Originally posted by: dakels
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
my friend ended up spending $40 out of pocket over the course of 2 days, for her money she got
22 cans progresso soups
several progresso broths
8 ALL laundry soaps
20 boxes Green giant simply steam veggies
2 pizza's for one
4 Romano macaroni grill meal kits
a bunch of Knorr side dishes
5 loaves of whole grain,bakery day old bread
day old english muffins and pizza shell
2 pounds butter
1 gallon of milk
1 dozen eggs
a bunch of fresh produce
piles of pastini and whole grain pasta
and a bunch of ethnic food items and other things I don't remember
My favorite shopping score ? I got 13 NY sirloin strip steaks and a pile of porterhouse steaks for under $10.
That's insane. I always wonder what the time:$ saved is. Considering the stuff you mentioned is like $200+ for $40, I guess it's not too bad. I need a coupon card or something as I can't be bothered clipping or printing, but the irony is I will go out of my way for an electronics bargain. I'll spend 3 hours to save $20 on a DVD player or some crap lol. Total waste of time. Probably a guy thing. (I just bought a car ipod player for $15 and I don't even own a car... rofl. Gonna give it to a friend tho)
The steak deal, was that like "manager's special"? I always see stuff on sale with an expiration date tomorrow or something. I avoid that stuff.
The steak deal worked as follows... the store had a promo when you bought a scented oil warmer room freshener you got back a $4 coupon good for groceries. I had many coupons good for one free oil warmer room freshners. go to store,get room freshners, collect $4
grocery coupons, know the time of day that the butcher hauls out the manager's meat specials. That peelie sticker counts as a store coupon, which means that it can also be used with a manufacturer's coupon.. the $4 grocery coupons are manufactuer coupons
Buy many,many steaks with those grocery coupons
Manager's specials on meat can be a GREAT deal as long as you know how to select cuts of meat.
As for the time spent, I'd much rather hunt down coupons and plan shopping scenarios
from the comfort of my home instead of getting a second job.
Also on those 2 trips I made to the store to help my girlfriend learn to coupon I got the following
30 GG veggies
33 progresso soups
9 healthy choice soups
28 Hunts pasta sauces
28 hunt's diced tomatoes
6 ALL laundry soaps
10 Betty Crocker cookie mixes
5 BC brownie mixes
3 BC muffin mixes
6 BC Frosting mixes
4 BC roasted garlic mashed potatoes
12 Knorr's side dishes
9 hamburger helper
4 pillsbury cookie dough
6 packs oscar mayer jumbo hot dogs
1 hellman's mayo
1 wishbone dressing
3 pounds of Folgers
2 bottles wesson cannola oil
5 sugar free peter pan peanut butters
1 gallon of milk
2 loaves day old honey/oatmeal bread.
and last but not least... lol, 22 boxes of Swiss miss hot coco
my out of pocket cost was around $60, I maxed out the value of my time by helping my friend.. she in turn
will drive me home from work,saving me time and gas money