But what ever you do , don't buy it just because it's a good deal. Only buy what you will really use. If you start buying even just a little junk because well "it's so cheap" you'll fall into the trap. 
It's an interesting concept that doesn't work at all for us. We have two family-owned grocery stores here, so no big chains. No one doubles. We do use the store coupons (only one store offers them) for things almost every week.
We don't have a drugstore here, much less a chain drugstore like Walgreens.
Our diet focuses on fresh foods. We don't buy much processed food, and I'm doing my best to eliminate what processed foods we do buy for health reasons, due to cost, and because stuff like crackers and cookies taste so stale from the store. Almost every processed food contains way too much sodium to be healthy, including so-called 'lower sodium' foods.
What we've noticed is the name brands are usually more expensive than the house brands, even with coupons.
We have one small local paper which can be delivered to our house. Not much for coupons in there. Sometimes we do get flyers but they're for things we don't use, so for us they're so pointless we rarely even look at them anymore.
Consequently, we do best by shopping sales, loss leaders, and close-outs. One of our stores often has great sales on stuff that's about to expire or which the warehouse has overstocked.
We don't have a drugstore here, much less a chain drugstore like Walgreens.
Our diet focuses on fresh foods. We don't buy much processed food, and I'm doing my best to eliminate what processed foods we do buy for health reasons, due to cost, and because stuff like crackers and cookies taste so stale from the store. Almost every processed food contains way too much sodium to be healthy, including so-called 'lower sodium' foods.
What we've noticed is the name brands are usually more expensive than the house brands, even with coupons.
We have one small local paper which can be delivered to our house. Not much for coupons in there. Sometimes we do get flyers but they're for things we don't use, so for us they're so pointless we rarely even look at them anymore.
Consequently, we do best by shopping sales, loss leaders, and close-outs. One of our stores often has great sales on stuff that's about to expire or which the warehouse has overstocked.
