Savings at the grocery store

I shop at Winn Dixie probably more than any other grocery store. I am not real big on clipping coupons. I use them if I have them though. Winn Dixie has a lot of buy one, get one free and lowered prices if you use your Winn Dixie Card. I have saved $2500 since they gave out the cards. My goal is to always save at least 25% when I check out at the register. That means that I try to stock up on the items that are on sale that I use. I might buy l0 cans of green beans this week and it usually lasts me until they go on sale again. I never pay more than $2.50 for a l2 pack of pepsis. Sometimes, I pay $l.99.

I get the sales brochures on Tuesday and go thru them and see what is on sale at Food Lion and Winn Dixie. Because I always go past the Winn Dixie almost every day it is not out of my way. Food Lion is further away from my house but I usually go by it at least once a week. If not, I ask my husband to pick up the couple items I want on his way home from work. It is important not to make extra trips to save a dollar or two and end up spending extra money in the gas tank. Then I make a grocery list on an envelope and put any coupons that will work for the items I am buying that week. Winn Dixie gives away three free items a week if you spend $25. I get them even if I don’t want them and give them away to family members.

I probably have seven large cans of coffee in my home. It was $3.92 at Walmart about a year a go. Now it is $4.92. I definitely stock up on non-perishable items. I never pay the $7.49 for paper towels but buy them on sale for $4.99. Then I buy at least two.

Scott toilet paper is great, too. The larger rolls mean you aren’t constantly changing the rolls. I am convinced it is definitely a better deal to buy Scott even though it is more expensive. I think it has l000 sheets instead of 400 or 600. I buy it on sale, too. I always keep a back up of every product I use that I bought on sale, of course.

I guess I get all “controlling costs” from managing restaurants. I know the price I pay for everything I purchase. I know when I see a good price. And I stock up.

My niece told me she doesn’t have extra money to do that but if you just start small. This week just buy one or two things extra that are on sale that you use on a regular basis.

Don’t buy things just because you have a coupon for it. I have found that I end up wasting money because I try the product and I don’t like it, or I just leave it in my cupboard and it eventually expires.