. Here are fifteen ways to get more food, spend less cash and cut your grocery bills in half (well, almost): First, Track Your Expenses. You can’t save money if you don’t know how much you’re spending to begin with. Keep a list of everything you buy. Once you’ve got an idea of what you spend each month or each week, then you can make a budget and begin to set goals. Grow Your Own. Obviously this is the way to achieve the most savings. Make a garden this year. Next year make a bigger garden. If you own a freezer and know how to can and preserve you can do more financial damage to your local grocer than with any other method. Cook. Without question, you can cook your own food more cheaply than you can hire someone to cook it for you. This is not to say that you shouldn’t ever go to another restau-

rant or order another pizza, when you want to celebrate or just take a break, but if you’re out to save money, you need to be the one who prepares your meals. Keep a Running Grocery List. When you run out of anything, add it to the list. The more well-stocked your pantry is, the better you’ll eat, and the less you’ll spend. Always take your list of the things you need when you shop, and only buy what's on the list. If it’s not on the list, then you obviously don’t need it. Avoid Impulse Purchases. These are the bane of all would-be frugal shoppers, so just don’t do it. If you truly need an item, then it should appear on your list next week. Make Fewer Shopping Trips. The more often you go shopping, the more you are likely to spend. About half of all grocery shoppers go to the store three or four times a week. This is probably less true of homesteaders who spend less time in town, but the principle still applies. Try to make your shopping trip no more than once per week or every two weeks. This tends to focus you more on buying larger quanti-ties more carefully. Avoid Processed Food. You’ll be wealthier and healthier if you buy basic commodities that only have one item in their list of ingredients - things like potatoes, beans, apples. Not only will you avoid lots of chemicals and preservatives, but you’ll save a ton of money. Just remember, if it has a trade-mark or a brand name, you’re paying more and probably undermining your health in the bargain. Don’t Buy Water. Everyone knows that bottled water is expensive, but fewer people know that it may be inferior, or at

least no better than your tap water at home. Be Open to Store Brands. Most times, but not always, store brands are of equal quality to brand name foods. Sometimes they’re the very same thing. Not always though, so you need to try each one out, and see what you think.Buy Bagged Fruits and Vegetables Bags of onions, potatoes, apples and oranges are often less expensive than the same items offered loose in a bin, although the latter may be larger and arguably more attractive. If you can use them up before they spoil, that is. Don’t Buy Anything in Individual Wrapping. This seems so obvious I almost hate to mention it. If you buy anything in individually-wrapped, portion-sized packaging, be it potato chips, cookies, nuts or whatever, you only need to compare what these cost with bulk purchases to see the severe error in your ways. If you need individual portions for the kids' lunch-boxes, buy reusable containers and fill them yourself.. Watch the cash register. It is estimated that, in Botswana, up to P25 million per year is made in scanning errors. That's a lot of money left on the check-out counter. Supermarkets often put items on sale at prices that don't always get to the register. Also, checkers can easily make mistakes when making entries. Check your receipt carefully. Pack a Lunch. When going to work or a trip, try taking food with you instead of going to a restaurant or convenience store. Again, you’ll eat better for less. Shop at Larger Store. This may not always be good advice, but the bigger the store, the large the volume, so they can afford to offer better deals than smaller businesses. Beware though, because larger stores also have more sophisticated techniques for getting you to spend more. Eat First, Then Shop. Never, never, never go into a grocery store hungry or tired.

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RIVERWALK MALLESTABLISHED

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Riverwalk Mall 0700-2200 178 349 8,034m2 2 Pick 'n Pay 2001

370 0005

General InfoRiverwalk shopping mall is the first ever super-mall in Gaborone and Botswana. Located on the exit point to Tlokweng village, capital of the Batlokwa tribe, Riverwalk sits on the banks of Notwane river with its main entrance facing east. The shopping mall has exquisite shops for food, clothing, a supermarket, entertainment and cinema. There are exotic restaurants that provide Brazilian, Asian, Italian and Portuguese meals. he bets arts and crafts are always on display at the east entrance of the mall.

