I saw this show once. In that one a couple of the people took the excess they got for free to the local food bank.
Extreme couponing
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I saw this show once. In that one a couple of the people took the excess they got for free to the local food bank.
This is the right approach.
Couponing is huge in the south. The stores have to compete a lot harder on price because average incomes are so much lower. So that is where the store cards and double/triple coupon days are so common, not to mention lower prices in general. In Iowa, the stores don't need to do it so they don't.
I can remember a brief time many years ago --- during the 70s recession I believe --- where stores would honor any valid coupons for any products. So you just clipped coupons and used them like currency.
When Cub Foods was still open in Ames my wife would get our groceries there and regularly only pay 30 - 40% of actual price because of her coupon use. I thought it was awesome to look at the receipt each time and it told you on it how much you saved. She spend maybe an hour or 2 on Sundays looking at ads and coupons so it wasn't a huge time commitment.
When the zombie apocalypse comes, these people, with their clean teeth and plentiful snacks, are going to be pretty popular.
the sad fact is though most coupons are usually only for expensive name brand products, and 75% of the coupons I see, are for junk food or beauty products. Now, we clip coupons, but for only things we actually use, usually deodorant, toothpaste, rarely for food other than Kashi though as most of those coupons are for convenience food.
Otherwise, I can buy high quality food at lower prices at Aldi's. Shopping with coupons at HyVee, you're still paying more money. We don't buy produce at Aldi's, as we tend toward organics more for that, but they basics, dairy, whole grain foods, frozen meats/fruits, and lunch meat, they are really hard to beat.
Otherwise, I can buy high quality food at lower prices at Aldi's. Shopping with coupons at HyVee, you're still paying more money. We don't buy produce at Aldi's, as we tend toward organics more for that, but they basics, dairy, whole grain foods, frozen meats/fruits, and lunch meat, they are really hard to beat.
Ditto that. It is a way for the stores to track purchases on individuals. In Chicago the markups at Jewel and Dominick's were huge, just show they could show the "savings." Walmart is still lower like you say.
My wife comes from a long line of coupon-crazy women and it drives me a bit nuts. I am all for saving money, but not to the point where you are arguing with a store clerk about the correct construction of the words "per transaction." I've been at a store before where my mother in law had clipped dozens of the same coupon, and when they wouldn't let her ring up the item individually she would do it one at a time, re-entering line each time.
Also, there are many occassions where I will pay the extra 39 cents to pick the kind of pasta sauce I want, or where I just don't think we need to stockpile 3 years worth of mac and cheese because it's marked down a nickel.
Also, there are many occassions where I will pay the extra 39 cents to pick the kind of pasta sauce I want, or where I just don't think we need to stockpile 3 years worth of mac and cheese because it's marked down a nickel.
Same deal here in KC. The stores that use the loyalty cards just jack up their normal prices so that your loyalty card "savings" bring it back down to a reasonable level. Also, they seem to be in place of store coupons and not in addition to.
Add in the fact that there aren't any stores in the metro area here that double or triple coupons, and doing this here would be impossible even if you wanted to.
Kohls is the worst at this. I get a bit suspicious when I pay $20 and my receipt says I saved $214-- that doesn't sound like a sound business model unless you are lying about the original price.
What cracks me up with Kohl's is everything is always on sale, of some kind or another. However, that being said, it is a savvy marketing method, because it always gives people the opinion that things are a good deal. I like Kohl's, and we shop there a bit, buy we almost always have a 15 -30% total purchase coupon, and we tend to go and use them when they have their Kohl's cash going, where you get $10 in Kohl's cash for every $50.
My wife has watched the show and it ticks her off that she couldn't do the same until she found out the following.
- one of the shows had a family where she spends 6-8 hours a day looking for coupons. So the comments before my post about it being a full time job are not stretching the truth.
- double couponing doesn't happen around here(central Iowa) and we live close to a Fareway manager and he says they have never had double/triple couponing and he has taking some extra heat from customers trying to get the same deals as on that show and then ticked off when they can't.
I am sure the stuff we see on the shows are the extreme side and not remotely close to the norm. I'd rather pay more then go to the extreme those people do.
- one of the shows had a family where she spends 6-8 hours a day looking for coupons. So the comments before my post about it being a full time job are not stretching the truth.
- double couponing doesn't happen around here(central Iowa) and we live close to a Fareway manager and he says they have never had double/triple couponing and he has taking some extra heat from customers trying to get the same deals as on that show and then ticked off when they can't.
I am sure the stuff we see on the shows are the extreme side and not remotely close to the norm. I'd rather pay more then go to the extreme those people do.
Coupons, Grocery Coupons - The Grocery Game - A Weekly List of the lowest-priced groceries at your local stores
Easiest way to do know what coupons to use when and where. costs $5 plus $5 per store you are subscribed to every two months. I save around 50-65% on my grocery bill every week. Doesn't take a whole lot of effort either.
Easiest way to do know what coupons to use when and where. costs $5 plus $5 per store you are subscribed to every two months. I save around 50-65% on my grocery bill every week. Doesn't take a whole lot of effort either.
For years I resisted getting a Target Card. And as anyone who has been to Target will attest to, they ask you every time you check out if you want to sign up. Finally one day my wife was making a large purchase and she said yes to save 10%.
Now we use our Target card every time we buy at Target. 5% of each purchase. Pay it off at the end of the month. Seems simple enough to me that I almost feel like there must be a catch as we've only had the card about 2 months.
Now we use our Target card every time we buy at Target. 5% of each purchase. Pay it off at the end of the month. Seems simple enough to me that I almost feel like there must be a catch as we've only had the card about 2 months.
I know people who use Shopathome.com and Penny Pinchin' mom. I believe both are free. Penny Pinchin' mom is out of MO and does weekly ad savings with links to coupons.
We generally never buy groceries at Walmart/Target. Mostly Aldis and Hy-Vee. However the 5% savings on everything else is great.
