On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:30:20 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, gravesend10
says...
>>
>> The only worthwhile coupons I use are for cat food and cat litter and
>> I get those via snail mail directly from the manufacturers. All the
>> other coupons I see are either for new junk food products or for
>> something I had tried that I wouldn't want again even were it free. I
>> do use some coupons from the BJs monthy that's snail mailed for being
>> a member. The bargains I find are from checking a couple of local
>> store's weekly circular on line... they arrive by email and only takes
>> me five minutes to scan through for the few items I'd buy
>
> We don't get coupons here, but smkt weekly circulars get delivered
>along with the mail so I watch for the latest loss-leaders. Whenever
>they offer a bargain reduction or BOGOF on storeable supplies we
>regularly use, I bulk buy a hefty supply. (We have ample storage space).
> Janet UK.

I probably have more storage space than most smkts but still I'm aware
of 'best used by dates' and most of those sales occur regularly.
Tomorrow I'll be going into town to shop and one sale is for 7-Up
which we use, but just because it's B2G3F I'll only buy the five 12
packs because they will have the same sale in about a month for
Sprite, the same lemon lime flavor... and we don't consume a dozen
cans a day each. They also have Grade AA medium eggs on sale for
79¢/doz but I'll only get three dozen as eggs are perishable and
there'll be a similar sale shortly... eggs and chickens are always on
sale here due to all the very large poultry farms in the area... one
of the biggest costs for perishables is transportation... this is a
farming community, most huge livestock operations are within five
miles of my front door, a cattle farm and a chicken farm I can walk to
in under ten minutes... and then many of my neighbors sell eggs,
chickens, honey, maple syrup, and even fleeces for spinning. I have a
neighbor less than 1/4 mile down this road who raises llamas. alpaca,
and vicuna, and he makes gorgeous spinning wheels for sale. The
couple takes in all sorts of neglected/abused animals, I donate food
for their livestock. They sell eggs and honey too They have a very
nice web site featuring all their critters but I won't post it here
for the world to know where I live.