I watch the show (which is too extreme for me) and I know there are ways to save money on groceries with coupons but for the life of me, I can't seem to save alot. I clip coupons every week (4 sets of coupons from neighbors and family) and keep them in a binder. I find that if I can see them at a glance, I will use them more than keeping them in a file somewhere. The ads come out on Tuesday and I look through the ads for sale items then try to match the coupons. I usually find that even with the coupon, the price is not very low. There are rare occasions where I will find an item at little to no cost but it's really rare.
Today I did run into Ralphs and Stater Brothers for the cereal deals. Stater's had buy 5 mix and match Cheerios and General Mills cereals for $1.88 each. I had a coupon for Lucky Charms buy 3 get $1.00 off so I did that and then I bought 2 Cheerios and used $1 off 2 coupon. Total for 5 boxes of cereal was $7.40, Not great but in this house we go through cereal fast and I figured it was better than full price.
At Ralphs, I bought 3 boxes of Frosted Flakes that were on sale for 1.99 each and used a $1 off 3 boxes so my total was $4.97 for 3 boxes. Again not great but better than paying full price. I don't know how these couponers get such great deals. My theory is that the stores here in So Cal don't run such great deals as they do back East and the Midwest. I know the stores here don't double coupons except for Ralphs but only up to a dollar.
For now I will keep clipping and trying to learn new tricks to save, save, save!
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