Save Money with Grocery Store Sales Flyers
Spend Less by Taking Advantage of Supermarkets’ Weekly Ads
Feb 14, 2009
You can save a lot of money just by looking at your local supermarket's sales flyer before you ever set foot in the store.
You run low on food; you head to the store. That's the expensive way to grocery shop. By perusing your supermarket’s weekly ads and planning your meals around them, you could save big.
How to Save Money with Grocery Store Sales Flyers
- Combine sales with coupons. Say your grocery store is offering a sale on Gatorade sports drinks for 50 cents each, and you can find a manufacturer’s coupon for 25 cents off. You’ll only end up paying 25 cents for a bottle of Gatorade. But you need to do the research before you leave the house. Grocery stores place their ads in the local newspaper every week. But even if you don’t subscribe, you can also find those flyers on supermarket web sites. Be sure to go to the grocery store the day those ads come out. And plan your meals around the items that are reduced. Before you head to the supermarket, do a coupon search for the items you’re looking for. Then you’ll be armed and ready before you even hit the grocery aisle.
- Remember that grocery store sales are cyclical. Most supermarkets put certain items on sale at regular intervals say every four to six weeks. After a while you will get good at predicting sales, so you can plan your meals around those reduced prices.
- Buy in bulk. Don’t be afraid to stockpile non-perishables. You won’t run out of room! Be creative. Store cans and boxes under beds, in closets...think beyond the kitchen. Also, now is a good time to invest in an extra freezer. Find one that is inexpensive at a scratch and dent store. Even a small, dorm-size freezer will allow you to buy more frozen foods on sale.
- Compare supermarket ads. By downloading the sales flyers from competing stores, you can decide where you’ll save the most money that week. Determined to shop at a certain store? Bring the ad from the competing supermarket, and see if the store will honor it. In these trying economic times, merchants will do a lot to keep your business.
- Pay special attention to meat sales. Meat is expensive. So, even if you don’t normally buy pork tenderloin, but your supermarket is offering an incredible price on it, search for a free pork recipe online, and you might surprise yourself at what kind of a meal you could come up with. Also, you save a lot by purchasing the entire chicken, instead of quarters. You can always freeze the rest.
And if you forget to look at the weekly store ads before you head out, you can always pick up a flyer at the front of the store.
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