I attended your Grocery Smarts class last month. I wanted to share my most recent savings. I am really proud! I went to Albertsons' and spent $6.16 on groceries valued at $64.37 which is a 88% savings!!!! I did 2 separate transactions. I had $26.96 in coupons and saved $29.53 in store incentives. I went to Smiths' as well and spent $6.29 on groceries valued at $65.45 which is a savings of 91%!!!!! I only did 1 transaction and had $31.03 in coupons and $28.13 in store incentives. I am so glad (my friend) introduced me to Grocery Smarts. Our family has saved so much and I have only been using it for about 1 month or so. Thanks so much for teaching me the ins and outs of Grocery Smarts. ~ AmyGreat job Amy!! Keep it up!!
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Hi - I just found your site and was looking at the transaction one of your students did at Smiths. I was puzzled and looked again at teh Grocery Smarts site and found that there's no way she would have spent only $6.29 on those groceries using the coupons listed on the GS spreadsheet for this week. The 2 goldfish (.99ea), 2 eggo ($1ea), milk ($1.98)and puffs tissues (.61ea) would have added up to more than her her final total.
I have taken a class and thought that following the GS list per your post would get me that result, since no other discounts were mentioned.
Thanks in advance,
Lisa
Lisa, good questions! I know there was a milk coupon available and Eggo had printable coupons the week before; maybe she had printed them out beforehand and stored them. She also mention store incentives, which can be unique for each person so I can't speak to specifics.
Following the Grocery Smarts website WILL save you money, no doubt, but being able to combine some Advanced Couponing techniques (like knowing where to get extra coupons and how to roll transactions using store incentives) will save you even more.
I wish this were me. Honestly, I am a bit frustrated. I guess I haven't gotten the hang of it yet.
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