Watching the Extreme Couponing previews makes me feel guilty. The show makes grocery stores nervous, so much so that many have changed their coupon policy. I don’t have cable so I can’t watch the entire show, but the previews haunt my grocery runs.
“I should be buying everything with a coupon,” I think to myself.
“But I don’t need 87 bottles of mustard,” I think back. “I don’t even like mustard!”
I put a $1.50 bottle of ketchup in my cart as images of coupon binders and overloaded grocery carts and savings in the ninetieth percentile pummeled my brain.
“I hope nobody sees me buy something that is only on sale.”
When I got to the pasta aisle, above, I lost it. Barilla pasta was on super sale for $.69 before coupons meaning if I had coupons they would be almost free. But I already have a six month supply of pasta – maybe even a year! And I’m trying to buy as few processed foods as possible.
So what it really comes down two is two things. Is it okay to buy food without a coupon? And how much is too much food to have stockpiled?
Below, the latest Extreme Couponing video. I couldn’t help it!
Cathy at Chief Family Officer shared her top deals at Ralphs this week. If you’re new to coupons, read my post on coupon clipping basics. To take advantage of these deals you’ll need to have saved the coupon inserts you receive in the mail or with your Sunday newspaper. Here’s a great suggestion for how to handle coupon organization.
Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks $1
Use $.75 off 1 Quaker True Delights Rice and Multigrain Snack from 2/14 Red Plum (exp 4/10)
Final price: FREE
Snuggle Fabric Softener $3.99
Use $3 off 1 from 3/28 Red Plum
Final price: $.99
Padrinos or Mission Tortilla Chips $1.99
Use $1 off 1 Padrinos Tortilla Chips from 1/10 Smart Source
Final price: $.99
SoBe Lifewater $1
Use Buy One, Get One Free with this printable coupon
Final price: $.50 each when you buy 2
If you like what you see, check out the rest of Cathy’s great Ralphs deals.
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Cathy from ChiefFamilyOfficer shared this week’s Ralphs deals. If you’ve never used coupons, read my post on the basics of clipping coupons. Or fast forward to advanced coupon clipping techniques in my interview with master clipper Erin Gifford of Coupon Cravings.
Farmer John Bacon – $1.97
Use $1 off 1 Farmer John Bacon printable coupon
Final price: 97 cents after coupon
French’s Mustard – $1.67
Use $.50 off 1 Frenchs Classic Yellow Mustard from the 1/24 Smart Source (exp 3/31) or 3/21 Smart Source
Or use $.50 off 1 Frenchs Mustard Spicy Brown, Honey Mustard or Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce from the 1/24 Smart Source (exp 3/31) or 3/21 Smart Source
Final price: 67 cents after double coupon
Welch’s 100% Juice – $2.99
Use $1 off 1 Welchs 100% Grape Juice or 100% Grape Juice Blend from the 2/7 Smart Source
Final price: $1.99 after coupon
The following deal will be available only during the 8-hour sale on Thursday:
Tropicana Pure Premium OJ – $1.88 (limit 2)
$1 off 2 Tropicana Pure Premium or Trop 50 from the 2/21 Red Plum or $1 off 1 Trop 50 from 3/14 Red Plum
Final price: as low as 88 cents after coupon
Read the rest of the deals at Ralphs Cathy found. Thanks, Cathy!
