Saving money at the grocery store: Use a brutally effective coupon strategy

[owensmom34]

Here’s the trick: wait a month before using the coupons. Save your coupon flyer out of your Sunday paper for a month, then bust it out and start cutting anything that might be of interest. For a bonus kicker, use the coupons in comparison with your grocery store flyer that week to find out ways you can use a coupon to reduce the cost of an item already on sale – you can wind up paying pennies for some things and, on occasion, actually get food for free (I’ve came home with a ton of free yogurt containers before, for example).

This tip is from:  http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/02/06/little-steps-100-great-tips-for-saving-money-for-those-just-getting-started/

[violinjewel]

Thanks for the idea.

[BeachMommy07]

 I do this too~ I actually have a coupon binder with all of my Sunday paper inserts.

[Maddies_mom101]

I use to to compare and price match all the time when we lived back in utah ..... here in NC its a bit harder

[armywife1229]

Why wait a month?

[JasonsMom2007]

That's what I was wondering. Wouldn't you be better off matching sales and coupons as they come?

Quoting armywife1229:

Why wait a month?

[lalasmama2007]

I don't get this either.  Usually the sales ads match the coupons the week they come out. 

Quoting armywife1229:

Why wait a month?

[LOswald0314]

I've been learning how to do this and have gotten some awesome deals.

[armywife1229]

I totally get comparing sales with coupons, but I don't get why the month wait.

[babowes]

So confused on the waiting

[GoneBad31]

The reason for waiting is underlined and linked in the original post. It makes sense.