I cannot get my grocery bill to go south no matter what I try. I do not have many coupons as I do not purhase newspapers,we read what we need to online. My computer has something against downloading ANY coupon tools ,so I need to look elsewhere. I am at library each week and I suggested a coupon box that I would maintain for the patrons to no avail....no interest to provide it so that is a dead issue.Does anyone here, that manages to save money using coupons regularly,know of good websites that grocery stores might accept? I look at whatever magazines I can and there are so many for prepared food and non food items that I do not have a use for............. I have Sack and Save,regular smallish Walmart,KTA and Safeway in my area.
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TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
I am sorry but I am not a coupon clipper. They never seem to have coupons on the basics. I try not to buy the processed box stuff. I do however shop the sales. I keep my eye on the meat adds. I also have a local health food kinda place that sells all kinds of stuff in bulk.
I hope this helps. Do you have kids? Perhaps another mom at school or church could save her coupons for you. Our grocery store mailers come in the post box.
gina
I hope this helps. Do you have kids? Perhaps another mom at school or church could save her coupons for you. Our grocery store mailers come in the post box.
gina
freemotion
Food Guru
Yep, me, too. I stopped clipping and studying the flyers and my grocery bill is lower. I do a lot more from scratch, though, and buy in bulk. We get most of our produce from one store that has good produce at the same price or lower than the other stores' sales. I get meat at the same store, they have a few selections of grass-fed beef that are in the $3 per lb range, and the rest of our meat comes from stores that specialize in meat, and we often buy in bulk....often a 10 lb bag is much cheaper than the styrofoam trays.
Aidenbaby
Lovin' The Homestead
Ditto here. I found I was actually spending more by trying to use coupons. One of the biggest ways I've found to save money is to roast a whole chicken (or two) a week. I get a 4 1/2 to 5 lb bird for $5 and it makes 2 meals. I usually serve it with 'taters, corn and homemade gravy. The leftover chicken can get used for enchiladas, chicken salads, stews, soups, topping for salads, whatever. OR you could cut up the raw bird yourself and use it in pieces. It's my favorite meat, as if you couldn't tell. 
patandchickens
Crazy Cat Lady
Yup, honestly I think one major way to save money is to avoid buying things for which coupons are even OFFERED 
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Wildsky
Femivore
Also wanted to say I don't use coupons.
We bought half a cow, so no need to buy meat. I do buy chicken. (for us and the dog)
I avoid all pre-packaged pre-prepared type things, can's, boxes of rice/potato etc. Those are very expensive for what you get.
We bought half a cow, so no need to buy meat. I do buy chicken. (for us and the dog)
I avoid all pre-packaged pre-prepared type things, can's, boxes of rice/potato etc. Those are very expensive for what you get.
curly_kate
Almost Self-Reliant
I'm glad to hear there are other thrifty people that don't use coupons. DH keeps trying to convince me to use them, but they never seem to be for things that we actually use. Plus, I always feel guilty with the big pile of newspaper that I have to buy to get the coupons (I know, I can reuse/recycle, but I still feel bad).
SKR8PN
Late For Supper
We never use any coupons either. We just wait until the stuff we do use is on sale and then we stock up. For instance, our local Meijer store had baby carrots on sale last week, buy 10 1lb packages and get the 11th free. It was a great deal even without the free bag, so The Wife bought 40 bags and we canned them. That is well over a years supply of carrots for us. That is how we shop for everything, it's either on sale or bulk so we don't have to go to the store every week. Our garden supplies 90% of what we need to survive. If we can ever figure out how to grow salt, sugar, flour, coffee and beer, we would NEVER have to go to the store!! 
Canning replaced coupons for me. Although you can't can most things that coupons are for, I found that what I was really trying to do was save money, no matter what the item. By growing and canning, I am doing that much more sensibly.
I do pretty much what skr8pn does: When something is on sale, I load up. Just before Easter, for example, oranges were the loss leader at WinCo at I think it was less than 15 cents a pound. I bought $5 worth and ended up with eight quarts of canned OJ. Onions were on sale at Thanksgiving for 12 cents. I dehydrated for days and ended up with a gallon jar of dehydrated onions. Collard, mustard and turnip greens were 10 cents a pound just before Christmas, I have 12 jars of greens, onions and ham (59 cents a pound for one day only).
Three local stores send out flyers every quarter for huge loss leaders. 10# of potatoes for 59 cents, etc. I stock up every time. That's how I got 36 quarts of potatoes!
A dollar off coupon on nasal spray just doesn't make sense when you can feed your family for pennies my canning or drying !
I do pretty much what skr8pn does: When something is on sale, I load up. Just before Easter, for example, oranges were the loss leader at WinCo at I think it was less than 15 cents a pound. I bought $5 worth and ended up with eight quarts of canned OJ. Onions were on sale at Thanksgiving for 12 cents. I dehydrated for days and ended up with a gallon jar of dehydrated onions. Collard, mustard and turnip greens were 10 cents a pound just before Christmas, I have 12 jars of greens, onions and ham (59 cents a pound for one day only).
Three local stores send out flyers every quarter for huge loss leaders. 10# of potatoes for 59 cents, etc. I stock up every time. That's how I got 36 quarts of potatoes!
A dollar off coupon on nasal spray just doesn't make sense when you can feed your family for pennies my canning or drying !
