This might not be on everyone’s list, but it sure is on mine. Bacon is usually pretty expensive, even the store brand is about $3. Hatfield Bacon is on sale for $3.99 this week at Shaw’s. There is a $2 coupon on their site for any one product. Hatfield is a private company out of Philadelphia that began in 1895 by purchasing their pork from the local farmers markets. They maintain that is their standard still today. This product is normally $6.50. I couponed it down to $1.99 each, and I got 4. I will not do better than this any time soon. It is hard enough to do that with Oscar Mayer. I also bought 2 Philadelphia cooking creams on sale for 2/$5. Using last month’s printed and stored $.75 coupon from coupons.com, after those doubled, they were $1 each. Today’s savings including sales and coupons is over 70%. Again, this might not be your list, but it is mine. 3 packages of bacon are in the freezer, and tonight I am making Alfredo with the cooking cream.
These savings are real people. This is what couponing has done for me. It allows me to buy a bigger bulk (albeit not shelf clearing) of many products at a fraction of the cost. If I were to continue shopping they way I used to, my weekly bill would be about $125 (being meager for 4 people) on a weekly basis. Now, I am actually ahead of the game, purchasing weekly the types of things by which I am either running low, or trying things I could not afford. And my weekly bill is $75 MAX!!
This is how I coupon. I am not trying to buy 100 cans or boxes of anything. This is real money, and it is my money baby, and I want to keep it in my pocket!
