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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I was challenged to use A Full Cup to see how much money I could save and how much I could get for $50. Well, take a look at these pictures!
A Full Cup is a free online forum where others write about deals, coupons, and savings. You can find coupon match-ups, printable coupons, and lots of information on saving money.
All of the items here were purchased from Harris Teeter using buy 1 get 1 free sales, coupons, and triple coupon deals. The items were purchased during two separate visits to the store.
With my experience, everything went pretty smoothly. There were a few disappointments with my transactions. 1) I purchased the three boxes of Jose Ole’ products because they were buy 1 get 2 free. I was really excited about getting three boxes for about $6 and my husband enjoys eating the taquitos. I bought the boxes and then in the Sunday paper there was two coupons for the products. I didn’t have room in my freezer to go back and get more. Oh well. 2) The other disappointment was with Harris Teeter’s coupon policies. They are only accepting two printable coupons for like products. I had to put back some of my cereal and All detergent. Boo!
I probably could have gotten more for the money, BUT sometimes you have to weigh things. I asked myself, ‘Would I rather get the small French’s mustard for free just so that I could say it was free . . . or would I rather get the large French’s mustard with a bonus 40% more for $.50?’. I had to make this decision on several items. Sometimes it is worth it to pay a little more for the better deal.
The bottom line: Yes, there is some junk food here (please don’t cast stones), but it will be consumed in moderation. Overall, I got things that our family can use and I was able to get a lot of groceries for about $51-52. All of this would have cost me about $140 without the coupons and sales. I’m pleased with my bargains.
Have you tried A Full Cup?
image (c) Karen Weideman
I use A Full Cup, The Coupon Mom, and check out the Taylortown Preview. Between those sites, I do pretty well every time. You did good, Karen. :)
Have you ever checked out http://www.taylortownpreview.com? it tells you what coupons are coming out before the newspapers are out, that way you can find out if you should wait until having them in hand before doing your weekly groveries.
Also, I use http://www.hotcoupoworld.com ALOT, I highly recommend the site. Last week I spent $14 at my grocery store and saved $170!!!! thanks to sales and coupons.
I would never cast a stone at another mother. I live in a ‘glass house’ myself. As far as the junk food. I say so what. You are feeding a family on a budget and buying things your family will eat. So what if it is frozen or the cereal has some sugar. Those things are legal. Blessings.
I am a big fan of A Full Cup because I am a SuperTarget shopper. They have a lot of store coupons to print off and you can combine the with manufacturer coupons for even more savings. They also have some geat forums where people share the deals they found. It’s a great tool!
By the way, I am itching to plant a garden. This is the first week I’ve had time and we’ve had a lot of thunderstorms this week. I love picking fresh vegetables off the vine!
I think you did good- as far as all the junk food. I buy a lot of junk food because I have 5 children. I also buy a lot of fruits and vegetables- we cook a lot using all fresh ingredients and no processed foods. Without having junk food in the house, I couldn’t get the kids to eat a good variety of fruits and vegetable or home cooked dinners. You have to just balance it and I don’t judge people by what’s in their cart. I have shopped hungry before and came home with some real crazy stuff.
Looks great for $50.
great job!!!! other than very rare offers at the grocery store for free and steeply discounted produce, the only place i’ve ever seen it is at target. alot of times they’ll have a coupon for $1 off a pound of fruit or veggies and then have them on sale for $1 a lb. we go through so much cereal that i’m always on the lookout for a great deal.
now….keep track of how long that food last in your house and report back…lol. amazing how much growing kids can eat.
Great shopping! I love a good deal on products I would buy. I do find lots of coupons are for processed foods, so I gave up on bothering looking for them. It really is too bad there are hardly any coupons for fresh produce. I would be jumping up and down for a free bag of apples with purchase of gallon of milk :) Also I wish we had double coupons in Seattle might make it worth to start clipping again.