Comments on: Can you beat TheGroceryGame.Com? http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/ A site to share my tips, tools, and humble thoughts on the journey to wealth Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jason http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Jason Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:27:48 +0000 http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/#comment-4107 My wife has been doing this since she quit her job to stay home w/ our 2 kids in May 2006, & she never leaves the store spending more than she saved. The amt of time she saves to do the research Teri does is more than worth the small fee. I would say the biggest adjustment is brand loyalty. You cannot be brand loyal, b/c you are buying whatever brand is participating in the sales & coupons. Also, she gets most excited when they actually pay her to take something home. It truly is fun...to find other ways to spend the money you would have otherwise wasted on consumables. My wife has been doing this since she quit her job to stay home w/ our 2 kids in May 2006, & she never leaves the store spending more than she saved. The amt of time she saves to do the research Teri does is more than worth the small fee. I would say the biggest adjustment is brand loyalty. You cannot be brand loyal, b/c you are buying whatever brand is participating in the sales & coupons.

Also, she gets most excited when they actually pay her to take something home. It truly is fun…to find other ways to spend the money you would have otherwise wasted on consumables.

]]> By: Leslie Raymond http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/comment-page-1/#comment-4106 Leslie Raymond Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:17:10 +0000 http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/#comment-4106 I am an avid fan of Teri, and a current and previous member of The Grocery Game site. Just this evening I went grocery shopping and the initial register total was $173 and when the got done deducting my coupons, doubling them, and the store card specials, the total was just over $100. And yes, I bought food I wanted and will eat. I consider this nothing short of amazing, and well worth both the minimal amount the site charges to be a member and the hour or so it takes me each week to cut and organize coupons. Printable coupons make the deals even better, as long as you check first that the store accepts them. Don't get me started on the week where I went into Ralphs with a stack of printable coupons and the gal at the register declared, "Sorry, we don't take those." (She was wrong, a manager proved later.) And to answer your question, yes, it's absolutely possible to buy cereal for $1 - you just can't be picky about what KIND of cereal you are going to eat. It's a good thing my husband's not a picky eater, and I consider it a challenge to build a meal plan based on the stuff I get nearly free. QueerCents has a post about groceries from today too, (I replied there also) you should check it out! I am an avid fan of Teri, and a current and previous member of The Grocery Game site. Just this evening I went grocery shopping and the initial register total was $173 and when the got done deducting my coupons, doubling them, and the store card specials, the total was just over $100. And yes, I bought food I wanted and will eat. I consider this nothing short of amazing, and well worth both the minimal amount the site charges to be a member and the hour or so it takes me each week to cut and organize coupons. Printable coupons make the deals even better, as long as you check first that the store accepts them. Don’t get me started on the week where I went into Ralphs with a stack of printable coupons and the gal at the register declared, “Sorry, we don’t take those.” (She was wrong, a manager proved later.)

And to answer your question, yes, it’s absolutely possible to buy cereal for $1 – you just can’t be picky about what KIND of cereal you are going to eat. It’s a good thing my husband’s not a picky eater, and I consider it a challenge to build a meal plan based on the stuff I get nearly free.

QueerCents has a post about groceries from today too, (I replied there also) you should check it out!

]]> By: Frugal Dad http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/comment-page-1/#comment-4105 Frugal Dad Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:55:57 +0000 http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/#comment-4105 My wife and I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with The Grocery Game for over a year now. We sign up for the trial, pay a few months for the membership, get tired of the same coupons/products on the lists and cancel. We repeat this process a couple times a year. No, I don't think we can beat Teri's shopping trips, but if we tried we would wind up with a bunch of stuff we don't eat, which kind of defeats the purpose. My wife and I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with The Grocery Game for over a year now. We sign up for the trial, pay a few months for the membership, get tired of the same coupons/products on the lists and cancel. We repeat this process a couple times a year. No, I don’t think we can beat Teri’s shopping trips, but if we tried we would wind up with a bunch of stuff we don’t eat, which kind of defeats the purpose.

]]> By: Moneymonk http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/comment-page-1/#comment-4101 Moneymonk Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:23:20 +0000 http://www.1stMillionAt33.com/2008/04/thegrocerygamecom/#comment-4101 Now that Ron Paul dropped out, who are you voting for? Now that Ron Paul dropped out, who are you voting for?

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