grocery game?

[dakotamidnight]

any use this? thegrocerygame.com

I'm trying it, and it seems like a good deal. she basically does your weekly price book for you, and finds all the good coupons too.

If anyone wants to try it, please use dakotamidnight (at) gmail.com as your referal - I'd love free weeks!

[Nibor]

I've been reading up on it but haven't decided if I'm going to jump in or not. It seems like a good thing though.

How is it working so far for you, dakotamidnight?

Honestly, the part I'm most concerned about is standing in line while a cashier rings up stacks of coupons and holding up the line behind me.

[McFeelings]

I did it...twice. Once when I was single and then again after a move and marriage. Because we are in a mid-sized city, we didn't always get the coupons that the nearby BIG city had in their paper so I wasn't always able to get the deals. Also, I found myself buying a lot of stuff that we really didn't need because it was such a great deal--cake mixes come to mind. I also spent a great deal of time on Sundays clipping, filing and culling coupons. The list also only covered one grocery store here, and there were often better bargains at others.

So twice I quit. I still recommend it to people who are just getting started with economizing because you learn a lot by doing. In the end, my price book does what the grocery game did and for less time and $$. I also can get a "free" grocery game type list for one grocery store in our area and two drugstores at couponmom.com.

So, I wouldn't say don't get it. But I did find it worth it for me.

[Eman'smom]

I did it for a month and quit, for me all the "good deals" were things that we didn't eat/buy lots of chemical cleaning products and REALLY proccessed foods.

Basically if you get the paper/save coupons and look in your grocery flyer you can do it yourself.

[miss_sonja]

I've looked at it and it wouldn't work at all for the sort of stuff we buy. The coupons are mostly for things like packaged convenience foods, bottled drinks, frozen stuff etc. I recycle the coupons in the paper without even looking at them because it's all just temptation for stuff I don't want in the house.

Kudos to that lady for creating the site--I'll bet it does save you $$ if you shop fairly traditionally.