"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Kajikit wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:02:04 -0400, Metspitzer >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> (MYFOX NATIONAL) - It might take a few hours a week to clip coupons
>>> and browse supermarket aisles. But it's paying off for one woman who
>>> is feeding her family of six for less than $10 a week.
>>>
>>> Kathy Spencer of Boxford, Mass., seeks out coupons, browses circulars
>>> and spends up to four hours a week at grocery stores. But she says
>>> she spends an average of $4 a week on groceries for a family that
>>> includes her husband, four kids, one dog, two cats and a rabbit. On
>>> a recent shopping trip, Spencer bought $279 worth of groceries for
>>> 39 cents.
>>>
>>> http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/dpgo...082609_3188168
>>
>> A few hours?! If she's doing that much it's a full time job. And
>> they're probably eating a really crappy diet because meat and fresh
>> produce are almost never couponable, only prepared and processed
>> stuff.
>
> I couldn't agree with you more. Whenever I see those reports on tv
> where they follow the person around matching up their coupons with
> their sales, they're always buying packaged mixes etc. Most of the
> time, manufacturer's coupons are for stuff that is, well, manufactured.
>
> Once in a blue moon I see buy this, get free lettuce or milk. I have
> *rarely* seen coupons for free meat, but that's so far out of the norm
> it could be never. Once in a while I do see coupons for frozen
> vegetables, and more often for canned. Those coupons are in the
> minority.
>
> nancy

At the meat market in town, if I buy three ribeye steaks I can get one free.
Of course the ribeye tops the high end of the chart in terms of price so
that's not saying much. But you know right there they're already charging
too much for the steak. Not that I wouldn't take advantage of the "deal" if
I were in the market for ribeyes. I'm not in the market for ribeyes. Then
again, they don't sell vegetables at the meat market so a coupon for
potatoes or milk wouldn't make much sense. Heh.

Jill