Sharing money saving ideas..

1. Using Coupons When I Can Especially On Sale Items

2.go To Your Local Dollar Store And Stock Up On Products Like Paper Towels Etc. They May Not Be Your Regular Brand But I Find Their Products Just As Good. (50 Cents For A Roll Of Paper Towels)

3.if You Have A Specialty Discount Store Like Aldis, Stock Up On Your Can Goods Etc. There.

4. Watch For Weekly Sales On Meat Etc. And Products You Use Regularly Like Spaghetti Sauce Etc. And Stock Up. I Found My Reg. Shampoo For 69 Cents A Bottle And I Got 3 Bottles.

4. Go To Stores That Double And Triple Coupons. If That Store Is Too Pricey, Just Buy The Coupon Items.

5. Go To A Search Engine And Type In Grocery Coupons. You Can Print Off Free Coupons For The Products You Need For Free. There Are Also On Those Sites Links For Getting Free Products Like Cat Food Etc. I Got Two $2 Coupons Off Of Chicken This Week, Coupons For 2 Bags Of Free Chips, And I Signed Up For Free Cat Food Etc. This Takes Time But It Is Worth It.

6. Try To Do All Your Shopping In One Trip To Save Gas. Plan Out Your Shopping The Night Before.

7. Because There Are Just The Two Of Us, I Usually Make Something We Will Have For Two Days. Such As A Big Pot Of Soup, Stuffed Peppers Etc. You Can Always Add A Salad The Next Day Etc. For Something Additional.

8. I Don't Know If You Know You Can Freeze Cake Mixes,. Before Using Them, Just Let Them Come Up To Room Temp Before Baking. They Are Still Great. I Buy Them When On Sale And Put Them In My Freezer. Also Check Out The Day Old Bake Goods At Walmart. They Have Some Great Stuff At Really Good Prices, Which Includes Day Old Bread, Great For Stuffing Or Making Croutons. Ours Are On A Rack Near The Cookie Aisle.

9.. As For Gas, Our Local Station Gives So Much Off A Gallon On Sundays. See If That's Available In Your Area

Thanks for the helpful hints.

Great tips Apple

I also use coupons, in the mail I do those product surveys and they mail out good coupon amounts
where I buy my gas I get money off grocery coupons
I try to buy only what is onsale and stock up on those items especially canned goods and meat
if pork loins are onsale I will buy two large ones cut one into chops and the other into roasts and freeze
same for the big beef sirloins, cut into steaks, stewmeat and roasts
my dh contracts his transport out to a grocery chain so delivers groceries to the stores in the city and brings me home the flyers and we sit and look at them and make a list of what we want he usually looks after getting the laundry soap, paper products and at the moment we are well stocked
also when the canned goods are cheap we will buy a case
Apple I do the same thing as you will make something like spaghetti one night then the next I will bake it with shredded cheese on top and have a salad with it, make it into a whole different meal
I always check the clearance bread rack they usualy have stuff that has one more day to go and well if its muffins or buns etc they are gone in my house in one day anyways
I also have a few people I trade my coupons for we know what each other uses so save them for each other
If you get to know your flyers, items rotate if its not on sale this week most likely it will be again within 3 to 5 weeks. For example Ketchup is on sale about every 6 weeks so I would buy enough to get me through to the next sale. If you watch you get to know how the sale flyers work.

Apple and Meg, you have both shared some wonderful tips! Thank you!

I usually just check the sales papers, clip coupons, and make food in big batches so I have one to freeze for later. I also buy in family packs and repackage them when I get home. This saves time and money because I don't have to thaw a whole package of meat when I need it, I just take out a small package that I made. I also buy the big bags of purple hull peas and baby butterbeans and put them in smaller packages at home. I try to stock up on canned goods when they're on sale. I also stock up on prepackaged items when they're on sale. I've found that I can make some of them cheaper than I can buy the boxed goods so I do that too. Bread is my biggest problem, with a loaf of bread being $2.42 here, we use a lot of bread and it gets terribly expensive.

When I Get The Day Old Baked Goods, They Are Always Still Fresh And Delicious. When You Bake A Cake At Home You Dont Throw It Out The Next Day Because It Is A Day Old...but The Stores Aren't Allowed To Keep Them. You Can Get Packs Of Cookies For The Kids Lunches, Donuts Etc. I Pop Mine In The Freezer And Use Them When You Get Hungry For A Snack. Also Some Of The Bread Bakeries Have Days When They Have Half Price Sales... Check That Out. We Also Buy Pork Loins On Sale And Cut Them Up. If You Watch At Thanksgiving They Have Great Buys On Turkey. You Can Always Buy An Extra One And Pop It In The Freezer. For Some Reason Around Here In The Summer, They Have Great Sales On Turkey Or Turkey Breasts. I Guess No One Wants To Roast A Turkey In Summer. I Always Buy A Couple For The Freezer. You Can Do So Many Things With Turkey. Even Just Hot Turkey And Gravy Sandwiches With The Leftovers. Your Food Goes So Much Furthur When You Make Something For A Couple Meals. Weather It Be A Pot Of Soup, Stew, Pork And Saur Kraut Etc. It Also Saves You A Day From Cooking. I Don't Do As Much Canning Anymore But I Do Freeze Quarts Of Tomatoes, Green Peppers In Baggies, Parsley, And A Few Other Things From The Garden. We Just Used Up A Big Bag Of Onions From The Garden. If You Put Your Mind To It You Can Really Save Money On Your Grocery Bills.
We Don't Have A Cvs Pharmacy Near Us But My Daughter Goes There All The Time With Coupons And Gets Great Deals On Sale Items. They Have Some Kind Of Program Going Where You Save Dollars In An Account And Can Use Them To Buy Things. I Am Not Sure How It Works But I Think It Depends How Much You Spend And Then Your Account Adds Up. So Those Of You Who Have A Cvs, Check That Out Too.

I go over to the US to buy my turkey, our church even buys the turkeys over there to do our turkey pie fundraiser as for that we need 18 turkeys to do up the stew mixture. Around Thanksgiving they are as low as 26cents a pound, here turkeys are onsale for 1.49 a pound up to 2.99 depends on what grade it is. But we are only allowed to bring one turkey per person over so we usually go by the van load.

I love all the ideas. For bread, besides the markdown section at the grocers. We shop at bread outlets. Wonder and Enteman's each have one or two in town. You can get some awsome deals and freebies for every $5 you spend.;)

Wow!! The Cheapest I Have Seen Turkey Here Is 89 Cents A Pound. That's A Great Dea
I started typing in different name brand companies to see if they give free coupons. If you don't have coupon printer, some companies will mail them to you. Here are two I found:
Pillsbury.com
Welcome to BettyCrocker.com
Just click on coupons. Type in some of your favorites when you have time and see if they have anything. Some of them have things under the word...PROMOTIONS.

thank you all for sharing !!!!! I clip coupons also and try toget the most bang for my buck... but no one eats reruns (leftovers) which drives me crazy !!!! well actually husband will eat left over meaballs and gravy...but thats about it..... today I am making a turkey I had gotten free at christmas time it's 18 lbs but some time this week probaly wednesday I'll make sloppy turkey sandwich's leftover turkey, stuffing and gravy on a kaiser rolls and fries so hopefully they will eat that. this is the first time I tried it so I'll see how that goes over!!!!