Cut as in don't bother. When you go to the cheapest supermarkets in the country and never buy processed food then there is little point to cutting out coupons.I have talked about coupons in the past but will do so again seeing as the BBC is running a story on "Extreme Couponing", a fad over there (America) and therefore coming here (soon). But probably not.
Everything I buy is the cheapest it could possibly be. I have never seen ASDA coupons for cheap ASDA brands and never will because the prices can't go lower than they are.
Branded two for one pizzas? No thanks. If I ate pizza then I would make my own from raw ingredients. Even if I did succumb to the Two-Fer, I would probably eat both in one go, as the supermarket hopes. Buying more food than you need leads to gluttony and obesity.
I think coupons are different in the US. More of a once in a blue moon offering over here rather than ingrained in the culture, as they are in the US.
If a supermarket is willing to discount its prices then why not do it in the supermarket rather than sending out coupons? Of course, it is just to get you excited, get you into the shop, where other products can be marketed at you, at the same time.
I won't be marketed to. I write a shopping list, with my head down, I am in and out of the supermarket in 5 minutes. That's my plan, every time.
Not being of the female-type-gender-persuasion, the whole shopping experience bores me. I have to eat so I launch my surgical strike on the local ASDA at 10am every Sunday morning. In and out with minimal contact with other Homo Sapiens. The only other thing I buy in town is petrol. Other than that, anything else I need I get on Freecycle or buy it online, where the real savings are.
Forget Group-sex-ons too. Groupons is a con. Mutton dressed as lamb coupons for "luxury" items. You won't find supermarkets using Groupon.
BBC - Why spend 15 hours a week cutting coupons?
2 comments:
I can relate to this.
We buy Asda cheepo stuff too.
Check your receipts though, if they over charge you on anything, their policy is to give you the overcharge back and a £2 gift card(you need to point it out before leaving the store).
Sometimes if it is an overcharge on reduced items they don't give the card but give the reduced items for free instead which suits me fine.
I'm in the US and use coupons. The coupons are usually from the manufacturer- not the store. I buy name brand products using coupons for less than the store brand price. Most of the foods we eat are fresh produce/dairy/meats. Not much comes from a box for us, but what does I get for nearly free by using coupons. There is a way to coupon without spending hours upon hours or eating tons of processed foods.
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