Weekly grocery store sales are one of my go-tos when the subject of rising food prices comes up. Checking the flyers is just something I’ve always done. Old enough here to have grown up with the printed papers that were delivered to everyone’s doorstep.
But some people don’t? The wealthy don’t have to bother but is it possible that those of modest means don’t even use this as a strategy to save money? It’s stocking up, and eating foods that are seasonal too.
Does everyone here use sale flyers?
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You can get really good deals with the weekly sales.
I don’t want to spend that amount of time on it. It’s too annoying.
I go to Aldi instead. They don’t really do sales but their prices are consistently lower instead. So yeah I pay more than I would if I was a coupon guru, but since I’m not doing that, I’m still paying less that paying full price at regular grocery stores.
I use flipp to look up sales. I don’t really have the patience to flip through flyers
for sure, using sale flyers is a classic move, like a frugal cheat code. not everyone thinks to do it, but it can really change the game when you’re trying to stretch a budget.
I’ve done it since I was a child.
Back in the days of paper coupons, my mom would have me and my brothers go through flyers to clip coupons.
Nowadays, I just go online and look through the flyers.
Religiously. I check on Tuesdays when that week’s sale comes out and plan meals around what’s on sale. If the deals from the previous week are better then I’ll go shopping. I live in a HCOL area but manage to keep my grocery bill down pretty well.
Rarely. The time and effort cost isn’t really worth it. And if you read on here, theres a decent amount of “the beef was on sale for $XX, so I bought X pounds” while the route i tend to take is to stick to the basics food wise, minimal meat, and only buy it if I really want to make a specific dish.
Its close to that concept where there’s a sale on something you wouldn’t have otherwise purchased, and you buy it, it is still spending beyond what you had planned.
But if I see that there’s a particularly good deal on something I like to get or use to bulk cook (for example, I make homemade dumplings and freeze them, which usually involves getting a lot of ground pork), I may decide that this week I will in fact make dumplings. Same with veggies that keep a while.
I view them online. I no longer get flyers in the mailbox.
Yes. I use the sale flyer to get only the best sales of that week and buy whatever necessities I need that don’t really go on sale. When things are on sale at my minimum price point I stock up as much as I think will last until the next sale. I plan my meals around what is already in my stockpile plus the current weekly sales. It takes a little effort but saves my family so much money!
I check flyers, clip digital coupons and compare prices. No local paper around here anymore so very rarely see printed coupons.
I do, like my parents did.
Helps to.decide where to shop that week, and can plan meals around sale items even if you don’t buy it in bulk amounts.
Seasonal produce, holiday items, proteins on sale, plus the items we do stock up on when they’re on sale – pantry items go on sale approx every 6 weeks so you can buy enough to last til the next sale. Beans, tomato products, flours…
I always check the circulars on Thursday morning for sales at local supermarkets
Our shopping options are pretty limited.
I look at a couple of sale ads online or in apps from time to time, but don’t have a routine.
I try to purchase mostly clearance meat from Sam’s, but they haven’t hardly had any out for about 6 weeks now.
I don’t go to Publix without checking the app for BOGOs and building a list.
Most of us don’t depend on paper flyers because all the major grocers have websites. You make your list and clip the coupons for items on your list.
We look them up on the market apps, then plan what to buy from different retailers. I am a frugal wealthy person and don’t understand why you would think wealthy people wouldn’t utilise supermarket sales?
Always use the sales flyers
Yep. I keep a mental list of what things generally cost at Aldi/Walmart and then look for deals at Food Lion and Food City (if you live near a FC, they sometimes have some great Friday/Saturday sales). Hit Food Lion on Wednesday while the kids are at youth group, and FC either Friday or Saturday to maximize the savings. Everything that wasn’t on sale gets bought at Aldi/Walmart, depending on what I need. My general goal is to only buy things when they’re on sale (obviously this doesn’t work for many staples, but when stuff is on sale, I try to stock up some).
No.
Thankfully, printed sale flyers have gone extinct in my country. Instead, I check the sales on websites and/or social media pages of the places I regularly shop at and build my shopping list on what is on sale.
My local supermarket has a 3 day sale once a month. Many items are around half price. I usually stock up on anything that we’re close to running out of so that we’re good for another month or two.
The only weekly sales I look at are the ones that are on an supermarket’s app. With any luck, they will be organized in some way and I can quickly scroll through them.