Posted on 09/09/2009 5:05:12 AM PDT by Leisler
BOXFORD, Mass. -- A mother of four has earned the title of "queen of coupons," as she has learned to feed her family of six for less than $10 a week.
Kathy Spencer, of Boxford, Mass., said the trick is buying in bulk when items are on sale and using coupons to bring down the cost.
"We freeze everything," Spencer said. "If taco shells are on sale, we pull out chicken from the freezer and make tacos."
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AWESOME!
I never thought I’d clip coupons, but I’ve been doing it the past 2 years, although nothing like this woman.
I’m going to check out her website and be more diligent.
Sadly, most folks don’t want to step away from watching TV to take the time to clip coupons and $AVE BIG.
This woman is EVIL!
Do you realize how much carbon is released into the atmosphere to power her freezer??
THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!!
Better she be dependent on THE STATE for food, than do damage like that!!!
Its sooo much easier to watch TV and just get the food stamps .....!
More and more I see women in the store with a 3-ring binder full of coupons resting on the grocery cart seat. Saw one woman check out a buggy full of groceries for $35. Took the clerk longer to scan the coupons as it did to scan the groceries.
I’ve done a variation of this for years. Just takes a little up front planning so you use everything you buy and not waste. We spend more than $10/week on food but we have significantly reduced costs. We don’t eat loads of pre-packaged, high carb foods either.
I could see TV being made mandatory to watch. You know, for the children, Happy Happy Gay Family public service announcements, gun safety ‘kids turn in your meat eating, beer drinking, homophobic dad’s guns for PlayStation’. Things like that.
wish I could learn....I have only saved 25% off my bill (not bad but not Great either.
Whoa. I, 668, am a cheapskate, child of a skinflint, grandchild of pennypinchers. Not nutty, mind you, and not inclined to clip coupons, but a liver-and-beans shopper who gets insulted at seeing chicken noodle priced $1 a can. (And I don’t buy it.) We have many dollars around here but when Walmart upped their delicious Colombian coffee by a dollar, I cussed them out, because I felt my ancestors cussing me out when I purchased it. It’s like a holy obligation to manage the money made by their sweat, not mine.
But no way could I live on $10 a week, and we don’t have six kids here. (I only wish we had!)
HA, similar story - my sister-in-law is in a pretty secure financial position and doesn’t need to clip coupons but she does it for the challenge. She said the other day that recently she got over $300 in groceries for less than $100 and it took the impressed cashier forever to scan the coupons. The guy behind her was visibly impatient, but as she walked away, she heard the cashier say to him, “bet you’d be willing to wait if I were scanning over $200 of your coupons.”
I rarely buy the kinds of highly commercialized products you get with coupons—I mean, one rarely sees a coupon for a ham. I also don’t read a newspaper, which is where one finds most coupons. I look through the newspaper coupons occasionally and all I can say is, “Yuck, they want me to buy that box of packaged crap? Show me a coupon for a fresh fish or a gallon of milk!”
This is real cute, if you have the time. I’m a single dad, all my kids are very active in sports, etc, and it’s damn hard to do, or even approach this level of savings without a major investment of time.
Great for them, but there are tradeoffs. Time is money, and all that.
I hear you.
My grandma used to shop 3 or 4 different stores for groceries, personal and cleaning items, and then we went to this store called Southern States for pet and bird feed. She clipped coupons, bought off brands, canned, froze, and baked at home. We gardened, composted and recycled long before there was a “green” movement. In my youth and ignorance I thought this a waste of time - now I see not only the fiscal benefit, but the fun of getting the deal, raising the tomato, and teaching my kids to reuse and recycle. Sometimes Grandma really does know best!
that is impressive, but unfortunately the coupons I see are mostly for packaged and highly processed food items that we just don’t consume.
I am the same way. I rarely use coupons because we eat very few processes foods.
I agree coupons more often than not are for processed foods. My challenge is to cut coupons for things I really would buy like paper towels, ziploc bags, etc.
but, but....
We are told that it costs MORE to eat HEALTHY, which is why most “poor welfare recipients” seem to be so HUGE!
I have always known that argument to be BS!
Fresh produce at a Farmer’s Market is far cheaper and healthier than in a regular store.
I expect this woman to be audited by the IRS and taxed on the value of all the coupons she has used!
Ridiculous? YES! But nothing would surprise me under THIS current administration, especially when it comes to folks who are taking care of themselves and not depending on the government!
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