Coupons and Grocery Shopping

[LivingAlmostLarge]

I've never been able to parlay coupon shopping with groceries. I've been able to do it with CVS before for health and beauty and getting tons of free or cheap stuff. But not with food groceries.

Part of it is where I live. I've never lived places that double over .99 or wine tags or other crazy deals. And many grocery stores that are known to be good I don't live by and never have.

But I was wondering how do coupon shoppers (Banker gurl I read your blog!) OMG find crazy insane deals on everything. How do you do it?

For those who coupon where and how do you find the best grocery deals? For those who don't coupon, have you tried it? Was it for things you would never buy? Or was it that you couldn't get deals?

I admit that I don't buy processed foods and most foods are from just that food. Meat, veggies, fruit, heads of lettuce, milk. So stuff like chips, snacks, juice, etc I don't need the coupons. But I know people say there are deals to be had on real food, but I need tips for stuff.

For example last night we had brisket my DH smoked with pasta with artichoke hearts/roasted pepper, carrots/broccoli steamed, and apple pie from scratch. We also made previous egg salad smoked for lunch on bread I made and previous meal was teriyaki meat balls with asian veggies and rice. So our meals are pretty simple. Pasta I know I should be able to get free or on deal. But I make tomato sauce and freeze it from scratch. I also make salad dressing with oil and vinegar. I do buy bread but if I have time sometimes we make it like pizza dough.

So a lot of times we cook from scratch. I made ground chicken kebabs the other night but bought naan. And made tacos but did buy the tortillas.

How do I find coupons for mostly food?

[LivingAlmostLarge]

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[FLA]

I'm similar to you, I used to snag the great deals at CVS. I had 2 garage sales of just HBA I got mostly for free and made $1400. But that was easy because I drove by CVSs all day long. Now I can't drive, I still go there but I haven't even been reading their flyer. I stopped doing coupons.

I don't have a store that doubles all the time. None of the stores link to your phone and offer freebies like apparently Krogers does. And I never saw great sales matched up with coupons to really save on the food we eat.

but I feel like I should make more of an effort especially since there are websites to tell you which coupon to use with which sale. It's not like I have to do it alone.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

What websites? I don't live by a Kroger. That would be cool or aldi's.

[msomnipotent]

I make a lot from scratch and don't buy a lot of processed foods. I rarely use coupons, and even those are mostly for personal products. I buy my flour, sugar, and rice from Costco. They are a lot cheaper than the stores by me. Lately, I have been buying my frozen veggies and fruits from there, too. It seems they finally stopped importing their organics from China! I also do a lot of shopping at Meijer, which has the Mperks program. I just received a $5 off $50 or more, plus some other coupons that I may or may not use. I buy discounted gift cards, but some places are starting to crack down. I got the 3rd degree from Petco the last time I used one, but I haven't had any problems with Meijer. I also use Ibotta some times. It is a bit of work and I don't like the website, but you can use coupons and still get the cash back, which is nice. With Mperks, you either use their coupons or manufacturer's coupons. No double dips. No stores around me have ever doubled coupons in my lifetime. In fact, more than a few cashiers have given me grief about using coupons if I have more than a couple. I have had to complain managers a few times.

[creditcardfree]

Hip2Save.com would be my best advice as a place to start. It's about knowing which coupons are coming out in your paper, which coupons can be printed online, what your stores have on sale, and what offers they have as well.

I'm not a big store coupon person. I've never been big on stocking up either. I do use an occasional coupons. I have the app for our main store, and a rewards card for another one. If I'm super motivated I will look for printable coupons prior to going shopping.

[MelanyAurson]

Coupining is also fun!)

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy couponing) In fact, you spend 20-30 minutes looking for the right one, but you save much more using it! Grocery, gadgets, necessities... all this stuff can be bought with great advantage to your pocket! Moreover, it's like a game: you are in the constant search of discounts, coupons, etc.