Monthly or Weekly???
By amafrias
@amafrias (455)
United States
January 26, 2007 4:47am CST
How do you do your grocery shopping? Do you buy for the month or the week? We try to go to Sams Club and buy most things for the month. Like Beans and rice and drinks and cereal, we buy in bulk. There is always something we have to go weekly for though. My granmother use to buy daily when she got older and it was just her. I am very interested in how others do it. How about you? And what about coupons? Do you clip???
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I am really lucky to have a friend that delivers newspapers so she gives me all the extra coupon inserts. That way I can stock up on stuff when it's on sale. I am a bulk shopper but not if it's something that I don't use all that often. I have no need for a twenty pound bag of rice even if it costs a couple dollars less than buying them in one pound boxes. I also get the store brand stuff if it's something like cereal, I don't eat it all that often but get a craving for it every once in a while.
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
27 Jan 07
We use to go shopping once a week. I'm not sure when it happened or why, but we ended up going to the store every day. What a pain that is and a lot of extra driving. This week, we went shopping for the whole week so hopefully we can get back into our old routine. I don't think we could do it once a month as my fridge/ freezer isn't big enough.
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@mjgarcia (725)
• United States
28 Jan 07
What I've been doing is ordering from Angel Food Ministries once a month. I usually get several of the basic boxes for $25. each. That usually takes care of most of my meats for the month. Then during the week I fill in with the other items.
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@tiffanymarie (191)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I am kind of like your grandmother. I go to the grocery store often throughout the week, I love for everything to be fresh. It is a lot more work do go so often, but I just like fresh produce. I don't buy in bulk but I do use coupons from time to time.
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@honeyangel (1991)
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27 Jan 07
i shop day to day as i never know what i want but for the kids its weekly
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@jchampany (1130)
• United States
16 Mar 07
AHH coupons. I hate em. I always think I am going to do this great thing and save some money. I clip and thengo to the store while the coupons sit in my junk basket at home. I also go to Sam's Club and buy some stuff in bulk. But you can't get everything in bulk. I go to the grocery store about eery two weeks. It's just me and my two kids so we really don't drive up a big grocery bill.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I don't have a set shopping schedule. I shop according to the sales. Some weeks I am running to three or four stores other weeks I don't go at all.
I get my sales papers on Friday and by Monday I know where I have to go and what coupons I need.
My mom belongs to an online group that share where the best sales are and what coupons are out on the products. The site costs but it is well worth it.
@apky12 (769)
• United States
4 Feb 07
It looks like we do the same as you do. We go to Costco and buy all the items in bulk we need for the month. Then I go weekly for items that aren't at Costco or things I forget or need during the week. I don't clip coupons though. I need to!
@charles63 (146)
• United States
5 May 07
I usually grocery shop every two or three days. I don't own a car, so I'm restricted by what I can comfortably carry, and things like packaged salad don't last too long. I shop at Safeway which offers savings through their Safeway Club Card more than coupons.
@serena_wai (970)
• Malaysia
5 May 07
I do it weekly here as the mall is about 15km away. My family in my hometown, interestingly, two malls are just few minute walking distance. They go there everyday. Sometimes not for grocery, but just to have a walk to chill up. The mall has good air-conditioning :P