NTR: Anyone used The Grocery Game?

MexicoBride0507

I just recently started cutting coupons and meal planning.  By doing so I have cut my grocery bill by $200.00, which I love but now I am wondering how I can save more.

Have you ever tried the grocery game?  It is worth paying for the service?

MegGary

$200!!! Girl whats your secret. I currently spend $150-$200 a week & would love to know if you've got any tips.

 

Also, never heard of the grocery game before. Off to google that.

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I don't think it's worth it only because you can find the same info for free thru websites and blogs. www.afullcup.com is a great one that esentially gives you the sales and the coupons to match. Google money saving blogs or coupon blogs and the store name you use and it will probably pull up a few blogs that will match the coupons with sales and publish the list for free.

MexicoBride0507

MegGary:

$200!!! Girl whats your secret. I currently spend $150-$200 a week & would love to know if you've got any tips.

 

Also, never heard of the grocery game before. Off to google that.

Well after having DS I was using the grocery store and Target as a daily outing, but when I went to cook dinner I felt like we had nothing.  So, I made a few changes.

1) Meal Plan - this was big for me.  Now I know exactly what we need and have all the stuff to make a complete dinner.

2) Meal plan around sale item - this helps me decide what will be on the menu for that week

3) Clip Coupons - I usually save at least $10 - $15 in coupons every week.  I joined Coupons.com and I get the Sunday paper

4) Walmart - As much as Walmart can annoy me sometimes they are much cheaper on our everyday items.  I spent 4 hours one day going to Walmart, King Soopers, and Safeway to prepare a price book of our everyday staples and Walmart was cheaper on 99% of the items.  So I get all of my dry goods from Walmart and most of my fresh goods at King Soopers, unless Safeway has a better sale.

5) Avoid Costco - I have been avoiding Costco at all costs.  It seems like I would go in for toilet paper and leave spending at least $100.00 on nothing.

So I went from $800 to around to ~$500, which I guess is actually a $300 dollar savings.  But now I am addicted and want to save MORE!

MegGary

That is awesome. I'm learning that about Costoc as well. I spend more when I go there & I end up going to the grocery store spending even more ons tuff I don't need in bulk at Costco.

Thank you for the tips. I've been doing the meal plan but need to do it around sales. That seems to be the key.

My problem with coupons is that I always find other brands cheaper after I've spent all this time cutting them. So frustrating.

MrsPreK

AudreyGolightly:

I don't think it's worth it only because you can find the same info for free thru websites and blogs. www.afullcup.com is a great one that esentially gives you the sales and the coupons to match. Google money saving blogs or coupon blogs and the store name you use and it will probably pull up a few blogs that will match the coupons with sales and publish the list for free.

This exactly. Why pay for something when you are trying to save money and all the info is out there (good info!!) for free!

susanmosley

the $1 trial is SO worth it.  I think it lasts for a month or something.  I did that and loved it, but didn't want to pay more to continue the service, as I saw that technically I could do it myself.  However, since I canceled the grocery game, I no longer save nearly as much because I am not very good at keeping up with it all by myself.  I highly recommend the $1 trial.  

DG1

Depends on where you live, I think.  I, too, get the free lists from commonsensewithmoney.com and stretchingabuckblog.com. 

Our local grocery stores are very small chains, though, so they aren't listed on those sites.  I did the Grocery Game trial, and they did list sales for ONE of the local grocery stores.  I did get a few good deals, but (1) I HATE that grocery store - they really don't have much in the way of selection and (2) the deals they listed for other stores (walgreens, CVS) were NOT as good as the deals posted on the free sites.

Naturally, I forgot to cancel my trial before I was billed, but I did cancel after that.  It wasn't worth it to save a few dollars at a grocery store I despised and could rarely get to with a little one in tow.

I have another friend (lives somewhere else) who swears by it, though. 

But really, the 2 sites I mentioned cover the major drugstores (walgreens, CVS, rite aid), Target, Kmart, Walmart, plus Meijer and Kroger and a few other major grocery chains.  I'm just unlucky enough to live somewhere without a major grocery chain.  Interestingly, some of the best grocery deals actually come from Target (fairly good prices on things like milk and yogurt, plus great periodic deals on things like cereal and bars and things).