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Food Lion Saving with no coupons

kellys — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:59:04 +0000

I realize that my co-author (hi, Karen) will cringe at this post , but I have to tell you that I saved almost 50% on my grocery bill with NO coupons. I have said over and over again that most grocery stores run pretty good sales if you follow them closely. So I went to Food Lion the other day needing a can of veggies and found myself buying some really good deals. When I came out, my bill was $27.57. But I saved $13.14 in store coupons just by buying the sale items. So, although using coupons is a great way to save $, and I do recommend it, just shopping the store sales can also save you a lot of money.
BTW … I got raspberries for $2. They were the hit of the party and all the mothers there thought I spent a fortune. HEE HEE! We won’t tell them I was cheap.

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Watch Out for Reduced Product Sizes

Karen Weideman — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:48:53 +0000

Last week I went to Lowe’s Foods to do my regular grocery shopping and I was going to pick up some ice cream for my hubby. He really enjoys ice cream and Lowe’s had their Edy’s ice cream buy 1 get 1 free.

I was shocked when I saw that most of the ice cream containers were 1.5 quart containers, rather than the usual 1.75 quarts. There were still a few 1.75 quart sizes left, but not many. I managed to get 1 larger size in the cookies ‘n cream, but they only had the smaller size in the espresso chip.

If I’m not mistaken, it was just a few years ago that ice cream was sold in 2 quart containers. Those were decreased in size as well.

I’ve also heard that some food manufacturers are changing their ingredients to less expensive ones. With the rising price of food, it’s possible that our normal favorites won’t be the same. We’ll have to watch our labels to make sure we’re getting the same product.

Have you noticed changes in any products that you normally buy?

image by Karen

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Saving money with a grocery list

kellys — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:09:14 +0000

So this week, I got online and found my wonderful Taste of Home website. They have a great low fat section as well. So I went online and picked out 5 recipes I wanted to try this week. They were Makeover Chicken Delight, Makeover Spinach Tuna Casserole, Mexican Shrimp bisque (shrimp is on sale this week), Asparagus Beef Lo Mien, and Southwestern Bean Soup. So, once I figured out what we were eating this week, I sat down and made out my list. I also went throughout the house and figured out what I was running low on. Then I looked at my coupons. Now I am going to the store today and will have a menu made out for this week. This is how you save money grocery shopping. Make your list and stick to it. NO IMPULSE BUYING!!! That is where you get in trouble.

Thrifty shopping…

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A sneaky way to save some money at the grocery store

kellys — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:44:24 +0000

I recently heard Clark Howard say that you can save up to 30% at the grocery store simply by buying store brands. Hum … That makes a lot of sense. The stores also tend to put their store brand on sale before they put the name brands on sale. Something else that you might not think about is where you look. The store will put the most expensive brands and items at either your eye level or your kids’ level. So look lower or higher to find the best deals.

Remember, it’s all about prospective and how they can get your hard earned money. Don’t fall for the tricks they set for you.

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