A little planning goes a long way

I went with my wife to do grocery shopping at Giant in Betheda. She bought $49 worth of grocery for $29. Here is how she did it.

Before she went shopping, she would go over fliers sent by grocers in our area and decide which grocer has the most things we need on sales. This week it was Giant. Then she would collect coupons for the grocer.

When she was in the store, she only scan for things on sales. For instance, a Freschetta pizza usually costs $7.99, but it is on sales for only $4.99. In addition, she has a $0.75 coupon which can be applied twice - a recent Giant policy. So when all was done, she paid only $3.49 for the pizza. Repeat this many times over, and we are talking about real saving.

A little planning goes a long way.