I stock up on groceries when I see sales, and use coupons...I cut them out of the Sunday paper for anything I might use. Two main stores here always double coupons up to 55 cents ....So I mainly shop there...plus Kroger and Winn Dixie have cards that allows the prices to be cut again..I have gotten as much as 30 or 40 dollars off my bill using my Kroger card...If items are buy one get one free they will allow you to just buy one item and get it for half price. I LOVE that! When the sales circulars come out in the paper I note down what I want from each store..If 2 stores have potatoes on sale I note the amount on each list so I can comparison shop...If I go by a particular store that week I stop in and buy the sale items...If one store has many more bargains that's where I do my main shopping that week... I find Kroger name brands to be good enough..if not, take them back and get your favorite brand free. If an item is really good or really bad I call the 800 number on the box and tell them what I think...especially if you are bragging on it. When Tide began using a new box, for instance. I called and told them how neat I thought it was, etc, etc. They sent me a coupon for a large box. Only twice have companies not sent me coupons....And those are just about always more than the product cost....I called Slim Fast one time and complained because the label ended right by the drinking 'spout' and everything I took a drink it annoyed me...thought maybe the label machines were messing up. They sent me a coupon for a carton of it. Keep the box handy as they will ask questions about all the little numbers. The weather is setting records all around the world...the bugger who thought up Wickie leaks or whatever it is called is trying to destroy the world, and us old geezers don't get a cost of living raise...for 2 or 3 years.etc. etc.etc....Fasten your seat belts...it's gonna get rougher, folks! I think the Wicki leak deal and it's fallout alone will throw the world into a recession that will make the last one look like a cake walk...Nobody knows how to do sensible stuff anymore...just go around with a phone in their ear....Present company excluded, of course.....*grin* Jeannie T...Hunkered down up here on this ridge, snow covering the ground and me without enough extra milk to make snow cream...{ Saving every drop for my hot Oolong tea, don't you know .} and Grandson John has final tests at the University tomorrow and has to drive over here on bad roads to take them...Even though schools are closed HIS school will be open.... ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210

my store doubles up to $1.00 you can go crazy with 2.00 off.  they will not double the internet generated coupons just face value. out week;y paper has no coupons and the big saily papers quit delivery here. most all food companies have web pages and a tcon fpr coupons. i have and do use them. lp --- On Mon, 12/13/10, askgranny@juno.com <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: From: askgranny@juno.com <askgranny@juno.com> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Time to diet, huh ? To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 5:58 AM I stock up on groceries when I see sales, and use coupons...I cut them out of the Sunday paper for anything I might use. Two main stores here always double coupons up to 55 cents ....So I mainly shop there...plus Kroger and Winn Dixie have cards that allows the prices to be cut again..I have gotten as much as 30 or 40 dollars off my bill using my Kroger card...If items are buy one get one free they will allow you to just buy one item and get it for half price. I LOVE that! When the sales circulars come out in the paper I note down what I want from each store..If 2 stores have potatoes on sale I note the amount on each list so I can comparison shop...If I go by a particular store that week I stop in and buy the sale items...If one store has many more bargains that's where I do my main shopping that week... I find Kroger name brands to be good enough..if not, take them back and get your favorite brand free. If an item is really good or really bad I call the 800 number on the box and tell them what I think...especially if you are bragging on it. When Tide began using a new box, for instance. I called and told them how neat I thought it was, etc, etc. They sent me a coupon for a large box. Only twice have companies not sent me coupons....And those are just about always more than the product cost....I called Slim Fast one time and complained because the label ended right by the drinking 'spout' and everything I took a drink it annoyed me...thought maybe the label machines were messing up.  They sent me a coupon for a carton of it. Keep the box handy as they will ask questions about all the little numbers. The weather is setting records all around the world...the bugger who thought up Wickie leaks or whatever it is called is trying to destroy the world, and us old geezers don't get a cost of living raise...for 2 or 3 years.etc. etc.etc....Fasten your seat belts...it's gonna get rougher, folks! I think the Wicki leak deal and it's fallout alone will throw the world into a recession that will make the last one look like a cake walk...Nobody knows how to do sensible stuff anymore...just go around with a phone in their ear....Present company excluded, of course.....*grin* Jeannie T...Hunkered down up here on this ridge, snow covering the ground and me without enough extra milk to make snow cream...{ Saving every drop for my hot Oolong tea, don't you know .} and Grandson John has final tests at the University tomorrow and has to drive over here on bad roads to take them...Even though schools are closed HIS school will be open....  ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message