As you continue to shop with coupons you will become more aware of sale cycles in your local stores. For instance, you will notice that several chains will offer triple coupons every 3-4 months.
In this case, you will learn when to use your coupons and when to wait. If you have a coupon for Hamburger Helper, but it isn't on sale, do not use your coupon. It would benefit you to wait, until the sale cycle and buy it when it is 10/$10 instead of $2.25 per box. You may say, well it is on my grocery list for this week, and I need to buy it. If that is the case, then buy the number of boxes that you feel that you need for that week. Then in the next cycle stock pile, if you have 5 coupons, use all 5 and buy the product while it is 10/$10. That way you will have enough on hand to last through the non sale cycle to avoid paying full price. By the time you need to restock it will be time for the product to be on sale again. Stack your coupons, by taking advantage of the store sale and the use of the coupon, resulting in stocking your pantry.
If you wait to purchase the item at 10/$10 you will save $1.25 per box just for using your advantage, bonus, or VIC card in addition to the $.80 on 3 boxes coupon that is currently issued for this product. Resulting in a final price of $6.60 or $ .73 per box for 9 boxes. Let me break that down, it is confusing if you are not use to couponing. You are looking at two options, option 1 to pay $2.25/per box. Even if you use the coupon that saves $.80 on 3 boxes you will ulitmately pay $5.95 for 3 boxes, or $17.85 for 9 boxes. Option 2, you wait to pay $1/box and stack the store sale with the manufacturer coupon, paying just $6.60 for 9 boxes. Wow $.65 is the difference between having 3 boxes or 9 boxes in your pantry. Now do you still want to pay $2.25 per box just because it is on your list or would you like to wait until it is on sale? FYI depending on the store's policy you may not be required to purchase all 10 in order to receive the price of $1 per item. As with B1G1, your local store may ring one at full price and the other for free, or it may ring each item at half price, if that is the case you do not need to purchase both to take advantage of the sale price. If you do purchase both items, remember to use two coupons, one for each item. I recently caught Weber spices on sale at Bi-Lo B1G1, they rang up each product at halfprice, under $1.50 coupled with a $.50 coupon that was doubled I paid less than $.50 for a $3 spice.
Now that you are starting to understand the power of the Super Market Currency (coupons) lets try something a little tricky. If Wal-Mart has spaghetti sauce for $1.50 and Bi-Lo has the same sauce for $1.75, and you have a $ .50 coupon. At which store would you buy the sauce? Most would say Wal-Mart........ Wal-Mart offers a lower price however they do not double coupons, and Bi-Lo does. That would make the product $ .75 with a doubled coupon, therefor saving an additional $ .25. Now I know it seems like ooh a quarter, well when you are buying in multiples it adds up quickly. I purchase a minimum of 5 of each item, that is a savings of $1.25. Either view it as a total savings of $1.25 that can be used towards another bill, or an extra $1.25 to use toward additional grocery items that you normally would not have the funds to purchase. Just as your mother use to tell you pennies make dollars, and you believed her, believe me when I tell you that coupons make dollars too!
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