I’ve wanted to build up my food storage and also save money on our grocery bills so last week I started coupon collecting and following some advice I got from a recent Relief Society enrichment. Eric still does the day-to-day shopping, but on my lunch breaks I head off to collect the stock-up type puchases. I did okay my first week out, but today I did a lot better! I paid $36.19 and managed to purchase:
- 6 jars of Skippy peanut butter
- 10 pouches of tuna
- 4 6-pk of Hershey’s bars (it is s’mores season after all)
- 9 boxes of Kellog’s cereal
- 3 bottles of Heinz ketchup
- 2 bottles of Ragu spaghetti sauce
- 8 boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese and
- 1 box of Jolly Time microwave popcorn
Wa-hoo. I saved $88.19! I was really excited. It broke down to be $14 in store coupons, $8.50 in manufactures coupons, $7.80 in bonus buy savings and $57.89 in preferred savings. Now, it is true, it took up some of my time to collect the coupons, map out my plan and then carefully collect it from the store so I was sure I was getting the right stuff, but in the end I think I paid me back for my time and a little extra. And I’m hoping it gets easier so it will take me less and less time. If you’ve a mind to you could get to the store before Wednesday and get a lot of the same savings. Let me know and I’ll send you the details. I love finding things we need at low, low prices. How can you beat a box of blueberry frosted mini-wheats for 67 cents? Or a box of Kraft for 38 cents? Yum.
That is awesome. I have tried to get into the website that shares good deals, it’s work and it takes time, but you showed it pays to do the work. Thanks for sharing
So, I’m not sure if I just don’t know what I’m doing, or if it’s because I don’t have much of a grocery store selection out here, but I only saved $15 on my last grocery trip. I won’t complain, 15 bucks is 15 bucks, right? lol… Any advice?