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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 424859" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>No, no, no, no....</p><p> </p><p>See the real trick to couponing is not caring what you buy (per se).</p><p> </p><p>Let me share my method:</p><p> </p><p>Every week I make a shopping list:</p><p> </p><p>Fruit/Veggies</p><p>Bread/Rolls</p><p>Lunch Meat</p><p>Meat</p><p>Baking (items like butter, cooking oil, flour etc)</p><p>Cereal</p><p>Juice</p><p>Cookies/Crackers</p><p>Milk </p><p>Cheese</p><p>Eggs</p><p> </p><p>Now, as long as I get items that fit the <em>category</em>....it makes no difference what exactly the item is.</p><p> </p><p>And that's where your matches come in.</p><p> </p><p>SOME kind of cereal will be on sale. Usually Kelloggs or General Mills. So....check the ad...print your coupon...and that's the cereal you buy this week. Buy two.</p><p> </p><p>SOME kind of cheese will be on sale. Usually Kraft. Sometimes Sargento. So...check the ad...print your coupon...and that's the cheese you buy this week. Buy two.</p><p> </p><p>SOME kind of meat will be on sale. Check the ad...(print the coupon if there is one on meat...usually not)...and that's the meat you eat this week. Buy some to eat now, some to freeze for later.</p><p> </p><p>etc etc etc</p><p> </p><p>Yes - it will make for a strange assortment of items in your pantry at first....but eventually, you'll be stocked on all kinds of things (and they will all be name-brand, high-quality items).</p><p> </p><p>If you are determined to get a specific cereal (Special K), or a specific kind of juice (cranberry), or a specific whatever...it's going to blow your savings. It's very hard to shop if you are determined that you have to have a specific kind of thing - and you will usually end up having to buy the generic or pay more for the brand name not on sale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 424859, member: 6546"] No, no, no, no.... See the real trick to couponing is not caring what you buy (per se). Let me share my method: Every week I make a shopping list: Fruit/Veggies Bread/Rolls Lunch Meat Meat Baking (items like butter, cooking oil, flour etc) Cereal Juice Cookies/Crackers Milk Cheese Eggs Now, as long as I get items that fit the [I]category[/I]....it makes no difference what exactly the item is. And that's where your matches come in. SOME kind of cereal will be on sale. Usually Kelloggs or General Mills. So....check the ad...print your coupon...and that's the cereal you buy this week. Buy two. SOME kind of cheese will be on sale. Usually Kraft. Sometimes Sargento. So...check the ad...print your coupon...and that's the cheese you buy this week. Buy two. SOME kind of meat will be on sale. Check the ad...(print the coupon if there is one on meat...usually not)...and that's the meat you eat this week. Buy some to eat now, some to freeze for later. etc etc etc Yes - it will make for a strange assortment of items in your pantry at first....but eventually, you'll be stocked on all kinds of things (and they will all be name-brand, high-quality items). If you are determined to get a specific cereal (Special K), or a specific kind of juice (cranberry), or a specific whatever...it's going to blow your savings. It's very hard to shop if you are determined that you have to have a specific kind of thing - and you will usually end up having to buy the generic or pay more for the brand name not on sale. [/QUOTE]
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