My Grocery Bill Yesterday for 52 Items was a Staggering $1.09

[Zoneboy]

Yesterday I went into Food Lion armed with a load of coupons that allowed me to get certain Kraft items free if I purchased 3 of their products. The cheapest product I could buy and still get the free items was Kool-Aid at .20 per pack. I had 13 coupons that were good for the following: 4 packs of Oscar Mayer hotdogs (3.85 each) 3 boxes of Wheat Thins (3.59 each) 3 bottles of Kraft salad dressing (2.79 each) & 3 cannisters of Crystal Light (2.50 each)

The 39 packs of Kool-Aid were 7.90, The Crystal Light is normally 3.99 but was on sale for 2.50 so that brought the total down to 4.09 including tax I then handed the cashier 3 coupons good that were each good for 1.00 off my next purchase at Food Lion so the final total was 1.09. I like to save as much money as possible but that's the best I've ever done.

[Jude The Obscure]

Congrats to you, Charles!! arty:

I love couponing and rebating myself. Bad part is no store around my area does the double coupon thing.

[Brieannas21]

Congrats to you for actually sticking to the things you had coupons for. I know when I go grocery shopping, I have my mind set to go and purchase only things that I have coupons for. But I end up getting other things that we do not need.

[veggie-tari-jenn]

bigg CONGRATS to you .....dontcha just love that....I am a coupon princess and love when I have an awesome trip like that

[PrettyinPink55]

WOW! That's impressive!

Man, I wish I were as smart when shopping!!!

[Schmoopie]

Originally Posted by PrettyinPink55

WOW! That's impressive!

Man, I wish I were as smart when shopping!!!

My thoughts exactly! Veggie, I thought about you when I read this thread because you are always finding the great deals!

Andrea

[InspectorExstead]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

Congrats to you for actually sticking to the things you had coupons for. I know when I go grocery shopping, I have my mind set to go and purchase only things that I have coupons for. But I end up getting other things that we do not need.

sooo true! it's even worse shopping when you're hungry. lol.
but good for you zoneboy! that is very impressive indeed. you got a TON of stuff for only 1.09!

[Chocoholic]

Impressive! I think the most I've ever saved from coupons was $20 off a $50 order.

[veggie-tari-jenn]

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

My thoughts exactly! Veggie, I thought about you when I read this thread because you are always finding the great deals!

Andrea

Thanx....today was an awesome trip I had FREE coupons for bread..4-20 oz bottles of coke products...4 cans of dog food and a container of cat food....i paid 57 cents...yippie....I love coupons

and on another trip my local grocery had bic 10 pack of pens on sale for 2/1.00 and I had 5 coupons for 1.00 off two and got them free...put them in the tools for schools box at the same grocery store...I soo love a deal esp when its free.

[catlover79]

[OH Nuts!]

Very impressive shopping Charles!

[Furienna]

Wow, you really are lucky!

[JulieSomoski]

Wow - how would you like to come shop for my family sometime? If you could save that much money for us, you'd be my husband's new best friend!

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by JulieSomoski

Wow - how would you like to come shop for my family sometime? If you could save that much money for us, you'd be my husband's new best friend!

Anyone can do what I did and others have done just as well or better. One of my favorite tricks is to take advantage of buy one get one free sales while using coupons on the items. Most grocery stores around here begin their sales on Wednesdays and post the newest circular online around midnight. The first thing I do is look at the circular then head for eBay to see if anyone is offering coupons for any of the items I may want.

My best haul using this method happened 3 years ago when one of our stores had 2 litre Pepsi products for .99 and they were also buy 1 get 1 free. I went to eBay and found a seller offering 20 coupons that were good for .50 off any 2 litre Pepsi product so with the coupons and the sale price, I was able to purchase 40 bottles for 9.80 plus tax.

The only disadvantge about buying coupons on ebay is that there's no guarantee they will arrive before the sale ends but so far that hasn't been a problem. I also have a printer that I use specifically for coupons and of course I take the Sunday paper.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Anyone can do what I did and others have done just as well or better. One of my favorite tricks is to take advantage of buy one get one free sales while using coupons on the items. Most grocery stores around here begin their sales on Wednesdays and post the newest circular online around midnight. The first thing I do is look at the circular then head for eBay to see if anyone is offering coupons for any of the items I may want.

My best haul using this method happened 3 years ago when one of our stores had 2 litre Pepsi products for .99 and they were also buy 1 get 1 free. I went to eBay and found a seller offering 20 coupons that were good for .50 off any 2 litre Pepsi product so with the coupons and the sale price, I was able to purchase 40 bottles for 9.80 plus tax.

The only disadvantge about buying coupons on ebay is that there's no guarantee they will arrive before the sale ends but so far that hasn't been a problem. I also have a printer that I use specifically for coupons and of course I take the Sunday paper.

I usually just buy the items, with or without a sale or coupon. I almost always do my shopping on Fridays, because it's most convenient for me. I may start using more coupons, though, because we'll definitely be saving tons more money than we already are.

40 2-Liters for $10? That's amazing. I usually buy canned pop, but with your method of shopping, 2-Liters may be the way to go.