My grocery store has an app with coupons that can be applied. I still compare prices, but I like it because if I’m looking for say bacon…I bring it up, look for bacon and ‘clip’ any coupons. Then I look for the lowest prced bacon. I like that because I’m bad about making a shopping list but if I am in the aisle and clip it and it’s automatically applied at checkout.
Simple… my wife does all the grocery shopping! 
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Eat Leftovers!
Today I went to a high-end grocery store I only go to a few times a year. I needed a particular product I couldn’t find elsewhere. As long as I was there, I perused most of the aisles. Bought some specialty cheeses. And noticed they had some very high quality prepared meals (fresh, put together, but not yet cooked). $ price was more than if I made from scratch, but less than from a restaurant. And I eat out way too often. When I was cooking for a whole family, that made more sense, but now that I am mostly cooking for just myself, and therefore eating out. Maybe purchasing a few prepared meals a week makes sense.
Not just on groceries, but anything we consume (paper towels, toothpaste, etc.), we do our best to completely empty the container. For instance, in the past, when it got hard to get more mustard out of the bottle, we would have tossed it. Now, we flip it upside down to see if we can get just a LITTLE bit more. Maybe get the little tiny spatulas out and scrape the inside of the bottle to see if I can make just one more sandwich.
It’s pretty much turned into a game around our hose now.
I’m 68 now, when I was young my Mom used to say: “We were depression babies! Clean your plate!”. The implication being “No waste in this house!” I’m pretty much still this way.
My Dad was into recycling back in the early 70’s. In Rochester, NY, in our neighborhood, there was a town recycling yard just up the street. Once a month my Dad would fill the car and take me up to the yard. I guess I got the habit from him. Here where I live in NC I have a yard just 1 mile from my house. They’ll take just about anything.
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See my post in NOT buying water in the US(unless advised in a place such as in Flint , MI) ever!!!
Whether you buy it or not is an IQ test.
#BonusTerm - “Thin-flation.” Anybody else notice that cereal boxes get “thinner” all the time? Pretty soon, we’ll have “cereal envelopes.” Lol.
P.S., I hope this fits the category half decently. Huge fan of Clark.com. Cheers.
Tim, manufacturers have been using this technique for decades. Coffee cans get smaller, and other items too. I’m “Clarksmart”, I look at the price under the item and look for price per ounce or price per pound. You mentioned cereal. With the price of cereal these days you would think the box was filled with Gold! I always buy the store brand cereals, just like Clark!
We use the COZI app. The whole family can link to it and add items. It’s great when I am at the store and my wife remembers something she needs. She just opens the app on her phone and adds it. I see it immediately.
As per cash back apps you mentioned, I want to add FETCH to Ibotta, which I’ve used, but FETCH allows you to use ALL receipts for points, not just what they want you to buy! I’ve even used my dogs veterinarian receipts and have linked my Amazon card.
I hate to admit I’ve stopped using IBOTTA because of the requirements to buy certain products. PLUS, if you don’t use IBOTTA regularly and you have $$ in your account, they start deducting $$ from that account until it’s completely depleted. Not cool IBOTTA, not cool. why not step up, and be like FETCH, and let us use all receipts?
I agree that the regular use is not exactly cool, but don’t you think it still makes sense to keep the account active? ibotta routinely offers cents off coupons for ANY item. I think it particularly makes sense to use ibotta if you routinely shop in places where linked loyalty cards are used. There is no limit to how many coupons you can clip. I just clip all the ones for Food Lion. Changes are you are going to purchase at least something that has a clipped coupon.
I agree with your recommendation for Fetch - easy to use and you get credit for all receipts. I also feel Swagbucks is worth the effort. I do not agree with this site’s continued promotion of Checkout51. Offers in this app are few and far between, and many of them are required to be purchased in certain stores.
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