My couponing/deal seeking strategy is to buy the things that we want or use at a discounted price and get the money makers to help pay for the things that we want or use.
Now, if I can pick up FREE non-perishable foods, I will so that I can donate it to the food pantry. I used to give those types of things to friends or co-workers but what I've learned, over time, is people will mistake your kindness for weakness because we have hope for a better world...and they've given up on themselves and humanity.
I was kind of struggling with what to do with the excess food that I got through couponing and deals. One day, the answer came to me, I had seen a story about a food pantry just a couple of miles away from me. Things like the Milton crackers and the Wheat Thins we've gotten for free went to the food pantry. This week, they paid us to take ten Best Foods and next week, I'll take the ten mayonnaises to the pantry.
In general, if it's something that we won't use and it's a perishable item and it's free, I won't get it. I'd rather leave it on the shelf for someone else to pick up.
As it is, we spend a lot of time managing our stockpile - checking for expiration dates, rotating and organizing stock, I don't just bring home items just to admire the stuff I have gotten from couponing.
Whoopppsssss, let me back up. IF the food item is a huge money maker, I am picking it up pointblank and period! Remember the spicy hot MTN Dew 12 packs at Ralphs/Kroger? It was like a $20 or $30 money maker. I think we had to buy 3 or 4 of them. We did a taste test of the sodas and they taste so awful that we literally dropped off them behind a strip mall.🤣
Anyways, when you are doing a couponing make plans as to what you are going to do with the food!
Today is the very last Saturday of July and next Friday is the very first day of August 2025.
There will not be a Save coupon insert in the Sunday newspaper. Again, it's Saturday enjoy your day! On Sundays, I take the day off from blogging.
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