What price should you pay for ___________?

As I'm teaching people to save money I often hear "But how much is a good price?" Not too many generations ago paying $.50 for a dozen eggs would have been sticker shock and heaven forbid that they pay more than a $1 per pound for ground beef.  Well, those times were good times but we can still find good deals in the here and now.

Another thing to consider is that today we buy all kinds of stuff that people in past generations would have not bought or either did not have the opportunity to buy.  We live in the first world and have "created" products to spend our hard earned dollars on to make other people have even more money to buy more products that they don't really need either.  People in the third world don't have our created problems of deciding which grocery store or which day to shop or how many of each "snack" to buy.  Laura Ingalls got candy in her Christmas stocking and no other day of the year.  Coca-cola first began as an afternoon drink during the summer in the hot south.  It was drank every day all year.  So even when these items are cheap and easy to obtain you don't have to buy them.  Use your dollars how you want for your family.  (As I type this, there are twenty 2 Liter drinks and fourteen 12 packs of soda in my garage, first world problems!)

Here's what I'm willing to spend on certain items:

Produce:  Less than $1 per pound.  Which means I buy in season at peak ripeness when supply is high.  If you took economics you know companies lower their prices when supply is high to move products out before they spoil.

Meat:  Less than $3 per pound  I know that Harvey's almost every single Wednesday has ground beef for $1.99 per pound.  It's a Wednesday special only and not available other days.  So if I need ground beef for the week I know I have to get to Walmart to argue, intimidate, convince get a price match.  If I miss it then we don't eat ground beef for the rest of the week.  Another reason to stockpile! 

I recently got 20 pounds of antibiotic free chicken breast for $.50 per pound.  It was on clearance at Winn Dixie because they had ordered to much of the Springer Mountain chicken breasts for a previous week's sale.  They had to get rid of it before it went bad so they marked it all to $1.99 per pound (it had been $5.99 per pound!).  I also had $1.50 off coupons for each pack. I got every pack I could. 

Eggs:  $.99 per pound

Bread:  $1.oo per loaf

Sugar:  $.50 per pound

Canned veggies:  $.40 per can or less

Cereal:  $1.50 per box or less

Anything else I can add?  Leave a comment

Printable $1 off Pork Coupon

Print this twice to get a good deal on country style ribs or pork chops this week.

$1 off fresh Pork Coupon

Print for Publix Sale: Pretzel Chips

Print this coupon twice to use at Publix.  Makes each bag $.65 after coupon.

$1 off One Bag of Pretzel chips

These are really good used in that Strawberry Pretzel salad and would look very July 4thish if you need a desert for next week.

Bird's Eye Printable for this week's WD sale

Print this coupon twice. $1/2 Birds Eye® Steamfresh® Items

Makes the bags $.90 each.  

Print these Coupons for Publix Sale June 27th-July 3rd

Here are the printables for this week's Publix sales.  Remember that you can usually print two copies of each coupon.

-$1/2 Ball Park Franks, (Publix Coupon) printable

 -.50/2 Breakstone’s or Knudsen sour cream, 16 oz printable

 -$2 off Birds Eye Viola Chipotle Chicken item printable

 $1 off Mrs. Paul’s seafood item printable

 $1 off Splenda product printable

 $1 off Splenda product printable 
(different link)


$1 off Planters nuts, 4 oz+, excl single serves printable

 $1 off Arnold, Brownberry or Oroweat pocket thins flatbread printable

 $1/3 Uncle Ben’s products (register) printable

 $1/3 Uncle Ben’s products (Facebook) printable

 .30/1 French’s mustard printable

 $1 off Chinet product, (sign up) printable

 -$1 off Chinet product (Facebook) printable

 $1 off 2000 Flushes product printable

 $1 off 2000 Flushes product printable

.50/2 Whiskas Temptations treats for cats (Facebook) printable
.50/2 Whiskas Temptations Treats for cats printable
$1/2 Whiskas Temptations Cheezy Middles cat treats, (Target coupon) printable
$1.50/2 Whiskas Temptations Mega cat treats, 6/3 oz, (Target coupon) printable

 $1 off Marzetti slaw dressing printable

 $1.25 off Marzetti Slaw Dressing printable

 $1 off Butterball fresh or frozen item (Facebook – share) printable

 .50/2 Kraft natural shredded cheese printable

 $1 off Motts for Tots juice printable

 .60/3 Old El Paso products (excl refrigerated, frozen and soup items) printable

 $1.50 off Clorox Clean-Up, Formula 409 or Tilex spray items, watch video & share printable

 $1 off Clorox Clean-Up, Formula 409 or Tilex spray items printable

 -$1 off Hillshire Farm lunchmeat printable

Print for Winn Dixie Sale June 27-July 3rd

Here are the printables that go with the Winn Dixie Sales.  Remember that you may (usually) print 2 copies of each coupon.  Thanks to Southern Savers.com!

