I have never been the kind of mother gatherer who travels from store to store to pick up "the bargain" of the week. I shop at one grocery store and supplement throughout the week from the farmers market if needed.
I'm going to buy the items that my family needs not the items that we may use at some point in the future, Nonetheless, my grocery budget has shrunk and propelled me to find the same items for less moolah.
Last week I discovered Food Basics.
Food Basics is owned by Metro, the same people who bring us A&P,it's a value driven company which means you pack your own groceries and shop in a "retro" environment.
Retro meaning,the store never updated the shelving or lighting hence the feeling that you warped back twenty years.
My usual $150-175 a week in grocery spending has now shrunk to about $110.00 a week just by switching to a value driven grocery store.
Keep in mind that we don't prepared foods or buy alot of extra junk like cakes,soda,prepared frozen entree's,kid lunch snacks but the rate of inflation has hit our family harder than the ever rising price of gas.
My goal is to reduce my weekly grocery shop a further 25% through the use of coupons that I'm actually going to use.
I'm never going to buy into "surf and get paid",buy 5 items get one free , buy counterfeit items from China or buy in bulk for a rainy day.
It's not going to turn into a hobby either ,but frugal doesn't have to mean flakey.
I'm interested if anyone else actually saves money with coupons ,share your stories,let me know.
In the meantime...
http://www.save-beta.com/english/coupons.php
http://www.grocerysavings.ca/
http://coupons.smartcanucks.ca/
http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com/2005/12/canada-coupons.html
http://www.freemania.net/samples/canadianfreebies.htm#coupons
http://coupons.redflagdeals.com/i.php/browse/3/groceries/
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