370 0189 hosiah@nafprop.co.bw N/A Tlokweng Road P O Box 23222 Gaborone

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Game City 0630-2230 165 1209 9,983m2 2 Choppies 2002

391 0970

General InfoSituated right under Kgale Hill, Game City can be reached by turning off the Western Bypass towards Lobatse. If in doubt or coming in on a differentroad, follow the Lobatse signs until you see the mall on your right hand side if travelling west out of Gabs. This is the largest mall in Gabs and offers Game Discount Centre, Shoprite, Payless, Mr Price Home and clothing, Jet, CB Stores, Ackermans, Miladys, Stuttafords, Edgars, Options,Foschinis, a wide selection of shoe shops and jewellery shops, CNA, a music store, Orange and Mascom agencies, banks including FNB PrivateClients,movies and fast food restaurants. In the new section, you will find a pay station for water and power utilities, Woolworths food and clothing,Clicks, numerous clothing and furniture stores, including Corricraft, and Mica hardware

391 0968 enquiries@turnstar.co.bw www.gamecitymall.co.bw Kgale P O Box 26012Gaborone

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Inside Restaurante De Spheluka, all is a greenhouse-y kind of gorgeousness – not least since you enter through the restaurant’s own florists. There is a lot of glass and mirrors, and every other surface is extravagantly clad in slabs of Carrara marble. Most striking is the brass wine gantry above the central bar, like the world’s most sophisticated Meccano set.

The chef/owner here is Sphela, who won a Michelin star elsewhere for a brand of Modern African that is, to my mind, Just Interesting Enough. By which I mean that his food engages you, at times even surprises you, but never at the cost of how it tastes.First up for me was confit mackerel (P50.50), this normally edgy fish rendered deliciously well behaved, the softness to its flavour offset with the iciness of “horseradish snow”

. My pork belly (P89.50) was a little dry but the it-shouldn’t-work-but-it-does sideshow – black pudding, langoustine, smoked pineapple (1970s in a good way) and

Restaurant Review: Restaurante De SphelukaReview Date: 29 September 2014Address: Shop #27(Near Cappello), CBDContact: 395 1079 Email: reservations@rds.co.bw Chef: SphelaHours: Breakfast 06:00-11:000 Lunch: 12:30-14:30 Dinner: 18:00-21:30Reservations: YesWheelchair Access: Patio Only Serves Alcohol: After 14:00Smoking: NoPrice: Dinner for 2 with drinks & tip: P169.82

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slivers of lardo – was fantastic. Both dishes were girlishly lovely in their presentation, but not so as to make them seem more like something to hang on your wall than line your stom-ach.Steak is taken so seriously here that it has its own page on the menu, and my sirloin (P140.50) was the right combination of the macho and the tender, his beef-dripping chips macho only, as they should be. Under the prerequisite tower of salad – the vegetable edifice being a marker of the high-end dining expe-rience these days – were some rather exciting beer-pickled onions. The only duff note for me was the whipped bone marrow – cold and claggy, on a plate where everything else was hot and/or crisp.

My lamb with smoked aubergine purée and anchovy salsa verde was another picture-perfect plate-full with upwardly mobile tendencies (49.50). Top of the cairn were two faultlessly rosy-pink slabs of lamb loin, another of darker belly, plus a mini-Mr Whippy of goat’s curd, over which there were draped, like abandoned lingerie, delicate fronds of sea aster.

Imagine a grown-up Bar-One bar – those were the “aerated chocolate” chunks that, along with a mint ice cream and a marquise of such ur-chocolatey-ness made up a masterful pudding for B (P32.95). I could picture my cheese plate (P19.50) featuring on Child Genius, and some poor 10-year-old clever-clogs having to work out the twinned accompaniments: “Crottin with fennel and lemon purée.” Check. “Tovey with cocoa nibs and chilli oil.” Check. “Brin d’Amour with marmalade.” Kumquat marma-lade, Jimmy, kumquat! Thankfully I only had to eat it.

But that plate summed up Restaurante De Spheluka at its best. My brain was engaged along with my tastebuds throughout. Verdict? Haul yourself over to Restaurante De Spheluka It comes highly recommended

DISCLAIMER: Shoppers Friendo strives to give independent, honest, and trustworthy reviews for our readers. We therefore do not accept invitations from restaurant managers to review their establishments in return for free food. We prefer to pay our own way, that way readers can be sure we’re unbiased in our assessments. We follow up themeal by revealing ourselves and interviewing the chef and/or manager, but only if they choose.

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Molapo Crossing 0630-2130 64 450 5,890m2 2 Pick 'n Pay 2000

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General InfoMolapo Crossing is well worth a visit. Situated on the Western Bypass just next to the Molepolole interchange, this small centre has among other things, an excellent Pick n Pay (great for meat and fresh flowers among many other things), a pharmacy, health shop, outdoor activity outlet, several small boutiques stocking excellent leather accessories and quality outfits, video hire shop, Liquorama, a photo shop, Postnet, the only petshop in Gabs, a dedicated lingerie boutique, a wedding boutique, an art gallery and last but by no means least, Chilli Pepper – the one and only home industry and ‘almost antique’ furniture outlet in Gabs.

371 0004 molapo@premprop.co.bw www.molapocrossing.com Western Bypass Molepolole inter-exchange

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