.55/1 Eckrich smoked sausage (Facebook) printable

 .75/1 Blue Bunny premium ice cream sandwiches, 8 pk. printable

 .75/1 Smart Balance spreadable butter or blended butter sticks, (zip 62946) printable

 $1/2 Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh lunch meat printable

 $1/3 Kraft Jell-O gelatin or pudding mix printable

 $1/2 Crystal Light drink mixes, 8, 10 or 12 qt. or on the go printable

 $1 off Chinet product, (sign up) printable

 $1 off Maxwell House or Yuban coffee printable

.50/1 Little Debbie family pack printable

$1 off Lloyd’s barbecue printable

 $1 off Vidal Sassoon Pro Series stylant printable

My Menu this week

Using up items that I've bought on sale this is what we have eaten/will eat this week.

Breakfasts (for those who wake up to eat it): 
Cereal- BOGO Kellogg's Crave, Froot Loops, Raisin Bran
Omelets- eggs, Banquet sausage, Kraft cheese, peppers, onions

Lunches-
Leftovers
Tuna Sandwich with grapes
Cheese quesadillas with Jell-o

Hebrew Nationals hotdogs with cole slaw

Dinners:
Hormel Pork Roast- cooked in crockpot, mashed potatoes, creamed peas
Leftover Pork Roast made into BBQ pulled pork, Knorr Pasta Sides, cole slaw
Grilled Chicken, corn on the cob, salad, rice sides

Snacks:
We have so many that the kids grab them and go!

Order Coupons by Today at 8 PM for sales June 26- July 3rd

Here is this week's sign up form.

Fill out form here

Coupon Frenzy: What's this all about?

You've heard people talking about their coupon scores?  Or maybe you saw someones Facebook picture of their good deals?  And now you're here trying to figure out what is going on and how you can get in on it?

Here's the deal.  
1.  The cost is $10 per week that you participate. 

That includes the cost of ordering and shipping your coupons plus my time finding the deals, creating your shopping list, and sorting your coupons.  You don't have to buy Sunday papers which would cost you $8 per week.  Plus you don't have to cut the coupons, file them, or store them.  Those are usually the hassles that turn people off of couponing.

2.  You sign up by Tuesday at 8 pm each week to be included in the upcoming week's sale.  I am putting up a Google Doc form for you to sign up on this website.

3.  If you have paypal, I can send an invoice to you.  If no paypal, you can pay cash or check when you pick up. 

4.  If you do not live locally to me and still want to participate you can do so by signing up each week, prepaying through paypal, and I'll mail the coupons directly to you from my clipping site.  I'll send you a link to the instruction sheet that you can print or view from your phone while shopping. 

5.  If you order and don't pick up you are still responsible for paying for the week unless I can find someone to take your spot.

6.  You will get things on your list or in your envelope that you may not want/need.  Being a couponer means that you step outside your brand loyalties to try new things.  It also means that every deal may not be a good deal for you.  Just use the coupons as you need them but know that sale cycles run every 6-8 weeks and are also seasonal.  So something that is rock bottom price this week may not be on sale again for 2 months.  You want to buy as much as you will use from now until then so you never have to pay full price.

7.  Your stockpile will grow each week (hopefully!) and you will begin to see that you don't need to add a lot of extra things to your cart.  The first few weeks you are buying the rock bottom sales plus what you need at your home now.  

7.  I'm new at this so forgive me if things aren't perfect.  I'm not getting rich from this, just trying to use my talent for this to help families.  I consider it a ministry and want to please God and draw people to Him through this ministry.

Two free boxes of Lance Xtra fulls

Print two coupons for free boxes of Lance Crackerfuls at Walmart.  Hurry, may end anytime!