Is it just me, or...(grocery store sales) - Page 5

[nina_yyc]

Thank you for healthyshopper and save.ca. I'm signed up!

[Caneel]

For the most part, I don't find anything in my local sale fliers. Once in a while, the store occasionally has BOGO on boxes of strawberries or bagged lettuces.

I rarely find useful coupons either.

[Irishmommy]

Originally Posted by nina_yyc

Yup. Does anyone know a good Canadian coupon website?


What do you know about Calgary? It is pretty much Co-op, Safeway, or Superstore.

Usually everyone says Superstore is the cheapest but it's really out of the way for us while Co-op and Safeway are walking distance. I know that you can't beat Superstore on packaged goods like pasta and tomatos but I always buy more organics when I shop thre and impulse-spend on household items or clothes for DD, so I don't really think I come out ahead.

I'm thinking I need to start shopping at Costco, but with a tiny home and no storage I'm not particularly motivated.

Pricewise, Safeway and Superstore are much of a muchness, I don't know a lot about Co-op. But the other two are pretty comparable, which means I would do Superstore, for the President's Choice stuff.

[Leersia]

I have had great success with using the Grocery Game at our regular grocery store, and applying the same principles to our local natural food stores. The King Sooper's here in CO (basically Kroger) stocks a lot of natural/organic foods, and they also have a supplement in the produce dept. that is full of coupons for Organic Valley, etc., and you can grab them by the handful (they can also be used at other stores). They also have excellent sales on most things. I was skeptical about the Grocery Game, as we do not eat junk or processed food, but just by shopping sales and using coupons I save about $250 per month on groceries (I have been tracking it very carefully and saving my receipts). And I use the natural foods circular that comes out once/month, and stock up on those items when they are on sale. It's true that there are not many coupons for a lot of staples, but they DO go on sale! Particularly yogurt, tea, nuts, olive oil, pasta, and cheese. I use these savings to fund our CSA, and local meat and raw milk purchases.

[bandgeek]

For me, the best thing to do is just figure out who has the best prices on basics, and just shop there. Here, it used to be wal-mart, and technically it still is, but Kroger recently lowered their prices, it seems, so I go there now.

Things like eggs, milk, bread, meat, produce ect are always fairly low at either store, but I like kroger's selection better so I go there usually. I don't often find what I want in the ads, but let's face it, they aren't going to advertise low prices on basic foods. They want you in to get the name brand stuff. They do sales to draw you in. If you are already shopping frugally, there's really no point in reading the ads unless you need a lot of stuff for a bbq or christmas dinner or something.

[the_lissa]

That is really not true where I live at all.

I save a lot of money shopping the fliers and stocking up when things are on sale.

[Kyamo]

Originally Posted by the_lissa

That is really not true where I live at all.

I save a lot of money shopping the fliers and stocking up when things are on sale.

: I completely agree.