Do you use coupons when you shop for groceries?
Do you think it's beneficial to do so?
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4meAndyou 路 F
I used to be a coupon queen a long time ago. You really have to have [i]free[/i] coupon flyers in multiples to make it worth your while, and you have to visit at least five grocery stores or pharmacies to take advantage and double up on sales and coupons. I figured that I was earning about $6 an hour with the time I spent on it back then. I made 5 small grocery lists, and kept it to loss leaders and coupon items only.
I was buying 12 of each couponed item if I got it for free...(coupon plus sale). I ended up with a LOT of baked beans! 馃ぃ
But it was a lot of work, and I had to save big to feed two huge guys and myself for $100 a week.
I read a study, later, which had reporters go out to the big box store, to a regular grocery store and use coupons, and another go to the regular grocery store and ONLY buy store brands. They all had to buy exactly the same thing.
Turns out that the person who bought ONLY store brands saved more than anyone.
I was buying 12 of each couponed item if I got it for free...(coupon plus sale). I ended up with a LOT of baked beans! 馃ぃ
But it was a lot of work, and I had to save big to feed two huge guys and myself for $100 a week.
I read a study, later, which had reporters go out to the big box store, to a regular grocery store and use coupons, and another go to the regular grocery store and ONLY buy store brands. They all had to buy exactly the same thing.
Turns out that the person who bought ONLY store brands saved more than anyone.
4meAndyou 路 F
@ClassicRocker You are quite welcome.