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Monday, December 15, 2008
Super(Market) Savings: On-line Options Abound
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Yippee! I broke a personal record in reduced grocery bills last week by amassing $58.12 worth of goods at my supermarket while paying $25.44. Clipped coupons, 2-for-1 deals and a $5 off card from the store collaborated to do the trick.
Then I discovered a web site that might help me rewrite the new record before the ink is dry.
Mygrocerydeals.com lists on-sale items at all stores — 12, in my case — registered with the service in your zip code. As I type this, my neighborhood Publix is pitching 158 price cuts.
You also can zero in on sales within certain categories, such as bottled water or candy, as well as select a specific item to see if any store in your zip code is offering it at a bargain.
The site, which supplies nutritional information on more than 100,000 products, also has online coupons, many of which differ from the ones I scissor out of the newspaper. Be forewarned: Some retailers, usually on the smaller side, decline to accept such coupons. Check first before wasting printer’s ink.
I tend to avoid web-based coupons, finding it more of a hassle to print them out than to clip them from my AJC. Agree? Or do you prefer the online option?
Because my shopping circuit consists of two supermarkets, I expect to be perusing sales at each and deciding how to divide my grocery needs between the two.
Check out the site and give me some feedback.
Here is a rival site to MyGroceryDeals.com. And another. How do they compare?
Do you tap into an additional site for coupons?
For us grocery shoppers determined to save, those three sites alone provide plenty of food for thought.
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