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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the grocery store he works for have an app?
For example, if you have the Safeway app, you get the regular club deals + the Just 4 U deals (personalized deals) and then you combine both of those with manufacturer's coupons. I add the "coupons" from the app onto my card and then use coupons when I can. Safeway also doubles manufacturers coupons under $1. I try to meal plan according to what is on sale. 
I stock up on things that won't go bad or that we use often. I can also make a double-batch of something and freeze the extra (like chili, tomato sauce, soup). 
Buy a family-size pack of meat when it's on sale, divide into portions, then freeze for future use. [/quote]
Do most people think these store sales really help them save money? I found that I could buy things at Trader Joes much more cheaply than at Safeway, and that the Safeway app just convinced me to spend gas money and time going thereto save $1, and then have to go somewhere like Trader joes to get my other items (e.g. Fresh mozzarella, leeks, frozen organic berries, hummus) at a decent price. I gave up on the store app, and I also have up on coupons because they seem 90% geared toward processed foods we don't buy anyway like chips, hamburger helper, Capri suns, etcetera.[/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted. We rarely buy any processed foods due to food allergies. However, the app does have coupons/discounts on produce (fresh fruits and vegetables), coconut and almond milk (dairy allergy), free-range eggs, frozen vegetables, rice, black beans, chickpeas, Cheerios, Rice Krispies, and regular baking supplies like flour, sugar. There are very few foods in Trader Joe's that we can actually buy due to all of the cross-contamination warnings on their products. I haven't been that impressed by their produce when I have gone there. I cook almost 100% from scratch due to food allergies and I do much better at Safeway and Target than Trader Joe's. 
You're assuming that people who use the app and coupons only buy processed food - I know I'm not the only one who buys mainly non-processed foods this way.  [/quote]

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