| CanopyCo <Junk74020@aol.com>: Feb 08 05:44AM -0800 On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6:26:04 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote: > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote: > > I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people. > You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month. Not unless you are one of those fools that always buy name brand. The only name brand items that I do buy I get on sale cheaper then what chasing those coupons would have gotten me the same item, if a coupon for them ever did materialize. However, yes, if by some miracle of coincidence one could both find a sale and have a coupon for a item, they could save some more money on that one can. Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper. And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either. Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can. Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly. Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out? I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow, before the sale is over, saving myself a total of $20 or more on just that sale. And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat. While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store. I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for. Much healthier food that way. > > Ham is another big buy meat. > > Hamburger is another one, when they do the 10 lb for less than $2 a lb. > Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains. I do check those as well. However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale. Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled and eat that the same day, but you still won't get better meat then chicken breast or pork loin for less than $2 lb, both in quality of meat gotten as well as price per pound. You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb. With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price. > > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars. > > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO > Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll> Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat. Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around. Buying cheep meat that is marked down 25 cents a lb, and then spending 25 cents a lb (or more) to store it doesn't save you anything. You may as well just go buy the more expensive better quality meat in the first place. > *Snip* > *Snip* > There are MUCH better ways of storing food than your method. Too bad that you didn't bother to show any of them. |
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