Schedule Your Class

Have you been hearing some great buzz about these "coupon classses"? Want to know how you can get involved and start saving HUNDREDS on your groceries?

Email me at thegrocerygeek@cox.net to schedule a class for you and your friends! I will come to your house and show you how to cut your grocery bill in half or MORE just by following a few simple rules.

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  A hostess who has at least 6 new couponers will receive a $10 gift card to Albertson's
• PLUS, just for allowing me to come teach you, I have a very special gift for you that I KNOW you will love!!

I am now booking classes for March and April!!

Promotion Instructions

Hopefully everyone has come down off of their Grocery "high" from last weeks Albertson's promotion... I will post my 'winnings' as soon as I can find my camera (thanks son). They did it again this week with a BIG difference. Check this out: The ConAgra promo has a Limit 1 per customer restriction (see green box). You also want to make SURE your total will be $25. Remeber you add up the first sale amount (see blue box). Good luck!

Albertson's just Rocks!

Sometimes I just get a little too giddy about this stuff.... Albertson's was having a KILLER promotion this week. Buy 10 participating items get a $10 voucher for your next purchase. This is where a little advanced couponing comes into play. You have to really organize your lists & coupons to make sure you are buying the correct items. Then you buy the first 10 items, receive your voucher and put it with the coupons on your next transaction. Now, you are buying 10 more items with coupons and your $10 voucher, and guess what? You get another voucher!! Well, keep it rolling then... another transaction of 10 items and so on... My first day shopping this week I was in a bit of a hurry and only prepared a few transactions (ok it was 5, but I wanted to do more). Here's how it broke down:

• Total Value Purchased - $205.25
• Store Incentives - $100.08
• Coupons Redeemed - $58.90
• I Paid - $46.27
• Savings of 77%

It would have been less, but one of my $10 vouchers didn't print - again, be very careful about matching promotions. Still, $46!!

So, a few days later I just had to go back to finish the rest of my transactions... This time I took pictures!

• Total Value of Purchase - $164.89
• Store Incenctives - $66.39
• Coupons Redeemed - $62.80
• I Paid - $35.70
• (and I still have $10 to spend - so I could say it's like $25.70)
• Savings - 84%!!!

My favorite receipt is the one that says -$1 for 10 cans of Progresso Soup! Whoo hoo!!

I also realized that this type of shopping is great for my OCD since I can line up similar items and such (for some reason that is REALLY fun for me - just thought you'd like to know)!

What does That mean?

So, I have had a few questions regarding the Coupon Index on the Grocery Smarts shopping list. When you are getting ready to pull your coupons after you have made your list, the coupon index gives you all the information you need to know.... But what exactly does it mean??

Example: Crest Toothpaste, any size larger than 4.1oz $1/2 (1-31-09) SS2-8

Brand/Item name and any limitations

means $1 off of 2 or the coupon's value

is the expiration date

you will find that coupon in the SmartSource insert on Feb 8

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, to order more papers at a reduced price, or to book a class. You can email me at thegrocerygeek@cox.net or call me at 702-882-0172. I REALLY look forward to helping you save a TON of money!!

Filing your Coupons

STOP clipping coupons! Right now, I mean it! Put the scissors down and read on to learn how to organize your coupons in less than 5 minutes each week - even if you get several papers like I do.

One of the first rules I teach in my classes is to NOT cut out any more coupons when you get them. Do not even look at them - that way you aren't tempted to use them at the wrong time. Simply take your inserts, write the Sunday date on them, slide them in a sheet protector, and file them away. Super easy right?

• Note: You will need a file box after a few months of saving coupons, but in the meantime an old binder and a few sheet protectors work great.

After you make your shopping list at http://www.grocerysmarts.com/ (use passcode g89cjm), look at the coupon index and you can very easily find the inserts in your binder. THEN clip the coupons you need for that trip only.

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  Advanced Note: When doing several transactions, I like to make a GS list for each transaction and paper clip the coupons to each one. This helps me stay organized at the store, and makes checkout very smooth.

Double Coupons?

Well, in Vegas we don't get a lot of opportunity to double our coupons. But, did you know you can use a store coupon AND a manufacturers coupon on one item?

For example, if you have one of those vouchers that print with your recipts for Fruit Snacks ($1.50 off 5 boxes). When those fruit snacks go on sale at that store, use your coupons, and this voucher & save even MORE!!