I do use coupons when available. I rarely find coupons for most of the items I purchase.
I knew I would get this response. I haven’t actually clipped coupons in years. But the coupons Kroger used to mail me are available to “clip” on the website and in the app. Current include fresh avocados, fresh celery and a free pack of Sargeno sliced cheese. There’s often one for fresh mushrooms, too.
It’s really too bad no one else has these opportunities.
I also buy wine - usually about $8-10/bottle.
I find it easy to eat reasonably well and not spending all that much for one. I eat mostly fresh food with meat,chicke, fish,etc I buy or freeze in individual potions.
I tracked for at least a year starting with March 2020 and stopped because I really don’t care now.
I knew I would get this response. I haven’t actually clipped coupons in years. But the coupons Kroger used to mail me are available to “clip” on the website and in the app. Current include fresh avocados, fresh celery and a free pack of Sargeno sliced cheese. There’s often one for fresh mushrooms, too.
It’s really too bad no one else has these opportunities.
Kroger left our area several years ago. I’m not sure if the other chains have similar apps and coupons. My wife does all the grocery shopping. She used to use a lot of coupons but now with 12 hour workdays, she doesn’t bother. Maybe next year when I take over grocery shopping when I’m retired.
I knew I would get this response. I haven’t actually clipped coupons in years. But the coupons Kroger used to mail me are available to “clip” on the website and in the app. Current include fresh avocados, fresh celery and a free pack of Sargeno sliced cheese. There’s often one for fresh mushrooms, too.
Nob Hill (Raley’s) also has targeted and general coupons that link to your card. All it takes is clicking the coupon and if the product is bought then the coupon is applied.
I routinely select all of the offered coupons but I probably only use around a third of offered coupons.
My advice would be use coupons, learn to shop, and learn to cook!
I was talking to a friend who bemoaned to increase in cost of frozen tater tot’s. She says she eats them every day, and also makes some casserole she likes. She usually buys a 5 pound (!) bag of tater tots, and the price had gone up to $7.
I pointed out I bout a 5 lb bag of potatoes for $1.75 and she could just make fried potatoes or baked potatoes and could probably use in her casserole, too.
“Too much work,” was the response.
I’ve been eating a lot of cabbage lately. Cheap, healthy and I like it.
I pointed out I bout a 5 lb bag of potatoes for $1.75 and she could just make fried potatoes or baked potatoes and could probably use in her casserole, too.
“Too much work,” was the response.
A fair amount of sodium and fat in tater tots. Real potatoes would be healthier.
I do shop around and search for good prices. I also can and dehydrate food. I don’t have a garden but I did plant three fruit trees 18 months ago and hope to have some kind of harvest this year. I also planted three berry bushes at the same time and hopeful that this year will produce fruit. We have not had much rain in the Kansas City MO area this past year and it isn’t looking great for this year either. Still, I do what I can.
I did plant three fruit trees 18 months ago and hope to have some kind of harvest this year. I also planted three berry bushes
This is a great way to get fresh fruit but depending on the cost of the trees/bushes, it may not save much money. This is even more true in places where water is not cheap.
But the coupons Kroger used to mail me are available to “clip” on the website and in the app.
Didn’t think about those. I do “clip” those on the website for the things I buy there. I also use the fuel points since they added a station close to where I live.
I planted a Peach, Pear and Gala Apple tree. They were about 10’ tall and I was advised that I could receive a very small harvest at around 2 years but each year should be better than the last. I don’t think I overpaid but know that when they start producing each year it will more than make up for the price. The berry bushes are blackberry, blueberry and raspberry. I know it will be a few years but with the price of berries this seemed like a worthwhile investment.
I’ve been eating a lot of cabbage lately. Cheap, healthy and I like it.
Not only do I like coleslaw but, for the past year, I have been sauteeing cabbage
with thinly sliced onion and carrots and, when soft, I create a wreath in the pan
and put an egg in the middle to cook. Delicious!
I’ve been eating a lot of cabbage lately. Cheap, healthy and I like it.
Not only do I like coleslaw but, for the past year, I have been sauteeing cabbage
with thinly sliced onion and carrots and, when soft, I create a wreath in the pan
and put an egg in the middle to cook. Delicious!
I planted a Peach, Pear and Gala Apple tree. They were about 10’ tall and I was advised that I could receive a very small harvest at around 2 years but each year should be better than the last.
I got one pear off my tree after 3 years. It took about 6 years to get about 20 pears in one season. I don’t remember what variety it was, and I’ll confess to not being great about watering. (Texas)
Plums didn’t take long—I had about 10 plums a year after I planted my tree, with an abundance after 5 years, I think. I had one year with zero—no idea why. (Tennessee)
My mom’s apple tree produces tons of apples after 15 years, but they are always small and the squirrels are really bad about eating them (really mostly just taking a bite out and leaving them on the ground). (Tennessee)
If you live in a climate for them, fig trees are super easy to grow, and also easy to propagate (break off a branch, stick it in dirt and keep it watered—voila! New fig tree). My mom’s house has a MONSTER fig in the yard because we’ve never pruned it, so we can’t reach a lot of the figs anymore. Pretty tree, though. (Tennessee)
I’m making slaw tomorrow for the super bowl. My recipe: shredded cabbage and some carrots plus Marzetti’s Cole slaw dressing. (Dang! I gotta quit sharing these complicated secret recipes!)
My favorite spinach salad is spinach with marzetti slaw dressing, bacon, red onion and diced egg.
I chose types that were self-pollinators. I know I cannot count on
other’s nearby trees (neighbors on both sides only have oak trees)
and I didn’t want to have to purchase more trees for cross-pollination.
I used to be dismissive of coupons since, for most of the time we’ve lived in the US, that seemed to have been the case. Then we moved to Colorado with a local K8ng Soopers (Krogers) Old habits die hard and for a good couple of years, I routinely pitched the coupon envelope into the garbage without opening it. Husband happened to take a look inside one and noticed a coupon for something he thought I used. He was wrong on that one…but pretty much everything else there was usable.
Took a second look through the mail after reminders in this thread…and, lo, a postcard with extra savings. I ended up saving quite a bit on yesterday’s quick shopping trip that I would’ve missed (so, a thank you to the poster who mentioned that coupons don’t work for them)
Is it just me, or does it seem that the coupons are almost always for junk food rather than real food? I’ve been avoiding all junk foods since the spring of 2020, because I need all the virus-fighting and inflammation-fighting support I can get.
Is it just me, or does it seem that the coupons are almost always for junk food rather than real food? I’ve been avoiding all junk foods since the spring of 2020, because I need all the virus-fighting and inflammation-fighting support I can get.
That might have been true in the past but my coupons from Kroger, and actually other stores, are personalized and based on my pervious purchases so lots for fresh food - celery, mushrooms, cukes, lettuce, etc
However, it is tied to the shoppers card and I needed to sign up for it. Plenty of fresh, unprocessed food in the weekly ad as well & it’s also available online.
