Comments on: How to Get out of Debt Seminar, Adding Coupons to Store Cards and a Contest http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2008/04/how-to-get-out-of-debt-seminar-adding-coupons-to-store-cards-and-a-contest/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:35:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Experts on Credit http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2008/04/how-to-get-out-of-debt-seminar-adding-coupons-to-store-cards-and-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-461186 Experts on Credit Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:25:42 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2008/04/how-to-get-out-of-debt-seminar-adding-coupons-to-store-cards-and-a-contest/#comment-461186 Thanks for the info! Adding them as a friend right now! Thanks for the info! Adding them as a friend right now!

]]> By: Ryan McCauley http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2008/04/how-to-get-out-of-debt-seminar-adding-coupons-to-store-cards-and-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-459649 Ryan McCauley Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:01:11 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2008/04/how-to-get-out-of-debt-seminar-adding-coupons-to-store-cards-and-a-contest/#comment-459649 My wife uses something called The Grocery Game (http://www.thegrocerygame.com/) to save money at the store. They overlay what's on sale at each store with the manufacturer's coupons from the last few months, highlighting items that are heavily discounted or free. It sometimes involves a little stocking up when the deals are especially good, and our $200/week grocery bill dropped to below $100, and we rarely save less than 50%. Not bad since it only costs $1/week to join. Also, it has the effect of making us plan our meals and trips to the store ahead of time, which cuts down significantly the amount of food that spoils because we weren't planned out. The savings are so extreme at times that a friend of ours was accused of coupon fraud at the checkout counter, and had to involve the manager to clear it up because the cashier didn't believe her coupons were legitimate. After adding in all of the discounts, her $240 worth of groceries were down to about $40, including about 1/3 of the items being free. My wife uses something called The Grocery Game (http://www.thegrocerygame.com/) to save money at the store. They overlay what’s on sale at each store with the manufacturer’s coupons from the last few months, highlighting items that are heavily discounted or free. It sometimes involves a little stocking up when the deals are especially good, and our $200/week grocery bill dropped to below $100, and we rarely save less than 50%. Not bad since it only costs $1/week to join. Also, it has the effect of making us plan our meals and trips to the store ahead of time, which cuts down significantly the amount of food that spoils because we weren’t planned out.

The savings are so extreme at times that a friend of ours was accused of coupon fraud at the checkout counter, and had to involve the manager to clear it up because the cashier didn’t believe her coupons were legitimate. After adding in all of the discounts, her $240 worth of groceries were down to about $40, including about 1/3 of the items being free.

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