I Love This Game!

3 weeks ago I joined The Grocery Game online in order to learn how to save money on groceries. The two things you need to do in order to play the "game" is to clip coupons every week from the Sunday paper and then use the list they compile at the store you choose.
The idea is to stockpile on items at rock bottom prices so that when you need it you already have it (and at the cheapest price possible). When you only buy things when you need them you are overpaying for items you could have gotten for much less had you stockpiled at the right time. Eventually, your needs list becomes much smaller, because you have stockpiled enough to basically have a mini store in your pantry.

As I said, I'm currently on week 3 (it's supposed to take 12 weeks to create a good stockpile). I was especially excited to go shopping this week since a lot of my needs list went along with their stockpile list. I went to Safeway yesterday armed with my list and the coupons I've accumulated. I went up and down the aisles filling my shopping cart until I could hardly push it. A few things I accumulated were 2 cases of bottled water, several bags of frozen rolls, soups, holiday candies and 3 pot roasts. The total shelf price was $98.13. The total that I paid...$24.05! I saved 76%!
My checker chuckled and said, "Wow, I'm giving you a really good deal, aren't I?"
Ha! He wishes! Winco just seems so expensive to me now. :)


I've attached a copy of my receipt to show you exactly what happened.
If you are interested in trying this go to http://www.thegrocerygame.com/
There is 4week trial for $1. After that it goes up to $10 a month.
Also, you can refer me in the sign-up page. Use shukanawoo@hotmail.com for the e-mail as that's the one my account with them is linked to.