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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1344756" data-attributes="member: 5151">I just want to note that I have a friend who spends too much energy grocery shopping... as in she keeps a spreadsheet with prices and schedules when she&#039;s going to stock up on certain items. She generally save 65%+ off her grocery bill.An observation she made: Homeland&#039;s double coupons still generally result in a price that is higher than just using the coupon at Wal-Mart. Of course, there are some gems and that&#039;s why she keeps the spreadsheet (such as one time when the basic Lunchables were on a &quot;Red Hot&quot; sale for $1, and I had a stack of $0.50-off coupons and &quot;paid&quot; for each of them individually).Even though we don&#039;t get that deep into it, we generally only buy stuff that we have a coupon for. And we found that if we are planning on spending any more than $15, it&#039;s cheaper for us to drive 15 more miles to Weatherford (even with the increased sales tax) to go to the Supercenter than to shop Homeland, United, and K-Mart in Clinton.I try to shop Cordell as often as I can since those tax dollars will actually benefit me, but there&#039;s only so much extra I am willing to pay for that, especially on consumables.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1344756, member: 5151"] I just want to note that I have a friend who spends too much energy grocery shopping... as in she keeps a spreadsheet with prices and schedules when she's going to stock up on certain items. She generally save 65%+ off her grocery bill. An observation she made: Homeland's double coupons still generally result in a price that is higher than just using the coupon at Wal-Mart. Of course, there are some gems and that's why she keeps the spreadsheet (such as one time when the basic Lunchables were on a "Red Hot" sale for $1, and I had a stack of $0.50-off coupons and "paid" for each of them individually). Even though we don't get that deep into it, we generally only buy stuff that we have a coupon for. And we found that if we are planning on spending any more than $15, it's cheaper for us to drive 15 more miles to Weatherford (even with the increased sales tax) to go to the Supercenter than to shop Homeland, United, and K-Mart in Clinton. I try to shop Cordell as often as I can since those tax dollars will actually benefit me, but there's only so much extra I am willing to pay for that, especially on consumables. [/QUOTE]

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