$330 In Grocercies For $27
I’ve given myself some ground rules for this trip:
2. Our stores do not take printable Internet coupons. Manufacturer printed only. Even though it’s possible to get “printable” coupons direct by mail, I am not using those today.
3. Our stores double up to 50 cents (i.e., doubles to become $1). No super deals there, but it does help reduce costs and doubling may not be available in some parts of the country.
4. I have “shoppers cards” at each store.
5. Most stores offering Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) allow you to use a coupon on each item. It’s greatly to their benefit. The BOGO increases the amount of product they move (versus ½ price), the manufacturer reimburses the cost of each coupon redeemed, and the grocer recovers a portion of his “free” item cost. The stores that I shop here do allow a coupon be used on each item, but this may not be the case everywhere.
6. I wanted to purchase a bit of everything, across all categories (food, health, organic, produce…), again, keeping it real.
7. I always take DH for the best savings. He is my best reality check, and I’m his. Price, needs, available storage space (I always think we have more than we do). It’s a team effort. Besides, four hands are great for tracking spending/saving and holding coupons and lists.
We walk every aisle, and we look. Any sale tags hanging? Any surprise sales? They exist if you take the time to look and find them.
Here’s what we found:
Thank you for posting this aluable information. I have always tried to save even though I hae only had to purchase groceries for just myself at times. I enjoy entertaining and cooking for my family and clients and I can “splurge” someplace else if I “save” in another area. Do you hae a list of sites where you consistently get certain coupons and rebates and do these companies e-mail these to you after you have contacted them or do you need to continue to print them? Thanks for your help!!!!
Deb