Spend Wiser - Tips to Save Your Money and Your Time

RACINE, Wis., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- With the school year underway, family time becomes even more precious. School activities, family responsibilities and even the simplest things like cooking and cleaning can become more cumbersome than usual. SC Johnson, A Family Company, has recommendations to help streamline and organize family life so that every family moment can be savored.

Back-to-School Supplies

According to the National Retail Federation's latest Back-to-School/College Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, families got a jump start on their back-to-school shopping this summer as the heat drove them indoors. This likely means they were able to take advantage of early school supply sales. When the supplies won't fit in most kids' backpacks, consider Ziploc® brand Big Bags or Ziploc® brand Flexible Totes as a great resource to organize supplies and transport them to school. These home storage products are also great to store extra school supplies at home.

Save Your Sanity

Streamline your cleaning with quick touch ups throughout the week, which gives you more time to make family the priority on the weekends. According to the American Time use Study, women over the age of 15 spend about 28 hours a week cleaning and doing other household chores. Think of the time your family can save if you clean as you go! Stock all bathrooms with Scrubbing Bubbles® Antibacterial Bathroom Wipes and encourage family members to give counters a swipe after getting ready in the morning. Scrubbing Bubbles® Extend-A-Clean Power Sprayer and Scrubbing Bubbles® Daily Shower Cleaner Power Sprayer help keep your shower and tub mold and mildew free. On the weekends, do the bigger chores but they won't envelop your entire day because you've kept up along the way! Then you can take out the board games, go for a bike ride or go on a family hike to enjoy the outdoors and foster family connection and shared experiences.

Save your Money, Literally!

Place a Ziploc® brand Container on the kitchen counter and encourage family members to drop their loose change in it. Before you know it, the container will be full. Take the change to your bank, cash it in and spend the money to do something together or to purchase something needed for the home. Set short term goals like family movie night or going to see your favorite team play. Consider long term goals like a new TV or redecorating a room in the house.

The Department of Labor's 2009 survey states that Americans spend 5.4% of their income dining out. Consider taking a portion of that 5.4% of your annual income and instead of spending it all on dining out, save that money and help your community. Put those dollars saved aside to donate to your local food pantry. To save the money, try taking a bag lunch to work or school and eating dinner at home thereby maximizing family time around the dinner table.

About SC Johnson

SC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, ECHO®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, and MR. MUSCLE®. The 124-year-old company, with more than $8 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com

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