s/o saving on groceries

C.P.C. · February 2010

Where do you ladies get your coupons? The only coupons I ever really find are for boxed items such as rice a roni or frozen junk food, neither of which I buy. I primarily buy meat, dairy, produce, and brown rice. My grocery bill is OUTRAGEOUS. I would be so happy to get down to even $400 a month. I rarely get convienence foods, I buy store brand dairy and anything else I can, but I feel like eating healthy is crazy expensive.

Anyone have any advice?

DiAnne82 · February 2010

I get my coupons in the paper (and from week to week it really depends on if the coupons are for stuff I'll use or not). There are also sites where you can print coupons. I'm also on a Bump coupon train (from the SAHM board) where you pass along the coupons you don't want each week, and I get a bunch from that.

kelbrian · February 2010

I honestly don't know. I have just come to terms with it. We try to buy a lot of locally grown/produced foods, and there are no coupons for that. DH and I both made the decision to spend more on food because we feel like it's worth it. Do I try to save? Of course I do! But there are usually no coupons for local food/farmer's markets/co-ops.

The only thing I can suggest is loading up on veggies at meals and skimping on meat/poultry/fish. Try to cut out meats for at least one or two meals a week. It really helps.

You could also look into buying half of a cow or something locally if you have the freezer space. My ILs do that and love it. They save a ton of money on beef.

C.P.C. · February 2010

Ya I can't wait for the farmer's markets to start up again. I can usually get organic for the same price as regular produce at the grocery store.

Mrs.Rose · February 2010

I get mine from the sunday paper and I am a member of my grocery store's card club thing. They send me rebate coupons (good as cash) and store coupons that are sometimes for fresh meat/produce.

LucyGoosey81 · February 2010

Yeah, I don't know- hence my post below. I do cut coupons for things like toiletries and the random $.25 off toilet paper, etc...but I RARELY find things for fruits and veggies. The farmers market is totally the way to go, though. No coupons for sure, but yummy, yummy, yummy produce.

In Wednesday and Sunday papers there are often coupons for the grocery store for things like OJ or even milk.

I think $400 per month is as low as I can personally go, while still eating the quality foods I want my family to eat.

JulyFiveBride · February 2010

We're at around $400-450 a month and there is no way we could get it any lower without giving up the quality of food we buy. Farmer's Markets are a good place to save on produce. We're lucky b/c there is a produce store right next to the grocery store we normally shop at that is all local produce and goods like honey. We shop at the cheaper grocery store that doesn't bag your food for you for the bulk of our groceries. They carry a lot of the stuff we normally buy, but a lot cheaper. And they have a bulk section that carries a lot of good-for-you stuff like whole wheat flour, flaxseed, healthy granola, cornmeal, plain oatmeal, steel cut oats, etc. for waaay better prices than the bulk food at Whole Foods or the nicer grocers. There are some things that we have to pick up at another grocery store, but it's worth it to make an extra trip because it saves us a ton.

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