If you are visiting my blog after reading the article in the Chronicle – welcome! If you want to learn how to stretch your budget using coupons, you’re in the right place.
Grocery ads come out tomorrow and I generally list out the best deals available each week at Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer and QFC (sometimes I don’t do them all – but I do highlight the best of the bunch). Those are generally posted here on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Fred Meyer deals run Sunday to Saturday, so you can find the best deals at Fred Meyer here.
Here’s how the grocery match-ups work
I scour the ad (and the store) looking for the best deals of the week. When a coupon is available that will make the deal even sweeter, I list it in the post. Here’s an example from the Fred Meyer match-ups:
Motrin PM (20 ct) – $2.99
Use $6/2 coupon from 1/9 Smart Source insert
Final price = FREE!
Motrin PM is on sale at Fred Meyer for $2.99. If you had been saving your coupons from your Sunday paper, you would use the $6 coupon from the January 9 Smart Source insert (the coupon inserts in your paper). It’s $6/2, which means it’s $6 off of TWO Motrins. Buy two for $5.98 and use your $6 coupon to get them FREE. Or course you probably don’t have your January 9 paper – but if you start saving your papers now – you’ll have coupons for sales in the future. š
There is a bit of a learning curve with couponing, so be patient. With a little perseverance, a sharp pair of scissors and a bargain blog like mine – you are on your way! I recommend starting off with a coupon class, but I’m not sure when my next coupon class will be in the Centralia or Chehalis area. I may have one in April up here in Olympia – so sign up for alerts (see below), so you can get notified when I get that one calendar.
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