How many shop with them in the grocery stores? I do and I folllow the store sales. I manage to get stuff cheap. We have double coupons here and it works out nice. I notice the newspapers have very few in the Sunday papers lately. Pami
I seldom use them, because I don't often find coupons for products that I use or am interested in trying.
Julia in MN
I rarely use them either. Most of the coupon stuff is processed and filled with G-d knows what chemicals. Not that I am overly careful, I just find that "real food" tastes so much better. Fresh fruits and veggies with fresh fish, chicken and beefs are much more appealing. Plus the prep time from scratch versus packaged isn't much more if you are doing basic cooking. BBQing is a fav of ours all year round in themild weather. That being said, I do look for diaper coupons now! :-)
Linda
Until I was diagnosed with high BP,I never realized how much sodium is in stuff you wouldn't expect.For example,a small serving of Ricearoni has more than half the sodium you should eat.Got to be careful.
The coupons aren't often for something I use. Because I usually have plenty of time to grocery shop, I do watch the details though. This morning a bag of lemons cost heaps more than just sacking them myself. I also noticed that I could buy 8 oz or 16 oz of vermicelli for the same price. If you're playing the sodium game, you must be very careful about what they call a serving. Polly
I won't go grocery shopping without them and often, if something is not on sale but I have a coupon, I'll wait until the item *is* on sale, then use the coupon. That's the whole reason I do the shopping, not my husband. That, and he comes home with those danged plastic-chocolate covered donuts. Ugh... Debi (cheap and proud of it)
I sometimes use coupons. But better for me is usually house brands of stuff that I use a lot of. I also shop sales, and first Wed. of the month is senior day at Fry's, 10% off entire purchase in addition to sales and such. I also do a lot of non perishables or stuff we use a lot of at CostCo. The cats really like the CostCo cat food too.
Pati, in Phx who is always looking for bargains when shopping for anything.
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