Comments on: How To Predict Supermarket Sales

By: tk

tk — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:49:04 +0000

What is also great is that some big chains like Publix (since I live in fl) have their weekly flyers online. I don’t get the paper flyers for some reason, which is okay. It gives me time to sit at home, plan a list ahead of time and don’t have to throw it away.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:44:25 +0000

Lucky – In general you can get a brand named product cheaper after coupons than store brands without coupons because the brand is trying to get you to 1) get you into the habit of picking up their product; 2) believe their product is superior (and it may very well be better); so they are willing to make a little less profit or even take a loss in order to capture your loyalty.

By: Lucky

Lucky — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:09:14 +0000

I’m very new at this. My family is diving head first into a frugal lifestyle…here’s my question: Generelly speaking, isn’t it more frugal to use the store brands instead of couponing? I have the feeling I’m going t learn a lot here!

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:41:32 +0000

Saving in gas, car maintenance, and time costs is important in any buying decission. A 10 mile trip may cost you upwards of $5 – so any savings have to be more than that.

You may also want to keep old supermarket circulars. There is a pattern to some product sales.
Also, buy fruits and veggies when they are in season.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:55:43 +0000

I’ve been doing the Grocery Game thing for a week, and I’m already hooked. 61% savings including lots of stuff the stores basically paid me to take home…

By: chris

chris — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:40:23 +0000

thecouponmom.com is another site, like thegrocerygame.com, that publishes lists of sale items and manufacturer’s coupons that result in major discounts, but it is free. I don’t know if they cover the ‘unadvertised sales’ that thegrocerygame.com claims to cover, though.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:51:32 +0000

Also, try Cairo.com. You can search for any particular ingredient, such as yogurt or chicken or whatever, and it will tell you where it’s on sale in local stores.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:05:49 +0000

FMF – If you talk to your money, you are insane.

Me – Thanks for the tip and thanks for the compliment!

By: Me

Me — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:20:35 +0000

Just wondering..have you tried the site http://www.thegrocerygame.com. I read about this in another finance blog(sorry dont remember which one). Supposedly has access to Grocery store’s dbs and cross checks it with the coupons in your weekend circular. I tried the free one for walgreens..somewhat usefull. They have $1 trial for 4 weeks. Unfortunately, I use peapod for time being until I move, so I cant really utilize it. They do have “giant” under their covered stores. Btw..im really enjoying your posts.
Thanks

By: FMF

FMF — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:24:01 +0000

What a rip!!!! I saw the heading in Bloglines and clicked through thinking you had some sort of Suze Orman-like “talk to your money” or “love your money and it will love you” piece of advice Now I feel cheated.

By: TerriW

TerriW — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:41:46 +0000

Around here [Just southwest of Austin, TX], the nearest local “big 3″ grocery stores send their circulars in the mail on Wednesday and Thursday. This gives me a day or two to construct the week’s menus based on what’s on sale, what’s in the freezer if none of the loss leader meats are appealing, and what needs to be used up. I have all my recipes in a program on my Mac, so I can search on “chicken breast” or whatever and menu-making is a snap.

If I was a little more enterprising, I would track loss-leader sales on stock-up items over several months and discover things like, say, peanut butter goes on sale every six weeks, etc … then I would know to buy six week’s worth when it goes on sale.

But I’m not quite that enterprising yet.