Successful Walgreens Trip

[sydneyalexis]

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[gaeln]

You know, I go to Walgreens ALL the time and never come away doing so well. It's an art form, one you've obviously perfected :)

[sydneyalexis]

There is some work involved, but, once you know what you're doing, the results are amazing. My family's grocery bill is about $80-$100 a week for a family of four. Before I started couponing, that amount was usually $350ish per week

[gaeln]

Thank you so much for your item-by-item breakdown, very informative and impressive.

I do already get Walgreen's email, I just never peruse it because I buy so little food there, but in line with your idea about donating items, I'm going to give it a try.

I gave coupons.com a look and I could check there after I've made my shopping list to see which are applicable. Baby steps :)

If I manage anything even vaguely notable, I'll let you know.

[sydneyalexis]

Believe me; before I started couponing, I thought that idea of buying food at a drug store was weird. Milk I could see if you were doing a quick stop in for a prescription and needed a gallon, too. But food?

And then I started learning about loss leaders. It's the deep discounts companies give to get people in the door. ALL companies except Walmart do it. Walgreens is also really good about letting you try new products for "free". (You buy them and then get a register reward for the full amount that you use on your next check out.)

Those loss leaders are were you got your cheap/deeply discounted food. It's also how I save about $8K+ a year on food, health, beauty, and cleaning supplies.

Best of luck to you! I can't wait to hear about your success! :D

[gaeln]

Thank you!! And thanks for even another excellent tip.