Making Life a Little Less Expensive Every Week

Making Life a Little Less Expensive Every Week

Here in Orange County California we benefit from fierce competition in the grocery industry. Not only do they compete with each other (Albertsons, Ralphs, Stater Brothers, and Vons) they compete with various small market chains (Henry's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, and a host of independent markets. In addition both Target and Walmart carry a limited, but well priced, selection of grocery staples. With so many choices it is easy to simply pick a store and hope you don't burn through your budget halfway through shopping. But, with a little effort and a little more driving, you can dramatically trim your grocery expenses. You can put the savings towards the ridiculous cost of housing.


Coupons

Making a Coupon Stockpile

The quickest source of coupons is the sunday paper. Each week there are anywhere from one to three coupon circulars (P&G Brandsaver, Red Plum, and Smart Source). The Sunday paper(Register or Times) costs $1.50.But they both also issue a weekend edition of their paper, which is remarkably similar, for 75 cents. I buy one of each (Register and Times) for a total cost of $1.50. This give two sets of coupons, which some weeks works out fantastically and some weeks not so good. But each paper has a diferent selection of ads (these vary from paper to paper and even from week to week).

Be sure to physically check the paper for coupon circulars since store-bought papers do not always get the same coupons as a home-delivered paper. The delivered paper may have three circulars this week but the one in the store could have one, two, three, or even zero coupons. So just be sure to check before you buy.

Alternately you can order subscriptions online. Though the Times wants $2.50 a week to deliver the Sunday paper. But a quick google search will often turn up deals or promo codes for a dollar a week. Recently in LA the Times was offering a year of Sundays for 19 cents a week.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ralphs is Giving Away Toothpaste Again

This week at Ralphs (9/1/10 to 9/7/10) they will give you some toothpaste for the tax. Colgate (select varieties) is on sale for $1.00 with club card. Combine this with the coupon from the paper (two weeks ago I think) for $0.75 and you get it free. The coupon is doubled to a total of $1.00.

Another great deal is the Colgate toothbrush for $1.00with club card. If you use the coupon from the same paper for $0.40 off it will double to $0.80 and the brush will cosy $0.20 plus tax.

Lastly Captain Crunch cereal is on sale. for $2.00 with club card. Using the coupon from Sunday for $0.50 you get it for $1.00. If you like Captain Crunch tat is a good price (I don’t but my wife does so you can be sure were buying some).

If you took my advice and started getting two papers a week you’ll have two of each coupon. That two toothpastes for the tax, two brushes for $0.40 plus tax, and two cereals for $2.00. Six things for under three bucks.
Posted by Lindley C Himes at 12:21 PM
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