As you may or may not already know, I'm addicted to TheGroceryGame. If you are responsible for budgeting and shopping for your household and you enjoy saving money, you've got to check it out.
For a small (very small) fee, this site allows you to print a grocery/item list for any one or all four stores that they offer and tells you what coupons to pair with which sales for the best prices. I save, on average, 60% of my weekly grocery bill by using TheGroceryGame. Is that exciting, or what?! Ok, clearly you're not as excited as I am but, keep reading... You will be. I promise.
Take a look at all the good stuff I cam home with after visiting Albertson's, King Soopers, Safeway and Walgreens:
You're looking at $441.09 worth of groceries in this picture. Can you believe that?! The picture just doesn't do it justice... The items I purchased will keep my family of 5 fed for the next 3 weeks. Yay! The most exciting part of this picture, though, is that I didn't pay anywhere close to $441.09 for all of these groceries. I paid nearly 60% less by combining coupons and store sales. My total out of pocket expense for all of these items was $204.34. Do the math, people. That's less than $70.00 per week to feed 5 people. Awesome...
Keep in mind that I've been using The Grocery Game for about 4 or 5 months and have spent countless Sundays since then clipping coupons out of the paper. We set aside some of the money we saved on groceries and invested in an inexpensive pantry and a used deep freezer. By purchasing those two things, we're able to stock up on non-perishable items and freezer items when they are priced especially low. I love that there is always food in the house. Even when I haven't planned my menu, I can usually whip something up for dinner with the ingredients I have on hand. I love it.
So... Welcome to my world.
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