Grocery Shopping on a Budget : Using Discount Cards for Frugal Grocery Shopping

[InevitableLost]

Did anyone notice that she twitched a little in the middle of the video?

[MikeSPx24bj9]

Looking at the ads ahead of time is good so that you are aware of what the price should be. Remember, FOOD is something you are going to buy for the rest of your life. How much will you spend each week, each month, each year, over the course of the next 40 years?

[IBMeddling]

I'm just curious, Mikespx24i9, how many monitor devices do you have on your keychain?

[MikeSPx24bj9]

I have discount card for just about every store from the West Coast USA to the East Coast USA. However, I only take the keychain sized-cards, but I don't put them on a keychain cuz they wear out or fall off after time. I instead keep them in a nice leather-like business card wallet.

[IBMeddling]

OK, There are still stores left that don't do the "card needed for discounts". Those are the places I shop. It's less of a hassle, these stores treat ALL their customers equally, and you won't feel so creeped out about all the info that the card stores keep in their database. How about giving it a try?

[MikeSPx24bj9]

Add stores like Rite Aid, Walgreens, WinCo Foods, Food Max, & Sav-On to that list of yours. If you don't want to use your card at those card-carrying stores, then use someone else's #. They won't mind.

[IBMeddling]

Yes, It's just that when you shop at these "card needed" stores (whether you have a card or not) you are supporting this policy. (sort of speek, "feeding the snake that bites you") By not shopping at those stores it will send a message that needing to show a card is wrong and maybe eventually they will drop the card program and just have an everyday low price.

[MikeSPx24bj9]

Discount cards are a must now cuz if you don't get and also use it, then you're just being financially foolish! All they have to do is scan it once for your entire purchase. It's like having a 100 coupons on a plastic card. I've actually seen some people tell the clerk something like, "Nah. I don't bother with them things," & consequently, the clerk rings up their purchae for full price. Foolish!Often these are males that do this too.

[IBMeddling]

A free people does not show identity papers to buy bread.

[MikeSPx24bj9]

What the heck? A free people? Identity papers? What are you an illegal immigrant of the USA?

[IBMeddling]

When you must pay more because you don't show a card then you are not free. Barcodes belong on the stuff we buy, not us. Being forced to pay more because you don't want to become numbered is wrong.

[MikeSPx24bj9]

You are right. Bar codes belong on the stuff we buy, not us. In fact, I find that very well said. That is why I choose to use an anonymous card that doesn't have my name attached to it.