Couponers!

[lulu783]

coupons.com!

[michelle142]

coupons.com
lozo.com
check the brand websites and facebook pages, sometimes they publish coupons there
grocery store websites

[osumegs]

We're a kroger area and they let you load some directly to your card from their website

[lotsofdotts]

I wish I could coupon but I have never figured out how to do it without spending a ridiculous amount of time and going to numerous stores. I just go to Aldi now. I would love to learn more about couponing though.

[lilyelayne]

Slight hijack- I meal plan too, not good at couponing, but I'd like to try a grocery price book. Does anyone do that? App or paper?

The idea is you track the prices of your regularly purchased groceries (where you get them & from ads of other local stores you are willing to go to) so you can tell when something is a good deal or not.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Livingrichwithcoupons.com

[mmarie]

Jun 25, 2015 8:36:04 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Slight hijack- I meal plan too, not good at couponing, but I'd like to try a grocery price book. Does anyone do that? App or paper?

The idea is you track the prices of your regularly purchased groceries (where you get them & from ads of other local stores you are willing to go to) so you can tell when something is a good deal or not.

I do this. Things that we buy a lot I have a spreadsheet of the prices from sams club, walmart and 2 of our local grocery stores. Prices are broken down into per ounce or per item. I buy a lot of stuff in bulk from sams club because it's way cheaper per item. You have to spend a little more at the time because you buy so much, but a lot of the stuff (mostly toiletries and cleaning supplies which I know has nothing to do with meal planning but anyway) I only have to buy once or twice a year. I also stock up on things for the freezer. We usually get a part of a cow and pig for Christmas from my MIL Most of the time walmart is cheaper for things that i can't buy in bulk but the grocery store has a better selection. I have only tried couponing once but I watch extreme couponing all the time. I wish I was as organized as some of those people.

[toadandbuggie]

mmarie, I like to use BJ's for cleaning supplies/toilet paper/paper towels. I also like to buy their meat in bulk since you can freeze it. However I don't go their as often as a regular supermarket because you can't just buy ONE thing and they don't have much variety. So I got there maybe once a month and end up spending way more than I was planning because of all the other goods they have there.

I like this thread because I really want to start couponing. But I feel like you save the most money on items like razors, shampoo, etc stuff that isn't really food. When I watch extreme couponers, I get pissed because they aren't even buying real food. They buy like 500 candy bars, 200 boxes of pasta, 300 gatorades, 50 tic tacs... and then they save it in their basement. "900$ worth of crap for 70$"

I noticed a sign at Shop Rite the other day that said "In order to serve all of our customers, we reserve the right to limit any product to 4 per customer."

I think eventually these super market chains won't allow people to come in and buy 500 gatorades. But I guess you could get away with it if you take accomplices.

Went off the track there a bit. Anyway, I'd like to see where people get their coupons from and their strategies. You look in your supermarket flyer and then look for matching manufacturer's coupons for the items already on sale?

[lilyelayne]

toadandbuggie DH has a cousin who's into couponing and likes to show off her stash on fbook. Woohoo 100 deodorants! They've also moved 3 times in the past year. I can't imagine hauling four years' worth of shampoo between places.
I think it'd be cool to not have to worry about buying deodorant for the next half decade. But I don't have a place to store bulk stuff.

I need a show called reasonable couponers. Those are the people I want to learn from.

[cougarette]

Jun 26, 2015 6:37:43 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

toadandbuggie DH has a cousin who's into couponing and likes to show off her stash on fbook. Woohoo 100 deodorants! They've also moved 3 times in the past year. I can't imagine hauling four years' worth of shampoo between places.
I think it'd be cool to not have to worry about buying deodorant for the next half decade. But I don't have a place to store bulk stuff.

I need a show called reasonable couponers. Those are the people I want to learn from.

Haha, so true!

I like southernsavers.com She does coupon matchups and lets you know when there's a great price on something so stock up. I also really like the coupon database on there because you can type in a product and you'll get a list of which papers they were in or if there are any printable coupons available.

[toadandbuggie]

Yes, reasonable couponers is up my alley. Also, "save money on real food."

I like the people who get as much free stuff and donate it though. I think that then it's worth it. But to the people who store mountains of products in their basement that they will never use (like this one woman who had so many diapers and no baby), donate it!