Comments on: Grocery Shopping Blunders http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/ For all you bargain hunters, bargain shoppers, sales and sample sale shoppers. BargainsLA.com is your premiere guide to the best deals, bargains, sales and sample sales in Southern California and Los Angeles. Save 20%-90% on designer apparel, appliances, furniture, home improvement and more. Go shopping and never pay retail again! Zannee's Blog at BargainsLA.com is where bargain guru Suzanne O'Connor gets to vent. Enjoy and tell a friend. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:22:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dee Luna http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-6087 Dee Luna Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:27:40 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-6087 This is all great information but since I shop for one (myself) I stick with the local markets and of course cut the coupons. Keep up the good work informing everyone on how to save. Dee Luna This is all great information but since I shop for one (myself) I stick with the local markets and of course cut the coupons.
Keep up the good work informing everyone on how to save.

Dee Luna

]]> By: jennifer http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5829 jennifer Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:29:12 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5829 I have found that the best place for fruits & veggies plus many other items is COSTCO! You may end up buying more than you wanted or needed, but it will still be cheaper than 1/2 the amount at a regular grocery store. For instance...I bought a huge bag of carrots & a bag with 5 heads of lettuce for a couple bucks each. The only thing about costco is that it is seasonal, but go look...you will fimd amazing deals! I have found that the best place for fruits & veggies plus many other items is COSTCO! You may end up buying more than you wanted or needed, but it will still be cheaper than 1/2 the amount at a regular grocery store. For instance…I bought a huge bag of carrots & a bag with 5 heads of lettuce for a couple bucks each. The only thing about costco is that it is seasonal, but go look…you will fimd amazing deals!

]]> By: Sharon Schorr http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5513 Sharon Schorr Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:55:07 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5513 Perhaps you would be interested to learn that I save hundreds of dollars and hundreds of minutes when doing my grocery shopping. 1) Place all the new coupon circulars from each week's Sunday paper in a file folder and write the date of the newspaper on the folder. Do not cut any coupons until you are ready to use them. To find a coupon, go to #2. 2) FREE interactive database listing all of the grocery coupons that have come out in the newspaper = www.couponmom.com Click on “Virtual Coupon Organizer” then choose your state. 3) $1.00 for 4 week trial (then $5 per month) CALIFORNIA – Vons, Pavilions, Ralphs, Safeway, Pak 'N Save, Stater Bros. If you have your Sunday newspaper and TERI'S LIST, you will have everything you need. Each week, TERI'S LIST matches weekly sales and specials, both advertised and un-advertised to coupons from weeks or months past, along with new coupons from this week's Sunday paper. You log in to TERI'S LIST each week, check off the items you want to buy, print your customized list, pull the corresponding coupons and you're off to save thousands of dollars every year. http://www.thegrocerygame.com I print the entire list for each store then my husband checks the items that he wants. After that I walk around the house checking supplies & mark the items that I want to buy. Then I log back in to the grocery game, check off the items we want to buy, print our customized list, cut the corresponding coupons from my file folders (she gives me the dates) and we are off to the store. 4) http://www.mygrocerydeals.com If you don’t want someone else to do all the work for you (see #3), this is a way to research and compare one store’s weekly ad against another. While registration is required, this is a free site and covers the entire country. You can go to the site any time and you will find an accurate list of all the items on sale at the grocery stores and supermarkets where you shop. (Note: All of these websites were discovered by me in one of my other favorite bargain resources, Debt-Proof Living, a monthly newsletter that I receive (DebtProofLiving.com). Perhaps you would be interested to learn that I save hundreds of dollars and hundreds of minutes when doing my grocery shopping.

1) Place all the new coupon circulars from each week’s Sunday paper in a file folder and write the date of the newspaper on the folder. Do not cut any coupons until you are ready to use them. To find a coupon, go to #2.

2) FREE interactive database listing all of the grocery coupons that have come out in the newspaper = http://www.couponmom.com
Click on “Virtual Coupon Organizer” then choose your state.

3) $1.00 for 4 week trial (then $5 per month)
CALIFORNIA – Vons, Pavilions, Ralphs, Safeway, Pak ‘N Save, Stater Bros.
If you have your Sunday newspaper and TERI’S LIST, you will have everything you need. Each week, TERI’S LIST matches weekly sales and specials, both advertised and un-advertised to coupons from weeks or months past, along with new coupons from this week’s Sunday paper. You log in to TERI’S LIST each week, check off the items you want to buy, print your customized list, pull the corresponding coupons and you’re off to save thousands of dollars every year.
http://www.thegrocerygame.com

I print the entire list for each store then my husband checks the items that he wants. After that I walk around the house checking supplies & mark the items that I want to buy. Then I log back in to the grocery game, check off the items we want to buy, print our customized list, cut the corresponding coupons from my file folders (she gives me the dates) and we are off to the store.

4) http://www.mygrocerydeals.com
If you don’t want someone else to do all the work for you (see #3), this is a way to research and compare one store’s weekly ad against another. While registration is required, this is a free site and covers the entire country. You can go to the site any time and you will find an accurate list of all the items on sale at the grocery stores and supermarkets where you shop.

(Note: All of these websites were discovered by me in one of my other favorite bargain resources, Debt-Proof Living, a monthly newsletter that I receive (DebtProofLiving.com).

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5506 Rochelle Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:38:33 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2007/10/26/grocery-shopping-blunders/#comment-5506 Even if you planned ahead, compared grocery ads, etc., you still may not have gotten a better deal on the grapes at this time of year. You may have purchased cheaper ones but they wouldn't look as good as the grapes in your picuture. One way you could have saved money would be to buy a fruit that is in season. Even if you planned ahead, compared grocery ads, etc., you still may not have gotten a better deal on the grapes at this time of year. You may have purchased cheaper ones but they wouldn’t look as good as the grapes in your picuture. One way you could have saved money would be to buy a fruit that is in season.

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